Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Pedro Mejia
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
In committee4
Prohibits no-poaching agreements in franchise arrangements.
Establishes law enforcement procedures for responding to immigration detainers and certain requests issued by federal immigration authorities.
Revises conditions for use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax.
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Requires high school students to complete financial aid applications.*
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Requires MVC to provide customer service telephone number at motor vehicle inspection facilities.
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Requires DCA provide certain information on low-income home energy assistance program, annually update program handbook and issue program request for proposal, and provide quarterly training sessions on administering program. *
Concerns SNAP services provided at county boards of social services; appropriates $250,000. *
Permits veteran to receive credit toward licensure as licensed practical nurse upon completing certain military medical training programs.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Requires online option for cancellation of automatic renewal of health club services subscriptions entered into online; provides additional options for cancelling health club services contracts under certain circumstances.*
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.*
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Allows passage of Certified Respiratory Therapist examination to qualify for licensure as respiratory therapist.
Requires Office of Emergency Management to incorporate into State Emergency Operations Plan framework to address cybersecurity incidents.*
Increases minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase program benefit amount.
Passed the General Assembly · 9
Requires discrimination prevention training for certain providers of services to senior citizens.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
"College Mental Health Services Act"; establishes grant program for public institutions of higher education and requires public institutions of higher education to report certain information concerning mental health treatment and suicides.
Establishes crime of fertility fraud.*
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Requires landlords of certain properties providing child care services who refuse lead service line replacements to install and maintain water filters.
Authorizes temporary licensure of graduated nursing students; waives fees for nurse licensure applicants who work at long-term care facilities.*
Creates requirements for certain long-term real estate listing contracts.
Requires private detectives to register their foreign employers with State Police.
Out of committee · 18
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Requires NJTA and SJTA to check E-ZPass database before issuing E-ZPass violation.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Prohibits providers of commercial mobile service and developers of mobile application from disclosing customer's global position system data to third parties under certain circumstances.*
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties; appropriates $400,000.
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Prohibits sale of certain diet pills and dietary supplements for muscle building to persons under 18 years of age under certain circumstances.*
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Establishes Liberty State Park Design Task Force.*
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Bars certain limitations on number of consumer contract claims that are allowed to proceed at same time.
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
In committee · 48
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Provides mortgage payment relief, income tax relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for residential property owners, tenants, and other consumers, economically impacted during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Allows local contracting unit to accept bid up to five percent more than lowest responsible bid under certain circumstances.
Permits physical therapists to perform dry needling under certain circumstances.
Permits person with special needs to voluntarily make notation on driver's license and identification card.
Provides that manipulation of certain caller identification information may constitute cyber-harassment and stalking.
Revises tenure for public school janitors and establishes tenure for certified educational facilities managers.
Requires driver education courses to include instruction on appropriate actions for driver to take when stopped by law enforcement officer.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Provides that amounts remaining in inactive Internet gaming accounts will be abandoned property after three years under unclaimed property law.
Requires certain toll road operators and bi-state agency to allow drivers to choose towing company.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth and family services organizations.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Regulates pay-off of trade-in vehicles and certain vehicle title releases.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
Requires pharmacies to provide certain information regarding insulin manufacturer assistance programs.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Adds 9-1-1 system regionalization costs to funds appropriated from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Requires DOH approval for adverse possessory action against hospitals.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
"Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act."
Converts senior freeze reimbursement program into credit program.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
Revises certain eligibility requirements under NJ Aspire Program; establishes net neutral benefits test for redevelopment projects that incur certain sustainability and resiliency costs.
Establishes New Jersey Student Educator Tuition Remission Program.