Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, Senate.
Nia H. Gill Esq.
Sponsored
Passed the Senate4
Revises and expands New Jersey Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting Act.
Regulates sales of certified copies of deeds or conveyances of real estate.
Concerns contracts for credit card accounts with certain individuals under 21 years of age. *
Bars public entities and public employees from entering into confidential settlements of claims against them; provides that such settlements constitute public records.
Out of committee10
Prohibits unfair discrimination in the issuance, renewal or rating of life insurance policies based on future foreign travel. *
Removes appropriations for municipal library purposes from the four percent municipal property tax levy cap.
Requires installment payments for maternity services covered by certain health benefits plans. *
Provides period of extension for repayment of introductory rate mortgages on residential property under certain circumstances.
Concerns access to physical therapy services, and insurance claims handling following access to those services.
Eliminates 10 day advance notification of proposed effective date of certain shareholder action.
Allows officers of corporation to grant employees and officers of corporation shares of stock, rights or options.
Provides that corporate by-laws may allow corporation to eliminate plurality voting for corporate directors.
Concerns registration, insurance coverage, and consumer notice of owner-operators providing mover's services.
Requires that one member of the State Board of Medical Examiners be a practicing podiatric physician.
In committee44
Provides for State assumption of the costs of the county prosecutors' offices.
Establishes pilot program in the Department of Law & Public Safety requiring the electronic recording of certain police interrogations.
Applies building code of New York City to World Trade Center, requires fire safety inspections.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
The "New Jersey Homeowners' Equity Protection Act."
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Requires mandatory audit of election results in randomly selected election districts.
Establishes the Equity in Education program in DOE to finance school district initiatives that target segregation.
Requires certain financial institutions to disclose overdraft fees.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
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.
Provides for residency requirement for administrative law and workers' compensation judges.
Regulates captive insurers.
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.
Establishes the "Anti-Phishing Act."
Clarifies blight criteria under "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," and prevents use of condemnation to acquire code compliant residential property under that law.
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.
Consolidates nonpartisan municipal election procedures in Title 19 of Revised Statutes.
Gives membership in PERS Prosecutors Part to DLPS employees with title of assistant director, deputy director, assistant attorney general or deputy attorney general.
Establishes the Technology Business Incubator Program Supplemental Assistance Fund.
Prohibits cellular telephone service providers from disclosing individual proprietary information without customer written consent.
Establishes the Administrative Law Judges Retirement System.
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.
Requires health care providers to obtain informed consent from patients for use of certain reprocessed medical devices.
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.
Prohibits State agencies from including advertisements in mailings to public.
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.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $100,000 for FY2008 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center.
Establishes the "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact."
Allows Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to open administrative supervision proceedings to guaranty associations under certain circumstances.
Provides additional SHBP benefits to certain retired PFRS, CPFPF and PERS survivors.
Reinstates State board of Public Movers and Warehousemen.
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members on federal active duty to receive temporary suspension of payment of interest on mortgage loan.
Requires replacemnt of all electronic voting machines used in State by district-based optical scan voting systems by June 8, 2010; makes appropriation.
Prohibits use of insurance scoring by property-casualty insurers in rate-making for personal lines insurance coverage.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Allows UEZ municipalities to include certain homeland security expenses as eligible for funding from enterprise zone assistance fund.
The "Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act." *
Passed the Senate · 2
Permits municipalities hosting UEZs to establish set-aside programs favoring local businesses for construction projects using State funds.
Requires local unit or authority to provide director of the Division of Local Government Services with report concerning law suits to which it is a party before budget is approved.
Out of committee · 9
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Increases workers' compensation for loss of hand or foot.
Requires consumer complaints to licensing boards of regulated professions to be resolved within 120 days. *
Requires licensing of genetic counselors.
Revises statutes regarding acupuncturists; criminalizes unauthorized practice of acupuncture.
Enacts the "Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act."
Requires Public Advocate intervention, additional public participation, and health impact study as conditions of conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer. *
Establishes standards and requirements set forth in Executive Order No. 151 (2009) for use of funds from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In committee · 13
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Clarifies that gang related incident offense report is to be forwarded to Superintendent of State Police for inclusion in Uniform Crime Report.
Establishes advocacy pilot program for mentally ill offenders.
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.
Eliminates regional contribution agreements; creates housing rehabilitation and assistance program for grants to municipalities.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Permits limited pharmacy sales of syringes and needles without a prescription.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Requires licensing of genetic counselors.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."