Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, Senate.
Nia H. Gill Esq.
Sponsored
Became law5
Prohibits insurers from setting prices for non-covered dental services.
Requires local unit approval of applications for participation in federal 1033 program.
Permits municipalities and municipal parking authorities to create Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program.
Authorizes optometrists to continue prescribing medications containing hydrocodone.
"Certificates of Insurance Act;" governs use of certificates of insurance; provides DOBI with enforcement authority.
Vetoed3
Requires AG oversight of transfer of federal surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies; establishes review and reporting requirement.
Establishes Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Advisory Council.*
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Passed the Senate6
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members on federal active duty to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and suspend property tax payments.*
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.*
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.*
Upgrades crime of stalking when stalking activity is carried out or assisted by installation or use of communication or location monitoring program or device on cellular phone or wireless mobile device.*
Requires school districts and DOE to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.*
Out of committee10
Establishes loan redemption program for teachers to redeem loan amounts received under the New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in public or nonpublic schools in New Jersey.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Prohibits notaries public from falsely representing themselves as attorneys in advertisments.
Allows corporations to indemnify corporate agents without approval from board of directors.
Increases and modernizes solvency requirements for certain insurers and authority of DOBI Commissioner to regulate insurer solvency.
Authorizes operators of motor vehicles to display electronic proof of insurance.
Prohibits withholding of State school aid based on student participation rate on State assessments.
Exempts certain activities of alarm businesses from statutes governing practice of locksmithing.
Requires health benefits coverage for synchronization of prescribed medications under certain circumstances.
Requires coin redemption machine operators to disclose fees.
In committee26
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Provides for automatic expungement of records of certain juveniles adjudicated delinquent for engaging in prostitution.
Regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies.
Establishes pilot program in the Department of Law and Public Safety requiring the electronic recording of certain police interrogations.
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Provides local board of education with approval authority of charter school application.
Provides that person convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the birth of a child shall not be awarded custody or visitation under any circumstances.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters.
Establishes a regulatory program for rifle and shotgun ammunition sales.
Strengthens State's assault weapons ban.
"Certificates of Insurance Act."
Requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to establish public awareness campaign about new federally required health insurance exchange.
Requires boards of education to adopt policies to make schools asthma-friendly.
Requires certification of persons installing medical gas piping in dental offices, dental clinics, and animal or veterinary facilities.
Requires replacement of all electronic voting machines used in State by district-based optical scan voting systems by June 7, 2016; makes appropriation.
"New Jersey Health Insurance Marketplace Act."
"Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act"; appropriates $13.5 million.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.
Increases mandatory retirement age for Administrative Law Judges, Workers' Compensation Judges and county prosecutors from 70 to 75.
Revises homestead property tax reimbursement eligibility requirements for certain claimants relocating homesteads within the same municipality.
Regulates litigation funding providers.
Requires health benefits coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances from licensed podiatrists.
Requires carriers to disclose selection standards for placement of health care providers in tiered health benefits plan network; establishes oversight monitor to review compliance.
Requires health insurance carriers to comply with certain network adequacy requirements.
Filed1
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law5
Requires coin redemption machine operators to disclose fees.
Requires health benefits coverage for synchronization of prescribed medications under certain circumstances.
Authorizes operators of motor vehicles to display electronic proof of insurance.
Exempts certain activities of alarm businesses from statutes governing practice of locksmithing. *
Prohibits withholding of State school aid based on student participation rate on State assessments.
Vetoed1
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Requires health insurance carriers to encrypt certain information.*
Establishes "College Affordability Study Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey.
Directs certain four-year public institutions of higher education to establish substance abuse recovery housing program.
Extends "Overdose Prevention Act" immunity provisions to certain professionals and professional entities, and permits needle exchange programs to obtain standing order for opioid antidote.*
Vetoed · 4
"Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act"; enhances film and digital media tax credits, revises and expands tax credit eligibility requirements, and requires EDA to study development of film studio at North Jersey location.*
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status.
Establishes Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force to assess needs of persons with aphasia, and their families, and ensure adequate provision of support services and information thereto.*
Passed the Senate · 4
Makes FY 2014 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.*
Concerns earned sick leave.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Establishes "Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Out of committee · 14
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.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Increases State hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues required to be annually appropriated to fund certain arts and cultural, historical, and tourism-related programs and activities.
Creates the option to make a voluntary contribution for the support of local libraries on gross income tax returns.
Establishes certain requirements for hospitals regarding patient-designated caregivers.
Concerns location of workers' compensation hearings.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.*
Requires public schools to weight courses in visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth same number of credits in calculating grade point average.
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain structures; designated as "Korman and Park's Law."
Provides for notification of next-of-kin in event of death of senior citizen in senior housing facility.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments in kindergarten through second grade.
Permits municipal, county, and regional police and fire forces to establish five-year residency requirement for police officers and firefighters; allows exceptions to requirement under certain circumstances.*
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
In committee · 29
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing surcharges on consumer credit card purchases.
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.
"The Opportunity to Compete Act;" establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
Requires insurers to cover comprehensive ultrasound breast screening if a mammogram demonstrates certain dense breast tissue and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.
Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program; appropriates $95,000.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Rescinds recommendation of the Task Force on the Closure of State Developmental Centers and creates new task force.
"The Opportunity to Compete Act;" establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays certain uses of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system.
Transfers immunity from civil liability for certain healthcare providers to other healthcare providers in certain circumstances.
Requires certain law enforcement officers to wear cameras.
Establishes identical levels of domestic violence training for judges and judicial personnel.
Prohibits anti-tiering clauses in managed care health benefits plans.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of certain assessments.
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
Requires criminal history record background check for rifle and shotgun purchases.
Requires managed care plans, SHBP and SEHBP, to provide for reasonable accommodation in accessing providers for persons with physical disabilities.
Establishes Clean Energy Technology Center and Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund for purposes of creating clean energy-related employment opportunities; allocates revenues from societal benefits charge to support its activities.
Establishes certain standards for health benefits plans with tiered network.
Places moratorium on implementation of certain tiered network health benefits plans until January 1, 2017.