Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Nia H. Gill Esq.
Sponsored
Out of committee7
Prohibits attempts by mental health professionals to change sexual orientation of adults.
Requires DOT to study and issue report on use of plastic roads.
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Establishes New Jersey Ireland Trade Commission in Department of State.
Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.
Concerns protections with respect to nondisclosure of certain patient information relating to reproductive health care services, and protecting access to services and procedures related to abortion for certain out-of-State persons.*
Prohibits extradition of individual from another state back to that state for actions related to conduct concerning reproductive health care services lawful in this State.*
In committee80
Prohibits use of education, occupation, homeownership status, marital status, or credit score in certain automobile insurance determinations.
Prohibits landlords from requiring rent to be paid by certain means of payment or at any off-site location.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act."
Establishes pilot program in the Department of Law and Public Safety requiring the electronic recording of certain police interrogations.
"New Jersey Fair Workweek Act."
Strengthens location confidentiality for certain crime victims.
Requires public hearing prior to use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agency.
Prohibits use of facial recognition or biometric surveillance system on police body-worn cameras.
Prohibits distribution of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 60 days of election with intent to deceive voter.
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.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Requires minimum temperature in senior citizen housing projects to be maintained at 70 degrees from October 1 to May 1.
Concerns accomplice liability of law enforcement officers who fail to de-escalate and intervene when another officer commits offense.
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
The "New Jersey Law Enforcement Transparency Act of 2020."
Requires electronic voting system vendors disclose financial ties prior to electronic voting system approval by Secretary of State.
Eliminates qualified immunity and sovereign immunity in certain cases.
Prohibits NJTA from implementing automatic toll increases and increasing tolls for three years; reduces NJTA tolls.
Requires developers of residential housing to provide low and moderate income housing or pay fee.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Requires Attorney General to maintain database and publish certain information concerning documentary service fees charged by motor vehicle dealers.
"Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act"; appropriates $13.5 million.
Regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
Prohibits severance pay agreements from barring certain employee claims against employer.
Prohibits offering of health benefit plans in the State that do not meet certain standards; requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to take enforcement action against offering of plans not in compliance.
Prohibits certain discrimination by automated decision systems.
Strengthens State's assault weapons ban.
Criminalizes distribution of childlike sex dolls.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Revises homestead property tax reimbursement eligibility requirements for certain claimants relocating homesteads within the same municipality.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain student loan interest.
Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Shortens statute of limitations on certain contracts claims; clarifies that partial payment on obligation either tolls or revises, as applicable, relevant statute of limitations.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
Requires municipal police departments maintain copies of complaint-summonses filed with Judiciary as government records.
Requires AG oversight of transfer of federal surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies; establishes review and reporting requirement.
Prohibits law enforcement officer from administering anesthetic or sedative during arrest or traffic stop.
Establishes law enforcement procedures for responding to immigration detainers and certain requests issued by federal immigration authorities.
Establishes a regulatory program for rifle and shotgun ammunition sales.
Establishes "Future Road Technologies Fund"; makes annual appropriation of $3 million.
Prohibits certain digital application distribution platforms from engaging in certain payment-for-service practices.
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters.
Revises "The Professional Service Corporation Act."
Prohibits employer from reducing salary of remote employee who moves to area with lower cost of living than where employee lived at time of hire or last adjustment of salary.
"New Jersey Public Option Health Care Act."
"State Bank of New Jersey Act."
Requires carriers to disclose selection standards for placement of health care providers in tiered health benefits plan network; establishes oversight monitor to review compliance.
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
Increases mandatory retirement age for Administrative Law Judges, Workers' Compensation Judges and county prosecutors from 70 to 75.
Restricts use of facial recognition technology and other biometric recognition by governmental entities.
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.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of State assessment.
Requires school bus contractor to provide information to board of education on results of criminal background checks of all school bus drivers assigned routes in district pursuant to contract.
Requires boards of education to adopt policies to make schools asthma-friendly.
Requires school districts and DOE to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.
Provides local board of education with approval authority of charter school application.
Provides an adjustment to school district tax levy cap for increases in special education costs per pupil in excess of $40,000 that exceed such prior year costs by more than 2%.
"Establishes Children, Youth, and Families Bill of Rights" to recognize and protect certain rights for children, youth, families.
Modifies eligibility requirements for other retirement income exclusion concerning other sources of income.
Authorizes creation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. license plates.
Provides three-year sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain restaurant equipment.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $1.8 million.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Concerns unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Requires adoption of and training on anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy by certain campaign committees; creates Office on Discrimination and Harassment Prevention; appropriates $2,000,000.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive tuition and fees for Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Medal military recipients.
Suspends taxation of highway fuels for one year; makes appropriation.
Allows gross income tax deduction for up to $1,000 of unreimbursed expenses incurred by eligible educators for purchase of classroom supplies.
Codifies State Workplace Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policy.
Establishes "Planning for an Aging Population Task Force."
Phases out resource standard for non-Modified Adjusted Gross Income Medicaid eligibility groups.
Concerns unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Expands definition of machine gun to include certain parts; prohibits registration of certain firearm manufacturers and wholesalers.
Requires availability of electronic signature and submission process for all candidate, recall, initiative, and referendum petitions.
Expands protections of Law Against Discrimination.
Permits suit for abusive litigation for interference with legally protected health care activity or reproductive health care services under certain circumstances.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law3
Prohibits extradition of individual from another state back to that state for actions related to conduct concerning reproductive health care services lawful in this State.*
Concerns protections with respect to nondisclosure of certain patient information relating to reproductive healthcare services, and protecting access to services and procedures related to abortion for certain out-of-State persons.*
Establishes New Jersey Ireland Trade Commission in Department of State.
Vetoed1
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to check E-ZPass database before issuing E-ZPass violation.
Requires certain public venues and places of worship to submit emergency plans to law enforcement agencies for purpose of preparing for mass casualty and active shooter events.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
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. *
Authorizes transfer on death (TOD) of title to motor vehicle.
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices and asthma inhalers; limits cost sharing for health insurance coverage of insulin.
Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*
Prohibits government dealings with businesses associated with Belarus or Russia.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Provides for oversight and improvement of administration of unemployment compensation.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain .50 caliber rifles; makes certain exceptions.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers. *
Passed the Senate · 9
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, from 18 percent to 30 percent, amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Requires school districts to include environmental sustainability plan in long-range facilities plan.
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.
Prohibits mental health care professionals from disclosing mental health notes to health insurance carriers.*
Expands number of health care professions profiled under "New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act."
Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.*
Requires DMVA establish Disabled Veterans Transportation Task Force.
Out of committee · 34
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
Provides mortgage payment relief for residential property owners and small landlords during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Changes entity responsible for management of NJ School of Conservation to nonprofit organization, and directs DOE to request funding for center annually.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants.
Requires MVC to create mobile driver's licenses and identification cards.
Makes it a fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.*
Requires discrimination prevention training for certain providers of services to senior citizens.
Establishes new transparency standards for pharmacy benefits manager business practices.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."
Requires New Jersey Historical Commission to establish Black Heritage Trail; permits New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation to use funds for markers on certain trail sites; appropriates $1 million.*
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of firearms.
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.
Requires State Board of Education to administer New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as field test for class of 2023.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Authorizes issuance of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates.
Requires MVC to administer electronic transaction system for used motor vehicle sales within certain time period; authorizes use of same system for private motor vehicle sales.
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."*
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Requires training for issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provide firearms purchaser identification card include photograph and thumb print and remain valid for ten years.*
Requires firearm retailers to sell microstamping-enabled firearms upon determination of availability by AG.
Requires NJT to pay certain persons one-and-a-half times regular rate for work during period of commercial vehicle travel restriction issued by DOT.
Establishes Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance in Department of Law and Public Safety.*
Concerns tax treatment of individual's income earned outside state of residence; appropriates $35 million.*
Establishes Organic Farming Board in Department of Agriculture.
Requires NJ Business Action Center to collect and produce certain information to assist small businesses.
Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters.
Requires Attorney General to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Increases minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase program benefit amount.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.*
In committee · 39
Extends senior freeze benefits to certain senior citizens and disabled persons who have continuously resided in New Jersey for three years.
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Increases amount of, and income limit for eligibility to receive, senior citizens' and disabled persons' property tax deduction.
"New Jersey Respect for Physicians Act;" requires prompt response by insurers to requests for prior authorization of health care services.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Concerns family leave and gestational carriers.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Authorizes expanded provision of harm reduction services to distribute sterile syringes and provide certain support services to persons who use drugs intravenously; appropriates $15 million.
Permits expungement of possession or distribution of hypodermic syringe or needle offense in cases of previous expungement; repeals criminal offense of possession of syringe.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Establishes Animal Cruelty Offender Registry; prohibits purchase, adoption, and breeding of animals by animal cruelty offenders.
Expands wrongful death act to allow recovery for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of society and loss of companionship.
Requires Prison Rape Elimination Act committee in each State correctional facility.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Establishes "Innovation Partnership"; provides funding for certain nonprofit partnerships to promote certain emerging technology businesses.
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Extends eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans.
Provides for resentencing of certain inmates.
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Establishes NJEDA urban farming grant and loan program.
Requires health insurance carriers to adhere to certain practices to protect health information related to sensitive services.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Requires continuing care retirement community agreements to require refund of refundable entrance fees within one year.
"Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral Act"; allows certain seniors to defer property tax payments.
Facilitates identification of municipal liens on residential property of certain seniors and disabled persons.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Reestablishes senior citizen supplemental stabilization aid.
Extends veteran's gross income tax exemption to spouses of deceased veterans.
Regulates use of automated tools in hiring decisions to minimize discrimination in employment.
Requires registration of private education lenders; establishes protections for private education borrowers.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Requires certain public schools that receive State aid to begin regular instruction for high school students no earlier than 8:30 AM.
Applies local public contract bid threshold amounts to local pay to play and prevailing wage laws.
Stengthens access to reproductive health care; appropriates $20 million.
Concerns annual reporting requirements of SHBP and SEHBP commissions.
Requires use of federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund grants to reduce increases in premium rates for SHBP and SEHBP for calendar year 2023.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.