Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Angelica M. Jimenez
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*
Provides for licensing of radiologist assistants by DEP under "Radiologic Technologist Act" and requires State Board of Medical Examiners to approve procedures and establish level of supervision necessary for practice of radiologist assistants. *
Out of committee4
Requires waiver of dealer obligation regarding necessary repairs impacting vehicle inspection to include description of known defects.*
Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*
Increases statute of limitations for prosecution of vehicular homicide.
Revises "Massage and Bodywork Therapist Licensing Act" to require certain class study and examination requirements.
In committee31
Provides that civil service make-up examinations not include the same questions as the original examination.
Expands number of disorders included in newborn screening program.
Establishes guidelines for dissemination of vital records.
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification.
Requires employers and birthing facilities to notify insured pregnant women if their health insurance coverage is not subject to 48-hour maternity law.
Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
Provides voter registration assistance to persons completing parole, probation, and criminal sentences.
Amends Health Enterprise Zone law to allow municipalities more discretion in granting property tax exemptions to medical offices.
Expands eligible municipalities under the "Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act" to include Harrison Town in Hudson County.
Provides for school and medical family leave.
Requires clinical laboratory that provides services for accountable care organization to establish clinical laboratory testing advisory board.
Waives certain commercial driver license fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Changes title of animal cruelty investigator to "municipal humane law enforcement officer" and defines term in statute.
Establishes "Fund to Prevent Use of Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Devices"; supports activities to prevent use and promote awareness of associated health conditions.
Establishes Animal Cruelty Offender Registry; prohibits purchase, adoption, and breeding of animals by animal cruelty offenders.
Requires hospital employees assist uninsured patients with creating account to apply for insurance coverage through Federally-Facilitated Marketplace.
Prohibits certain mental health facilities, drug and alcohol treatment facilities, and homeless shelters in residential zones and within 1,000 feet of schools.
Prohibits release of home addresses of certain public safety employees by governmental entities.
Revises licensing requirements and procedures under the "Massage and Bodywork Therapist Licensing Act."
Provides employee time off for events regarding education of their children.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Establishes compensation program for certain injured probation officers.
Prohibits transport of certain child passengers in front seat of motor vehicle.
Establishes excessive speeding in certain areas as reckless under vehicular homicide and assault by auto statutes.
Requires property record cards and tax maps prepared in conjunction with revaluations to be produced in electronic format.
Requires DOT and Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct study on vehicle size and weight enforcement.
Removes examination requirement for relicensure as real estate broker, broker-salesperson or salesperson by licensed real estate referral agents under certain circumstances.
Dedicates unencumbered revenue collected from vehicle size and weight enforcement to Transportation Trust Fund.
Permits counties to provide videoconferencing in involuntary commitment hearings.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Requires waiver of dealer obligation regarding necessary repairs impacting vehicle inspection to include description of known defects.*
Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*
Revises "Massage and Bodywork Therapist Licensing Act" to require certain class study and examination requirements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.
Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Requires certain professional boards to report licensure exam passage rates.
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.**
Requires DLPS to establish and make available to law enforcement agencies cultural diversity training materials and online tutorial.*
Establishes Chief Diversity Officer to monitor participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.*
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
Provides two elected members of pension commission of closed Hudson County Employees' Pension Fund may be active or retired county employees.
Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers; prohibits certain practices under vision care provider contracts.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Eliminates sales and use tax on certain transportation services provided by a limousine operator.*
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Requires DOE to develop educational fact sheet for distribution to parents of student-athletes and cheerleaders concerning use and misuse of prescription opioids.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Requires driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include cyclist and pedestrian safety information. *
Vetoed · 10
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.*
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program.*
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Extends by two months seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Establishes an animal abuser registry.
Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.*
Passed the General Assembly · 35
Increases New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit to 40 percent of federal benefit amount beginning in Tax Year 2016.
Amends State construction code to increase fire safety at certain construction sites.
Prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; designated as "Moose's Law."
Waives annual teacher evaluation requirement for certain teachers who supervise student teachers.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
Exempts from disclosure as public record information provided by individual to government agency under certain circumstances.*
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
"Student Online Personal Protection Act." *
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
Requires health benefits coverage for adolescent depression screenings.*
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of certain access points used by persons with disabilities.
Prohibits firearm possession by persons convicted of certain offenses.*
"Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act"; permits qualified terminally ill patient to self-administer medication to end life in humane and dignified manner.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Establishes requirements for sale of home baked goods or cottage foods. *
Prohibits use of gap in automobile insurance coverage as rating factor in automobile insurance underwriting under certain circumstances.
Requires DOH to establish Zika Virus State Action Plan.
Establishes "Succeed in New Jersey" student loan reimbursement program for certain New Jersey residents employed in designated fields.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Establishes Statewide Hit and Run Advisory Program to facilitate apprehension of persons fleeing motor vehicle accident scene; designated as "Zackhary's Law."
Permits voter to take photograph of own voted ballot and share it on Internet-based social media.
Amends law to limit DEP's direct oversight of remediation of portion of contaminated site under certain circumstances.
Provides that public or nonpublic school employee who knowingly damages, disconnects, tampers, or interferes with operation of school emergency warning device is subject to civil penalty.
Requires publication of certain information related to toll discounts on E-ZPass website.
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
Requires DOH to license certain qualifying hospitals providing elective angioplasty services.
Requires fingerprinting and criminal history background checks for certain contractors.
Out of committee · 71
Amends State construction code to increase fire safety in large residential projects.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Requires hospital patient's medical record to include notation if patient is at increased risk of confusion, agitation, behavioral problems, and wandering due to dementia related disorder.*
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Requires corporations qualifying for certain State development subsidy grants to repay entire grant amount if corporation fails to uphold grant terms.
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Revises restrictions for Internet access by sex offenders. *
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings.* .
Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Authorizes health care providers to engage in telemedicine and teleheath. *
"Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act"; requires institutions of higher education to have individuals who focus on reducing student suicides and attempted suicides available 24 hours a day.*
Directs Attorney General to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearing house.
Authorizes establishment of drug donation programs.*
Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties.
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
Requires written security plan when school is polling place and open to students; provides that schools may be used as polling places only under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Prohibits retail sales establishment from storing certain magnetic-stripe data; requires reimbursement for costs incurred by financial institution due to breach of security.
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
"Earn Your Way Out Act" ; requires DOC to develop inmate reentry plan; establishes administrative parole release for certain inmates;requires study and report by DOC on fiscal impact.*
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish a pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete a career and technical education certificate program in 12 months.
Requires MVC to check Social Security Administration records and mark deceased individuals in MVC database once per month.
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.
Revises "Pet Purchase Protection Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops. *
Requires NJT to remove snow from certain stops, stations, and stands for motorbus regular route service and to make name and contact information of entities responsible for snow removal publicly available.
Requires anyone administered opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.*
Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires NJ DOT to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT.*
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military serving on active duty. *
Requires school districts to offer course in computer science and DOE to adopt changes to NJ Student Learning Standards in computer science.*
Requires State Board of Medical Examiners to conduct international criminal history background checks and check employer references for licensees.
Permits registered surgical practices to convert to or combine with ambulatory care facilities; provides for phased-in gross receipts assessment; authorizes non-profit hospitals to acquire joint ownership interest in practices.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services; designated as the Mental Health Access Act.
Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project.
Establishes compensation program for law enforcement officers and certain other employees injured while performing official duties. *
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Removes black bear from list of game species.
Establishes "Atlantic City Plan for Implementing Economic Recovery Act"; exempts casino gaming property from local taxation and establishes payment in lieu of taxation; creates Atlantic City Planning Committee.
Requires police training for interactions with persons who may have behavioral health issues.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain psychiatrists who work in underserved areas or psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey.*
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish income-driven repayment option and loan rehabilitation program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunity at county college for certain high school students.
Directs DEP to adopt standards for certain drinking water contaminants based upon recommendations of Drinking Water Quality Institute.*
Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.
Requires health care facilities to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer.
Allows hospice care programs to accept unused prescription medications for disposal under certain circumstances.
Imposes temporary surcharge on hotel occupancies in certain cities to fund public safety services.
Requires DHS to take certain measures concerning Integrated Case Management Services program.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and licensed athletic trainers to access prescription monitoring information under certai
Establishes Medicaid Managed Care Organization Oversight Program.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Allows expanded use of recycled asphalt pavement.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018; allocates funds from Local Aid Infrastructure Fund for operating and administrative expenses for transportation
Allows counties to prioritize county homelessness trust fund grants for homeless veterans.
Concerns prescribing of certain controlled dangerous substances; requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and athletic trainers to
Requires health benefits coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances from licensed podiatrists.
In committee · 63
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires full pay for certain health care and public safety workers placed in isolation or quarantine.
Requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in black bear habitat under certain circumstances, including garbage collection, and prohibits certain actions that would result in feeding of black bears.
Establishes insurance and safety requirements for companies that use digital network or software application to match passengers with drivers.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes pilot project to permit voters in military service on active duty overseas, and their eligible family members, to vote in certain elections using the Internet; makes appropriation.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Requires government entities to provide law enforcement agencies with access to exterior security recordings under certain circumstances.
"Pet Groomers Licensing Act;" designated as "Bijou's Law."
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Establishes maximum fees for providing copies of patient medical records.
Requires notice prior to lapse of life insurance policy due to nonpayment of premium.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Requires oversight reporting on Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and resident tuition rate.
Prohibits sale of prepaid and wireless telephone service and equipment unless certain buyer information is recorded.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments not required under State or federal law.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
"Uncompensated Pending Medicaid Beneficiary Payment Relief Act"; provides compensation relief to nursing facilities when resident's Medicaid eligibility determination is delayed more than 90 days.
Requires DOH license additional angioplasty facilities, with at least one facility in each county.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Requires Commissioner of Transportation to publish notice of certain transportation-related infrastructure projects and activities on Internet website, and directs State Comptroller to monitor publication of those notifications.
Imposes $0.25 surcharge on alcoholic beverages to be dedicated to Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elect
Permits sale of home-baked goods under certain circumstances.
Provides certified municipal fire inspectors and fire officials having more than four consecutive years service with tenure in office.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Eliminates the board of trustees of Rutgers University and provides that its powers will be exercised by the board of governors of the university.
Permits certain officials to possess pepper spray in quantity carried by law enforcement officers.
Increases number of commissioners on Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to six; changes process for appointment of commissioners.
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Prohibits submission of New Jersey license plate information to national photo ticketing system or other states for certain purposes.
Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
Provides advance care planning coverage for Medicaid recipients.
Requires creditors to maintain vacant and abandoned non-residential properties under foreclosure.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs; establishes that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension for surviving spouse by providing for minimum of $50,000 annually.
Authorizes medical marijuana for treatment of dysmenorrhea.
Allows reemployment by school district of TPAF retiree as advisor of school sponsored club or program when compensation is under $10,000.
Directs the Department of Corrections to advise new inmates of child support obligations and modification procedures.
Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
Establishes program to provide free tuition under State Tuition Aid Grant Program to certain students who are accepted to public four-year institutions of higher education and elect to attend county college for first two years.
Creates Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program for construction workers laid off due to halted Transportation Trust Fund projects.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce paper record of each vote cast.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who donate organs.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who provide blood donations.
Prohibits county and municipal law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers from entering into memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
Concerns resentencing and parole for certain juvenile defendants.
Permits establishment by county and four-year institutions of higher education of three plus one degree programs for receipt of baccalaureate degree after spending three years at county college and one year at senior institution.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing or email to disclose information; prohibits subscriber penalty.
Requires DEP to establish maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane in drinking water.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for ovarian cancer research.
Expands Medicare health care coverage to all New Jersey residents.