Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Annette Chaparro
Sponsored
Became law4
Directs Chief Technology Officer to conduct study on impacts of redacting handwritten signatures published on State websites; allows for protocols for such redactions to be established by rules and regulations.*
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for environmental infrastructure projects for applicants with established program to employ, at project or related facilities, local residents or residents of nearby urban aid qualifying municipalities.
Appropriates $17,288,315 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Eliminates position of constable; removes statutory references to constable; repeals various parts of statutory law; implements recommendation of SCI report concerning elimination of constables.
Passed the General Assembly2
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires DEP to study methane emissions.
Out of committee3
Establishes penalty for withholding identification to hinder apprehension or prosecution.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services.
In committee21
Directs public utilities and pipeline operators to reimburse municipalities for certain emergency services.
Revises time period at which unit owners assume control of homeowners' associations.
Authorizes municipalities to regulate Internet-organized events.
Prohibits use of gap in automobile insurance coverage as rating factor in automobile insurance underwriting under certain circumstances.
"Addi's Law"; makes parent's conviction for murder of child's other parent grounds for termination of parental rights.
Requires rail passenger service to provide purchasers with proof of payment at time of purchase.
Establishes "Business Tax and Incentive Task Force."
Requires school bus drivers to retake certain knowledge and skills tests.
Requires electric public utility to charge residential rate for service used by residential customer for electric vehicle charging at charging stations within certain designated parking spaces.
Permits use of instant run-off voting in balloting for certain local elective public offices.
Establishes COVID-19 Local Food Pantry Assistance Grant Program in DHS; appropriates $4 million.
Requires driver education programs to be inclusive of all students.
Allows tax credits for nonresidential and multifamily building improvement expenses to reduce spread of COVID-19.
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
"Palisades Cliffs Protection and Planning Act"; concerns preservation of Palisades cliffs and creates Palisades Cliffs Preservation Council.
Establishes crime of knowingly filing false report against law enforcement officers.
Provides exception for Legal Services of New Jersey and other public interest organizations and certain other organizations from confidentiality of certain eviction actions.
Designates "First Responders and Elected Officials Memorial Flag" as State's official flag for recognizing current and former first responders and elected officials who have died.
Establishes new position of Clean Energy Advocate in BPU to facilitate coordination and cooperation among various State agencies in association with implementation of interagency clean energy projects.
Requires MVC to provide customers with option to receive certain documents in-person same day or via mail.
Permits service credit in Prosecutors Part of PERS for judicial clerk service.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; permits counties to provide additional compensation to election workers; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.*
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Requires court to consider information concerning coercive control in domestic violence proceedings.*
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 domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of firearms.
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. *
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.
Establishes professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors and requires licensure for each type of contractor.
Extends authorization for Internet gaming law to 2028.*
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.*
Establishes Center for Career Relevant Education and Talent Evaluation of New Jersey at Thomas Edison State University.*
Prohibits seller from imposing certain surcharge for credit card transactions; establishes certain notice requirements regarding surcharge.*
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.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Promotes small business Internet presence.
Requires DCA to conduct surveys and report data related to homelessness in administering the Rental Assistance Navigation Program.*
Makes various revisions to requirements for obtaining a firearm purchaser identification card, permit to purchase a handgun, and permit to carry a handgun; codifies sensitive places in which firearms and destructive devices are prohibited.*
Revises penalties for possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons.
Vetoed · 2
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Passed the General Assembly · 19
Directs Division of Gaming Enforcement to issue regulation to require name of Atlantic City casino be printed on its Internet gaming websites and advertisements.*
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.*
Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.*
Directs the suspension, by operation of law, of certain offenders' child support obligations.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral to long-term care facility.
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrators of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.*
Directs certain unclaimed electric, gas, and water public utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit public utility assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.**
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Requires study of ocean energy potential; directs BPU to establish wave and tidal energy generation goals and take other action to establish NJ as nationwide leader in ocean energy.
Establishes "Scientific Conference Grant Program"; appropriates $250,000.
Creates requirements for certain long-term real estate listing contracts.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.*
Requires public institution of higher education to establish gambling addiction prevention program.
Out of committee · 50
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources (WATER) Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million. **
Requires DOC to report certain information concerning halfway houses.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator in DMVA.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
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.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Establishes healthcare careers pilot program for certain institutions of higher education and proprietary schools.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties; appropriates $400,000.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.*
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Provides veterans with up to 60 credits tuition-free at county college serving county of residence.
Increases from 17 to 21 public members of New Jersey State Council on the Arts; requires one member for each NJ county; imposes criteria for initial four new members.*
Permits certain local units and authorities to reduce water, sewer, and stormwater fees and other charges for low-income persons; appropriates $200,000. *
Requires municipalities, counties, and school districts to report cybersecurity incidents.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.*
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Establishes that "100 percent Disabled Veterans" are not required to submit to MVC certain documentation to renew parking privileges.
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
"Mental Health Access Act;" increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services.
Creates gallery space on State House grounds for display of certain art works.
Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.
Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.*
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Establishes Legislative Enactment Oversight Committee to ensure implementation of enacted laws and joint resolutions.
Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified homemaker-home health aides and provide services to certain Medicaid and Medicaid-Medicare dually eligible enrollees under increased reimbursement rates.*
Establishes minimum NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for traumatic brain injury special care nursing facilities; establishes enhanced NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for nursing facilities under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for insureds aged 21 or younger.
Requires redaction and nondisclosure of home address of elected officials and candidates for elected office.
Permits pharmacists to furnish self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to a standing order, in accordance with protocols established by Board of Pharmacy and Board of Medical Examiners.
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.*
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes "Mission Critical Long-Term Care Teams"; provides for identification of and intervention at long-term care facilities at risk of operational and financial distress.
Includes electronic sports event as sports wagering; authorizes electronic sports wagering at certain locations.*
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.*
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Requires sellers of real property and landlords to make certain notifications regarding flooding.
Bars certain limitations on number of consumer contract claims that are allowed to proceed at same time.
Requires public institutions of higher education to submit annual fiscal monitoring report; authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to appoint State monitor of certain institutions; requires higher education chief financial officers complete training; annually appropriates $100,000.*
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts; appropriates $103,023,579.*
Establishes Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $3 million.
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
Concerns penalties for motor vehicle dealers that violate rules and regulations regarding temporary license plates or registration; establishes crime for obtaining, displaying, or possessing temporary license plate or registration procured through false information.
In committee · 155
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Modifies lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2022.
Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases.
Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree nursing programs.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or communication disabilities.
Requires refunds for payments made to venues for events canceled due to coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and caps additional venue charges at no more than rate of inflation for rescheduled events.
Requires Internet gaming affiliates to be licensed as casinos; prohibits waiver of licensing requirements.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.
Permits members of Legislature to enroll in SHBP.
Revises eligibility requirements for NJ Workability Program and Personal Assistance Services Program.
Limits extension of mandatory retirement to 90 days from State Police Retirement System during emergencies.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Prohibits use of anti-concurrent causation clauses in homeowners insurance policies.
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.
Exempts judges and justices from jury duty.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Requires certain county inmates be provided with reentry assistance before their release.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
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.
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.
Criminalizes owner or landlord knowingly renting dwelling to tenant that is illegal occupancy which causes serious bodily injury to or death of another person.
Requires county board of elections to mail notice to mail-in voters after each election confirming ballot was received and counted.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Establishes a 500 foot drug free zone around child care centers.
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.
Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.
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.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of passenger motor vehicle registration fee; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Extends eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition for four continuous academic years following student's initial enrollment.
Expands "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" and in Juvenile Justice Commission to include Jersey City; appropriates $2 million.
Excludes certain Medicaid income from gross income tax.
Permits landlords to take actions after death of tenant in certain situations.
Upgrades certain penalties for criminal street gang recruitment and criminality; imposes mandatory minimum sentence for certain offenses; establishes accomplice liability and imposes restrictions for certain recruiters.
Concerns application of residential rental property inspection findings in rental assistance determinations and eviction actions.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.*
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Requires involuntary commitment of certain individuals who have been administered opioid antidotes.
Requires health insurance coverage for annual mental health screening.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires registration, inspection, testing, cleaning, and disinfection of cooling towers to control outbreaks of Legionnaire's Disease.
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Requires public agency receiving State funds to post on website use of State funds for public work contracts with minority, women, and veteran owned businesses.
Mandates access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plan or program provided by the public employer.
Allows for tri-weekly visits for parents or guardians of infants or toddlers under Division of Child Protection and Permanency's care.
Requires DHS to create English and Spanish-language Internet websites to promote enrollment in affordable health care plans.
Establishes certain hiring preferences for Class Two special law enforcement officers seeking position with municipal law enforcement agency.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; appropriates $300 million.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Includes certain armed security officers regulated by "Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago's Law" in crimes of assault and disarming an officer.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy and energy efficiency programs for overburdened communities.
Requires MVC to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities during certain knowledge examinations.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Requires depository institutions to provide paper account statements to elder adults.
Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules.
Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates.
Concerns counseling for children who were either physically present or who may have seen or heard act of domestic violence.
Establishes the "Safe Sanitary Subsidized Rental Housing Bill of Rights."
Clarifies and expands landlord registration procedures; creates certain rights for tenants; makes certain changes concerning tenant notifications, inspections, and maintenance in multiple dwellings; permits percentage of affordable housing obligation to be satisfied by certain rehabilitation projects.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to State aid for public schools.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
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.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Permits group self-insurance plans for, and collective bargaining agreements improving the provision of, workers' compensation.
Requires MVC to provide written knowledge examination online during COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency.
Establishes Office of Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders Policy to oversee, direct, and coordinate resources, funding, and data tracking concerning treatment of substance use disorders.
Creates Office of School Bus Safety in Department of Education; appropriates $200,000.
Authorizes DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, to provide priority consideration to permit applications for green building projects.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
"Chloe's Pet Access Law"; permits dogs in outdoor seating areas of restaurants under certain circumstances; codifies current requirements concerning live animals in food establishments.
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
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.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Concerns residential community release programs.
Requires businesses in financial, essential infrastructure, and health care industries to report cybersecurity incidents.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Establishes certain additional examination and special learner's permit requirements.
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Allocates sufficient funds to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Requires newly manufactured semi-automatic handguns to be micro-stamped; establishes handgun database.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Prohibits certain steering and marketing practices involving dispensing of prescription drugs and drug samples.
Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident.
Requires applicants for commercial driver license to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
Requires posting of signs warning of presence of, and potential danger caused by, duckweed on water bodies in public parks.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas; stipulates uses of, and eligibility criteria for, funds.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's law.
Designates "Suicide Awareness & Remembrance Flag" as official State flag.
"Pet Groomers Licensing Act;" designated as "Bijou's Law."
"Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act."
Converts senior freeze reimbursement program into credit program.
Establishes rebuttable presumption against granting child custody under certain circumstances; expands best interests factors; adds coercive control to domestic violence definition.
Requires health benefits plan and carriers to meet certain requirements concerning network adequacy and mental health care.
Establishes pilot program for 24-hour urgent care for behavioral health.
Establishes pilot program to refer certain emergency department patients for development of coordinated behavioral health care treatment and support services plan.
Changes perimeter for bow and arrow hunting around certain buildings; requires property owner to provide notice and obtain receipt from owners of adjacent properties of any hunting activity; designated as "Restoring Safety Buffer Law."
Requires Cannabis Regulatory Commission to annually report number of cannabis applications submitted and permits or licenses issued to certain persons.
Permits law enforcement agencies to prohibit recreational use of cannabis items by law enforcement officers.
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Prohibits insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP from charging fee for paper bills and notices.
Requires parties to certain telephone communications to give notice of intention to record communications in order for communications to be lawfully recorded; failure to give notice violates "New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act."
Establishes "End 9-1-1 Fund Diversion Now Act"; directs Treasurer to issue report concerning prevention of diversion of funds from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" to conform with federal law.
Requires school district to notify registered apprenticeship programs of upcoming college or career fair.
Upgrades assault on crossing guard, parking attendant, or uniformed employee of municipal parking authority to aggravated assault.
Makes it aggravated sexual assault or sexual contact for transportation network company or taxicab driver to commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact using coercion or without permission on passenger.
Provides that certain federal funding will be used to offset any reductions in State school aid for school districts located in cities of the first class.
"School Property Tax Relief Trust Fund Act"; appropriates $2 billion.
Requires instruction on voting in curriculum of students in grade 12 as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Prohibits institution of higher education that provides child care from charging student-parent who receives child care voucher under "New Jersey Cares for Kids Program" an amount for child care in excess of voucher amount.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Clarifies the newspaper media delivery person and news media stringer are independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Adds and revises items for nursing homes to submit to DOH in annual financial report.
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.
Stengthens access to reproductive health care; appropriates $20 million.
Establishes Safe Remote Learning Program in DOE to support provision of remote instruction facilities by public schools.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Requires psychological evaluation and in-home inspection as prerequisite to purchase firearm.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
Requires helmet while operating bicycle, scooter, or motorized scooter.
Establishes Literacy Acceleration Home Reading Grant Program.
Revises certain eligibility requirements under NJ Aspire Program; establishes net neutral benefits test for redevelopment projects that incur certain sustainability and resiliency costs.
"Kangaroo Protection Act of 2022"; prohibits sale or barter, or offering for sale or barter, of dead kangaroos and any products made from kangaroo.
Requires certain fire departments in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes task force.
Filed · 1
Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "foreign national" and "undocumented foreign national," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.