Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, Senate.
Nia H. Gill Esq.
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Became law6
"Bloodborne Disease Harm Reduction Act"; establishes demonstration program to permit operation of sterile syringe access programs; appropriates $10 million. *
Requires health benefits coverage by health insurers and SHBP for orthotic and prosthetic appliances and provides reimbursement therefor. *
Establishes responsibilities for owner/operators working for licensed public movers.
Requires mandatory audit of election results in randomly selected election districts.
Requires residential mortgage lender to provide debtor with contact information in certain notices, and include copies of notices to court in certain foreclosure actions. *
Extends expiration date of automobile insurance urban enterprise zone program to April 1, 2009.
Passed the Senate1
Establishes the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact."
Out of committee4
Consolidates nonpartisan municipal election procedures in Title 19 of Revised Statutes.
Revises trustee's power to adjust principal and income under "Uniform Principal and Income Act of 2001."
Concerns homeowners insurance coverage with respect to dogs. *
Provides for licensure of massage and bodywork therapists and registration of their employers. *
In committee53
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Provides for State assumption of the costs of the county prosecutors' offices.
Eliminates the statute of limitations in civil actions for sexual abuse; clarifies accrual of certain causes of action and modifies the Charitable Immunity Act.
Establishes pilot program in the Department of Law & Public Safety requiring the electronic recording of certain police interrogations.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $100,000 for FY2004 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center.
Requires health insurers to offer benefits for dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Requires insurers which provide prescription drug benefits to cover costs of medications for treating sickle cell anemia.
Applies building code of New York City to World Trade Center, requires fire safety inspections.
Provides counseling and prenatal care information to pregnant women who test positive for HIV.
Establishes a loan redemption program for teachers under which they are permitted to redeem loan amounts received under the New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in public schools in New Jersey.
Requires an individual under 21 years of age to obtain parental consent before opening a credit card account.
Prohibits cellular telephone service providers from disclosing individual proprietary information without customer written consent.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
The "New Jersey Homeowners' Equity Protection Act."
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential property under redevelopment laws.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Gives membership in PERS Prosecutors Part to DLPS employees with title of assistant director, deputy director, assistant attorney general or deputy attorney general.
Reinstates State Board of Public Movers and Warehousemen.
Provides additional SHBP benefits to certain retired PFRS, CPFPF and PERS survivors.
Establishes the Equity in Education program in DOE to finance school district initiatives that target segregation.
Requires certain persons seeking license to operate facility to provide magnetic resonance imaging services to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Requires registration of qualified journeyman electricians and restricts exemption for certain electrical work by public electric utilities.
Requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to promulgate regional fee schedules for recovery, towing and storage of motor vehicles.
Requires certain financial institutions to disclose overdraft fees.
Allows the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to realize a return on its investments in science and technology companies.
Establishes the Technology Business Incubator Program Supplemental Assistance Fund.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million to Treasury for a grant to tsunami relief effort in Southeast Asia.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Concerns eviction proceedings; establishes penalties for forcible entry or detainer of residential property and damage to rental premises.
Permits certain persons 70 and older to prove identity by affidavit for purpose of renewing driver's license.
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies.
Revises provisions of the "Open Public Meetings Act" to ensure greater compliance.
Strengthens public disclosure and monitoring requirements of "Open Public Meetings Act".
Limits finance charge for personal lines insurance premium finance agreements to 14%.
Prohibits department heads in Executive Branch from taking unpaid leave to assist any candidates for election to public office.
Increases judicial salaries and prosecutors' salaries and makes certain changes to other salaries linked to judicial salaries.
Establishes the Administrative Law Judges Retirement System.
Allows Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to open administrative supervision proceedings to guaranty associations under certain circumstances.
Provides for residency requirement for administrative law and workers' compensation judges.
Provides for residency requirement for administrative law and workers' compensation judges.
Regulates captive insurers.
Requires installment payments for maternity services.
Increases New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association payment cap to $500,000; immunizes policyholders protected by association from certain liability.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Prohibits discrimination in the issuance, renewal or rating of life insurance policies based on future foreign travel.
Appropriates $200,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grant to Save Ellis Island, Inc. to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Revises "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act"; provides consumer protections; increases reporting and record keeping requirements.
Regulates sales of certified copies of deeds or conveyances of real estate.
Prohibits State agencies from including advertisements in mailings to public.
Establishes the "Anti-Phishing Act."
Requires health care providers to obtain informed consent from patients for use of certain reprocessed medical devices.
Revises and expands New Jersey Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting Act.
Removes appropriations for municipal library purposes from the four percent municipal property tax levy cap.
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Eliminates the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances. *
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" concerning gender identity or expression discrimination.
Criminalizes possession or use of electronic communication devices in certain correctional facilities. *
Prohibits deceptive use of depository institution's trade name or trademark.
Adds new causes of action for divorce based on irreconcilable differences.
Prohibits denial of credit on the basis that individual was a victim of identity theft.
Prohibits use of "step-down" provisions to limit uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage in certain circumstances.
Passed the Senate · 1
Authorizes a competitive system-wide franchise for certain providers of cable television service. *
Out of committee · 9
Increases workers' compensation for loss of hand or foot.
Establishes "Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program"; appropriates $1,500,000.
Establishes regional substance abuse treatment facilities; appropriates $100 million.
Directs AG to include gang information in Uniform Crime Report, requires gang information to be included on finger print card, appropriates $70,000.
Increases voting members on UMDNJ board of trustees from 11 to 19; provides for additional board powers; and establishes board of directors for University Hospital. ***
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Increases judicial salaries and prosecutors' salaries. *
In committee · 27
Requires that chiropractic physicians, podiatric physicians, allopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentists, and other health care providers be reimbursed at same rate for the same service.
Establishes advocacy pilot program for mentally ill offenders.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Abolishes death penalty in New Jersey; provides for resentencing for persons sentenced to death.
Requires "just compensation" for condemnation of single-family residence to be based on cost of comparable relocation properties.
Prohibits municipal officers and employees serving on redevelopment or housing agencies from voting to condemn property.
Creates the "Biometric Identifier Privacy Act."
Provides for annual cost-of-living increase in amount of Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance payment.
Prohibits certain disclosure of nonpublic personal financial information by financial institutions to nonaffiliated third parties.
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires acquisition of defibrillators for use in public and nonpublic high schools and training of certain personnel in usage; appropriates $900,000.
Concerns availability of basic and "Dollar-A-Day" automobile insurance policies.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Requires all voting machines to produce a voter-verified paper record.
Allows reduced sales tax rate for sales of motor vehicles in certain urban enterprise zones and UEZ-impacted business districts.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Establishes Medication Management, Outreach and Support Program in DHS; appropriates $8 million.
Supplemental appropriation of $4,998,581 to DHSS for AIDS Drug Distribution Program and other AIDS services.
Permits limited pharmacy sales of syringes and needles without a prescription.
Increases the number of voting members on UMDNJ board of trustees from 11 to 19, adds two additional nonvoting members, authorizes trustee establishment of hospital board of directors, and requires establishment of certain trustee committees.
Establishes continuing education requirement for licensed public adjusters.
Requires telephone and commercial mobile service providers to disclose certain information to customers and to provide payments to customers for the sale of certain records.
Eliminates regional contribution agreements; creates housing rehabilitation and assistance program for grants to municipalities.
Establishes a permanent Gang Land Security Task Force.