Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
Thomas P. Giblin
Sponsored
Became law2
Repeals the designation of New Jersey Route No. 23 as "Robert A. Roe Highway."
Adds non-voting member to NJT board.
In committee13
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Requires party bidding on, or performing, a State contract to provide employee health care benefits.
Prohibits landlord charging tenant refurbishment fee.
Appropriates $13.3 million from budgeted appropriations under State Partnership Agreement Program for grant to Passaic County Utilities Authority to pay costs of canceled solid waste facility project.
Requires review of certain privatization contracts.
Provides that unused State real property will be offered for sale after three years.
Directs NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to conduct feasibility study of Meadowlands convention center project.
Sets standards regarding New Jersey Transit Corporation contracts privatizing public transit services.
Provides for the establishment of fiscal management and accountability standards at public research universities and State colleges.
Increases gross receipts assessments on ambulatory care facilities to 7%, or $400,000, or whichever is less.
Requires every newly constructed pool heated with propane or natural gas to use hybrid heating system.
Dedicates to Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund portion of receipts generated by August 1, 2009 increase in alcoholic beverage tax rate imposed on liquor sales.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 32
Requires facility where patient dies to provide medical examiner with contact information for next-of-kin so medical examiner may obtain additional information about death. *
Revises laws concerning the provision of affordable housing.
Extends payment of accidental death benefit in PFRS, SPRS, PERS and TPAF to survivors of certain members of reserve component of Armed Forces and National Guard. *
Authorizes court to provide alternatives for persons who default in payment of fines.
Requires wheelchair securement and occupant securement devices for wheelchaired passengers.
Extends TDI to provide family leave benefits for workers caring for sick family members, newborn and newly adopted children.
Revises laws concerning pedestrian safety and traffic control; requires drivers to stop and remain stopped for pedestrians under certain conditions.
Requires training program for and recognizes position of technical assistant to construction code official.
Daniel Mackay's Law; requires certain information be given to next of kin of relatives killed or incapacitated in motor vehicle accident; caps certain abandoned vehicle storage fees.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Revises certain statutes concerning sale of tax and other municipal liens.
Redefines role and qualifications of purchasing agent in "Local Public Contracts Law."
Revises eligibility for expungement of criminal and juvenile delinquency records.
Imposes moratorium on harvest and possession of horseshoe crabs.
Clarifies obligation of cemeteries to hold consumer prepayments for cemetery services in trust accounts.
Allows certified public accountants licensed in other states to practice public accountancy and attest services in this State under certain circumstances.
"Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program Act." *
Requires each general hospital and State psychiatric hospital to annually conduct public meeting for community it serves. *
Enacts "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children."
Exempts Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans' Memorial Cemetery from law requiring reforestation plans.
Requires schools to notify certain students of potential eligibility for NJ STARS Program.
Establishes a "Silver Alert System." *
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
"Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act."
Increases EDA bonding limit for State share of school facilities projects; specifies debt service for these bonds will first be payable from revenues received from gross income tax; establishes priority categories for non-SDA district projects. *
Requires DHS to report physical assaults and deaths at State psychiatric hospitals on its website and report deaths to Public Advocate. *
Provides for continuing education for real estate brokers, broker-salespersons and salespersons, and creates a new licensing category of referral agents. *
Requires confirmation of financial assistance for eligible homeowners voluntarily closing or replacing petroleum underground storage tanks, and expands eligibility for financial assistance. *
Concerns registration, insurance coverage, and consumer notice of owner-operators providing mover's services.
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," authorizes bonds for $400 million; appropriates $5,000. **
Revises the representation of proprietary schools on New Jersey Presidents' Council and on its executive board.
Establishes New Jersey Special Education and Traumatic Brain Injury Task Force.
Vetoed · 1
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Passed the General Assembly · 15
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Prohibits display of gift card account numbers.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts. *
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Requires installation of operational automatic rain sensor on lawn sprinklers as condition of sale and on lawn sprinklers on commercial, retail or industrial property and in common interest communities within specified timeframes.
Provides for Autism Advocate in Division of Advocacy for the Developmentally Disabled. *
Establishes "New Jersey Colon Cancer Research Fund;" provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns. *
Permits municipality containing a Health Enterprise Zone, or contiguous with three such municipalities, to grant property tax exemption to acute care hospitals.
Establishes new motorcycle safety provisions. *
Allows bureau chief to assess civil penalty for certain violations of "Uniform Securities Law (1997)."
Authorizes institutions of higher education to grant college credit to high school students who complete the Jersey Boys State or Jersey Girls State program. *
Establishes the "Domestic Violence Victim Protection Pilot Program."
Increases certain sentences and imposes bail restrictions on persons who violate domestic violence restraining orders under certain circumstances; authorizes the court to order evaluation and treatment. *
Out of committee · 50
Allows certain undocumented aliens to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old. *
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT. *
Extends term of office for members of NJ Collaborating Center for Nursing board and dedicates portion of nurse licensing fee to support center. *
Requires alternative testing arrangements be provided to certain students unable to attend tests at their regular administration due to religious observance.
Provides for allocation of $25 million from available balances from societal benefits charge revenues for utility assistance grants for qualified households. **
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside. *
Requires lighting and security cameras at sexually oriented businesses; imposes civil penalty for permitting access to minors; permits negative secondary effects study; permits tax on sexually oriented business. *
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list. *
"New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act." *
Renames the Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program and makes various other changes to the program.
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights.
Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals from charging for certain medical errors. *
"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.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Permits municipality to determine permissible parking distance from intersection, crosswalk or "stop" sign.
Appropriates $7 million in 1992 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.
Expands consumer protections under New Jersey's motor vehicle "lemon law."
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Regulates certain credentialing and trade practices of insurance producers, and provides private cause of action for insurance producer violations.
Includes security fraud as violation of consumer fraud act.
Allows the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority to finance working capital loans for institutions of higher education and revenue-generating projects through institution affiliates. *
The "New Jersey Homeownership Preservation Act."
Requires DHS to assess $25 annual fee for collection of certain child support payments and authorizes DHS to increase child support pass through.
Authorizes Greenwood Lake Commission to charge fees. *
Clarifies that certain sports and entertainment projects are an essential public and governmental use and purpose and exempt from property taxation.
Establishes "Court Security Enhancement Fund" and increases court fees.
Authorizes certain municipalities to impose and securitize a motor vehicle rental tax funding certain redevelopment activities, and to impose parking and ticket surcharges at certain facilities to fund senior and youth health and recreation purposes. **
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Increases power of judges of compensation to enforce workers' compensation law.
Strengthens enforcement against employers for failure to provide workers' compensation coverage.
Concerns emergent medical care under workers' compensation.
Revises membership of Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau and clarifies its authority. *
Requires Insurance Fraud Prosecutor to establish liaison with DOLWD and authorizes its investigation of cases of failure to provide workers' compensation coverage. **
Requires proof of workers' compensation coverage with certain legally required annual reports of employers.
Designates bridge carrying State Highway Route No. 3 over the Passaic River between the Borough of Rutherford and the City of Clifton as the "Chaplain Charles J. Watters Memorial Bridge."
Provides for improved structure and fiscal management of higher education in New Jersey. *
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Prohibits penalizing pharmacy for dispensing forged or fraudulent prescription approved by certain State prescription drug benefit programs. *
Requires NJ Transit to do report on rail station accessibility to the disabled.
Requires designated fire command structure in municipal emergency operations plans involving mutual aid responses to fires. *
Expands State programs to encourage investments in small technology companies.
Makes emergency medical technician certification valid for five years.
Revises State share calculation for debt service aid for new school facilities projects of county vocational school districts.
Concerns collective bargaining agreements and subcontracting.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Concerns rights of DRPA employees.
In committee · 118
Allows tax credit to health care professionals for expenses to achieve accessibility for persons with mobility impairments.
Requires notification of rape care advocate under certain circumstances by law enforcement, prosecutors and medical providers.
Includes adult with onset physical disabilities as eligible criteria for assistance through Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor; amends murder statute.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Provides gross income tax deduction for health care plan costs.
Provides in-network benefits to patient with disability for services provided by out-of-network provider under certain circumstances.
Requires informational posters about safe placement alternatives for newborn infants be posted in public restrooms used by females.
Makes unlawful possession of assault firearm a second degree crime.
Creates Commercial and Technology Court.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
"Billy's Law"; establishes Council on Out-of-State Placement of Children and registry of qualified out-of-State residential schools and programs in DCF.
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death actions arising out of murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter where a conviction was not obtained.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
Increases maximum homestead rebate amounts for residential tenants.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Establishes the "Veterans Home Health Care Demonstration Program"; appropriates $1 million.
Revises distribution of Casino Simulcasting Special Fund.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Permits public high school student athletes to opt out of physical education during their athletic seasons.
Requires hang tag for holders of provisional driver's license and windshield sticker for holders of special learner's permit and examination permit.
The "Najeeb Green-Lewis Law," requires motor vehicle rental companies to confirm driving status of driver as condition of renting certain vehicles.
Requires sexually oriented businesses to notify property owners within 3,000 feet and obtain variance prior to operation.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Removes two license limit on plenary retail distribution license holders.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Establishes Commission on Women Veterans.
Provides for automatic expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances.
Eliminates enhanced penalties for certain crimes occurring on or in proximity to school property except when such crimes occur in the presence of a child.
"Electronic Waste Recycling Act."
Establishes prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse public awareness campaign; designated Jason's Law.
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
Makes temporary insurance and temporary domestic security local cap exceptions permanent; exempts pre-July 7, 2004 contract obligations from current, lower cap.
The " Abandoned Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Act."
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Provides for motor fuels tax exemption to school bus contractors.
Exempts sales of energy and utility service to manufacturing facilities from the sales and use tax and the transitional energy facility assessment (TEFA) unit rate surcharge.
Requires State budget to include funds for annual cost-of-living adjustment to certain contracted providers of services.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Expands wrongful death act to allow recovery for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of society and loss of companionship.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Exempts membership fees, initiation fees, or dues for access to health and fitness, athletic, or sporting clubs of certain charitable organizations from sales and use tax.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Requires health benefits coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances and provides reimbursement therefor.
Deletes prior authorization requirements by certain insurers for accessing certain health care services.
Requires DHSS to review standard of care at health care facilities in which 40% or more of direct patient care nursing staff are temporary hires.
Requires retail food establishments to provide certain nutritional information for food or beverage items sold to its customers.
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; appropriates $425,000.
Bars sales of aerosol dusters to persons under the age of 18.
Permits wineries to produce and sell certain distilled alcoholic beverages.
Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Expands offense of computer criminal activity to include accessing computer data for an unlawful purpose by means of a knowing misrepresentation as to identity of person requesting information.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Revises child pornography law.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
"Recycling Enhancement Act"
Exempts charges for residential storage space and dues for residential health and fitness facilities from the sales and use tax.
Establishes Lane Splitting Task Force.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine.
Expands homestead property tax rebate program for certain non-senior and non-disabled tenants based on revised income qualifications.
"Kyleigh's Law"; revises laws concerning provisional driver's licenses.
Appropriates $1,000,000 to Department of State to continue the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative Statewide database program.
The "New Jersey Consumer Catastrophe Preparedness and Protection Act"; creates "New Jersey Catastrophe Fund"; appropriates $10,000,000.
Allows TPAF retiree to be employed as certificated superintendent or administrator for limited time frame due to critical need without TPAF reenrollment.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Expands definition of abused child to include youths between the ages of 18 and 21 who receive services from DCF.
Authorizes DHS to increase child support pass through collected on behalf of eligible Work First New Jersey families.
Establishes division in Department of Treasury to oversee and enforce equal employment opportunity requirements with regard to public works contracts.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Allows certain members of PFRS to serve until age 70 upon approval by municipal governing body.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, Medicaid, and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for anesthesiology services in connection with outpatient colorectal cancer screening.
Requires nursing homes and ambulatory surgical facilities to implement infection prevention programs.
Authorizes SDA school districts to construct school facilities projects and receive State debt service aid.
Establishes "Children's Saving Account" program in DCF; appropriates $2 million.
Provides for licensing and regulation of private process serving businesses.
Requires at least 30% of snacks sold in State vending machines be appropriate for consumption by individuals with diabetes.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Provides for establishment of "Highway Construction Zone Safety Program."
Refines review and approval responsibilities within the "Municipal Land Use Law" and the "map filing law."
Provides support for obstetric services by certain health care facilities.
Prohibits hospital from charging patient or third party payer for costs associated with certain hospital-acquired conditions.
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund, dedicates $700,000 annually from pleasure boat registration fees to that fund, and appropriates $700,000 for FY2009.
Requires study of availability of certain health care services by independent entity.
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to prepare and distribute informational booklet about sickle cell anemia; appropriates $95,000.
Lowers maximum interest rate that municipalities can charge on first $1500 of unpaid municipal taxes, assessments, liens or other charges.
Establishes the "Healthy New Jersey Labor-Management" demonstration program.
Creates tax exemption for public parks and recreational facilities owned, maintained, or operated by joint municipal recreation commission.
"The Muhammad Ali/Rocky Marciano Boxing Reform Act"; enhances regulation of boxing.
Extends the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse cases.
Provides for an extended term of imprisonment, supervision for life and sex offender registration for the crime of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Provides certain requirements for donation container solicitations by charities.
Provides for registration and regulation of athlete agents.
Adds fraud via telecommunication or electronic means to list of prohibited activities for certain security transactions; increases penalties.
Provides prescriber or health care facility with discretion to number prescription blank forms consecutively.
Removes confidential employee status of certain Casino Control Commission employees.
Establishes an urban job training and resource center for certain women.
Permits counties, municipalities, and school districts to issue bonds to pay a portion of PERS and PFRS liability and other purposes under certain conditions for up to three budget years.
Prohibits cruel restraint and confinement of dogs.
Requires each school district to adopt a dating violence policy to prevent and address incidents involving dating violence.
Requires Secretary of State to provide voter registration forms to newly naturalized citizens.
Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Disqualifies member of board of education for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to increase the State share of certain county vocational school district school facilities projects.
Provides that sales by UEZ retailers of items delivered to location outside of the UEZ shall not qualify for partial exemption from the sales tax.