Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Loretta Weinberg
Sponsored
Became law9
Establishes registry of certain cemeteries that accept Work First New Jersey and SSI allowance for burial expenses.*
Requires Commissioner of Health to review State hospital financial reporting requirements, report recommendations to Governor.*
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.***
Extends hiring preference for certain civilian federal firefighters.
Prohibits genital mutilation of females under 18 years of age.
Requires cemetery companies to file annual financial report.
Clarifies that information concerning the total number of firearms purchaser identification cards and permits to purchase a handgun issued in a municipality are public records.
"Autumn Joy Stillbirth Research and Dignity Act"; requires DOH to establish protocols for stillbirths, establishes stillbirth research data base.
Prohibits discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions.
Vetoed8
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.*
Requires DOC to transfer certain payments of restitution to Victims of Crime Compensation Office.
Permits attending advanced practice nurse to determine cause of death and execute death certification of patient if nurse is patient's primary caregiver.*
Prohibits Medicaid managed care organizations from reducing certain provider reimbursement rates without approval from DHS.*
Excludes certain conveyances of graves, crypts and niches from 15% fee charged by cemetery company.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Passed the Senate5
Revises statutes concerning permissible length of time between certain public questions in certain municipalities.
Codifies in statute case law developed legal standards for establishing grandparent and sibling visitation with a child when visitation objected to by child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian.*
"The Truth In Tolling Act"; requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to display toll amount paid when EZ-Pass user passes through toll collection point.*
Establishes "Bleeding Disorders Treatment Fund."
Prohibits retail dealers of motor fuels from requiring identification or proof of residency to purchase motor fuel or from refusing to sell motor fuel based on location of any person's residence.
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Alex DeCroce's Law, enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." *
Increases and revises membership of New Jersey Cemetery Board.
Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Requires municipality to post sign on property subject of development application.
Directs the Division on Women to conduct an audit of the coordination of community responses to domestic violence.
Revises the period of time required for a State college faculty member to receive tenure. *
Prohibits minors under 14 years of age from using spay tanning in tanning facilities and prohibits minors under 17 years of age from using tanning beds.**
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.*
Requires DHS to conduct follow-up study of former residents of North Princeton Developmental Center.
Requires written notice of pending gubernatorial succession to both designated successor and Legislature whenever responsibilities of office of Governor will devolve upon temporary successor.
Establishes online portal for acceptance of donations to certain funds to which contributions may be made on gross income tax returns.
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Revises law concerning meetings of public bodies to provide public with greater access to meetings and information about meetings. *
Makes certain changes to open public records act; establishes State public finance website and creates program for development of local websites.*
Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunizations for students.
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Requires employers post notice of worker rights under certain State and federal laws.
Requires public contractors to report certain employment information.
Concerns disclosure of certain employment information.
Restricts health insurers from limiting access to pain medication.
Requires DOE to develop educational fact sheet for distribution to parents concerning sports-related eye injuries.
Authorizes certified celebrants to solemnize marriages and civil unions.
Permits certain former mayors to solemnize marriage and civil union ceremonies.**
Changes pejorative terminology referring to mental capacity of individuals.
Requires monitoring of prescriptions for human growth hormones.
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Establishes offense of unlawfully accessing location information of law enforcement vehicles through certain electronic means.
Establishes supervised community reintegration program for certain victims of domestic abuse.
Requires collection and reporting of certain firearms information to interjurisdictional databases; requires information relating to crime of firearms trafficking be included in annual Uniform Crime Report.
Provides that crime victims do not have to pay fees to obtain government records and that requests for records are not public information.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or supplement fees, subject to limitations, to fund Legal Services of New Jersey and e-court information system; requires review and reporting on fees and expenditures of such fees.
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Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Revises procedures for municipal redevelopment programs; prohibits certain campaign contributions by redevelopers.
Eliminates 15% fee charged by cemetery company on transfer of graves, crypts and niches.
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
Establishes "Bleeding Disorders Treatment Fund."
Requires additional public participation and health impact study as conditions of conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer; dissolves the Health Service Corporation Conversion Temporary Advisory Commission.
Prohibits display of signs on any public property or highway.
Establishes Commission on State-owned Historic Sites in Department of State, transfers administration of State-owned historic sites to commission, and transfers historic preservation programs from DEP to Department of State.
Authorizes county to establish county hospital authority; amends title of "Municipal Hospital Authority Law."
Modifies current law regarding regulation and restrictions on business entities who are public contractors and make campaign contributions to certain office holders, candidates and political organizations.
Temporarily renames NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury as NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury; establishes Acquired Brain Injury Fund.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Supplements FY2012 annual appropriations act to require filing of application for expansion of Medicaid coverage for family planning services and appropriates $1 million.
Requires medical examination and submission of student work portfolios for home-schooled children; provides that children under supervision of DYFS may not be home-schooled.
Prohibits display of signs on public property adjacent to highway or road.
Concerns environmental permits in low-income, minority communities.
Establishes NJ Native American Burial Ground Preservation Task Force.
Includes adult with onset physical disabilities as eligible criteria for assistance through Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.
Increases railroad franchise and property taxes to support improvements to railroad capital facilities.
The "Jobs, Trade and Democracy Act."
Concerns wage protection and certain penalties for violating laws regarding wages, compensation or benefits.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Requires NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to notify and receive input from Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission and Hackensack Meadowlands District municipalities concerning certain Meadowlands complex projects.
Modifies powers of Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission.
Concerns compensation and benefits of officers, employees, and members of State and local authorities.
Requires health insurers to cover medically necessary expenses for preventing infertility in women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Requires public schools to include instruction on oral health as part of core curriculum content standards.
Permits person covered by certain managed care plans to receive covered services from network provider without obtaining written referral from primary care provider.
Establishes a civil cause of action for gender-motivated violence.
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
Establishes "Domestic Violence Health Care Response Act."
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
Concerns furloughing of direct care nurses employed by certain State institutions.
Permits retired law enforcement officers to join the New Jersey Detective Association.
Authorizes certified celebrants to solemnize marriages.
Establishes civilian review board to review complaints against Palisades Interstate Park Commission patrolmen.
Re-establishes State Board of Education as the rule-making authority under several school district accountability statutes and reinstates its role in considering appeals from any Commissioner of Education determination.
Requires boards of education to provide certain nutritional information for food and beverage items offered for sale in school cafeterias.
Revises membership of Public Health Council and fully restores functions, powers, and duties of council.
Requires health insurers and SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for screening for cervical cancer, including testing for HPV.
Allows tax credit to health care professionals for expenses to achieve accessibility for persons with mobility impairments.
Provides civil immunity for certain volunteer physicians, nonprofit clinics, and federally qualified health centers.
Requires health insurers SHBP, SEHBP, Medicaid, and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for ancillary medical services in connection with outpatient diagnostic screening and surgical intervention services.
Requires retail pharmacies to stock and dispense emergency contraception.
Allows adoptees access to nonidentifying family medical history information.
Provides DYFS caseworkers with personnel and law enforcement assistance when conducting DYFS investigations.
Provides support for obstetric services by certain health care facilities.
Provides enhanced penalties for drunk drivers with blood alcohol concentration of 0.17% or greater.
Establishes "New Jersey Colorectal Cancer Research Fund;" provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns.
Concerns temporary suspension of the application of corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for film and digital media content production expenses.
Prohibits talking on cell phone or text messaging when operating a boat.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Requires managed care plans, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide for reasonable accommodation in accessing providers for persons with physical disabilities.
Provides for establishment of county offices for disability services; appropriates $90,000.
Limits amount of contribution to legal defense fund of holder of elective public office and requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Requires disclosure of campaign contributions received or expenditures made by individual seeking election as political party committee officer.
Requires governmental affairs agents to disclose on notice of representation form compensation amount received from State or local government entities; requires notice to be posted on Internet site of Election Law Enforcement Commission.
Permits removal of State board, commission or independent authority member for failure to attend three consecutive meetings thereof without good cause.
Requires suspension of payment for unused sick or vacation leave payable to person indicted for criminal offense; requires forfeiture of such payment upon service deemed dishonorable or conviction for crime.
Prohibits certain terminal leave compensation for local elected officials.
Establishes preservation requirements for certain biological evidence.
Requires governmental affairs agents retained by government entities to file certain reports with ELEC; requires certain government entities retaining governmental affairs agents to file annual reports with ELEC.
Prohibits person from serving as officer of more than two political campaign committees.
Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and sale of certain jewelry.
Requires public institutions of higher education to implement certain practices concerning academic credits and residency requirements for military servicemembers.
Increases health benefits continuation coverage to 36 months for certain persons covered under certain employer health benefits plans.
Requires retailers to post warnings of lead poisoning from improper paint removal.
Establishes Electronic Health Information Technology Fund.
Codifies federal law notice, consent, and other requirements concerning certain employer-owned group life insurance contracts.
Establishes moratorium on conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer.
Requires hearing and approval of premium changes for individual and small employer health benefits plans; requires certain information be posted on DOBI's website.
Requires Attorney General to provide certain information regarding certain charitable organizations to public on Internet.
Supplemental appropriation of $38 million in State and federal funding to DHSS to fund nursing homes.
Establishes criteria for State recognition of Native American tribe.
Provides procedure for suspension of county board of elections member charged with certain crimes.
Requires the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners maintain minutes of meetings; provides Governor veto over minutes.
Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
Provides for review and consolidation of certain toll free telecommunications services maintained and operated by certain State and local entities.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.
Establishes NJ Center for Oral Health at UMDNJ Dental School.
Provides for designation of surrogates to make health care decisions for certain patients; establishes demonstration program for transition of isolated patients from inpatient care to post-acute care.
"Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act"; expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs.
Requires preservation of certain biological evidence.
Directs portion of Unclaimed Child Support Trust Fund be used to balance unpaid receivables resulting from federal income tax refund offset reversals.
Increases annual gross receipts limit for exemption from Unit Price Disclosure Act; concerns court appearances.
Increases certain filing fees, penalties and enhances enforcement provisions and procedures for violations of cigarette tax and unfair cigarette sales laws by cigarette license holders.
Commences payment in lieu of taxes for tax exempt real property owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Establishes 12-month moratorium on establishment of new virtual charter schools and creates Virtual Charter School Task Force.
"New Jersey Long-Term Care Oversight Act."
Permits the use of electronic communication in child custody arrangements that include parenting time.
Directs Department of Corrections to provide employment assistance to inmates prior to release.
Temporarily eliminates sales and use tax imposed on sale of certain foods and beverages.
Expands coverage for infertility under certain health insurance plans to women who are not currently covered.
Provides for distribution of gross income tax refunds via prepaid debit cards.
Provides for use of prepaid debit cards as standardized form of disbursement for certain State and local government payments to individuals and business entities.
Establishes a regulatory system to govern the sale and transfer of ammunition.
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Requires ammunition sales and transfers be conducted as face-to-face transactions.
Requires halfway houses to permit attorneys and certain representatives of attorneys to visit incarcerated clients.
Requires notification to crime witnesses of defendant's release from custody under certain circumstances.
Includes reverse rate evasion as form of insurance fraud and provides for civil and criminal penalties.
Requires information relating to crime of firearms trafficking be included in annual Uniform Crime Report.
Revises laws concerning traffic control signals and traffic control signal monitoring systems.
Modifies interest rates and accrual of interest on certain unpaid water and sewer utility bills and delinquent municipal taxes, assessments, and other municipal liens and charges.
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Provides for licensure of dementia care homes by DOH.
Requires for-profit hospitals to report certain information to DOH.
"Unfair Wage Recovery Act"; provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected.
"Wage Transparency Act"; requires reporting of public contractor employment information.
Authorizes Victims of Crime Compensation Office to make payment for relocation expenses of certain witnesses of crimes.
"Unfair Wage Recovery Act"; provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected.
Concerns procedures for public comment about matters before municipal planning and zoning boards.
Concerns earned sick leave.
Concerns enforcement, penalties, and procedures for law regarding failure to pay wages.
Concerns availability of services and administrative requirements of federally qualified health centers.
Authorizes court to order law enforcement to submit DNA evidence to national database to determine whether the evidence matches a known individual or a DNA profile from an unsolved crime.
Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain veterans.
The "Marriage Equality Act"; recognizes same-sex marriage.
Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women, new parents, and women who are breast feeding about dangers of casual milk sharing.
Provides for licensure of human milk banks.
Filed2
Makes various changes to law addressing meetings of public bodies to provide public with greater access to meetings and information about meetings.
Makes certain access changes to open public records act; establishes State public finance website and creates program for development of local websites; makes appropriation.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Prohibits first responders from photographing persons being assisted or disclosing photographs of such persons without their consent.*
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran. *
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
Designates portion of U.S. Route 206 bypass in Hillsborough Township as "Peter J. Biondi Bypass."
The "Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act."
Eliminates requirement that a full-time student at an institution of higher education in New Jersey maintain health insurance coverage.**
Revises statutes and enhances penalties for offenses involving child pornography; makes crime of causing a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act subject to "No Early Release Act."
Clarifies charitable contributions are not a factor in determining where person is domiciled under New Jersey gross income tax.
Vetoed · 8
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State four years.*
Regulates teen nights by requiring security provided by police officers, prohibiting persons under age 15 from attending, and disqualifying registered sex offenders from employment.
Authorizes certain gestational carrier agreements.
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Expands Medicaid eligibility pursuant to federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Passed the Senate · 9
Requires drug test specimens from drug abuse treatment clinics be analyzed by independent clinical laboratory.
Requires Commissioner of DHSS to convene a strategic planning summit to analyze the State's physician workforce supply.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.**
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Establishes per se standard for driving under influence of inhalant; designated as "Kimmie's Law."
Makes FY 2013 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to Department of Community Affairs for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or supplement fees, subject to limitations, to fund e-court information system and Legal Services of New Jersey; requires review and reporting on fees and expenditures of such fees.
Revises penalties for certain drunk driving offenses, including mandating installation of ignition interlock device, and creates restricted use driver's license.*
Permits adoptees and certain others to obtain adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.
Out of committee · 36
Prohibits health care facilities from discharging prescription medications into sewer or septic systems in certain circumstances. **
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Prohibits drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
Prohibits local officer or employee from lobbying or advocating before any body of the municipality where officer or employee serves.
Requires private entity primarily engaged in business of providing transportation for passengers in wheelchairs to secure passengers in wheelchairs using four-point securement system and to secure unoccupied wheelchairs.
"Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act"; eliminates criminal liability for persons who seek medical assistance in response to drug overdose.*
"New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act."
"Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Transparency and Accountability Act."
Establishes conditional intervention program in municipal court for certain first-time offenders.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Establishes the Workforce Shortage Loan Redemption Program.
Deletes requirement for certain cable television companies to fund "CATV Universal Access Fund."
Establishes pilot program to utilize value-based benefit design in SHBP to increase health benefits coverage for certain employees concerning chronic health conditions.
Removes statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands categories of defendants liable in such actions.
Provides that a school district may implement bullying prevention programs and anti-bullying training programs at no cost through various entities; and appropriates $1 million.
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected by decision or practice, including each time compensation is paid.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Requires health benefits coverage for refills of prescription eye drops under certain conditions.
Establishes conditional dismissal program in municipal court; alters eligibility requirements and increases fees for existing conditional discharge and supervisory treatment programs.
Protects minors by prohibiting counseling attempts to change sexual orientation.
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.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.**
Appropriates up to $1,000,000 to bridge federal funding for Violence Against Women Act grantees.
Expands notification when an offender is released from custody or transferred within the criminal justice system.
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.
The "Preserve New Jersey Act of 2013"; implements constitutional dedication of sales tax revenue for preservation of open space, including lands that protect water supplies and flood prone areas, farmland, and historic properties.*
Authorizes deployment of integrity monitors in implementation of certain Hurricane Sandy recovery and rebuilding projects.
Imposes oversight upon Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Permits pharmacists to administer influenza vaccines to children seven years of age or older.*
Revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in sex.
Allows nonpublic schools to participate in joint purchasing agreements entered into by two or more school districts.
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.
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Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
"Uniform Trust Code."
Creates bistate commission to coordinate management and flood prevention of waterways flowing between Bergen County, NJ and Rockland County, NY.
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Establishes the "Private Investment in Public Education Fund."
Provides for certain psychologists to prescribe medications.
Requires certain health care facilities to adopt certain infection control strategies.
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Requires certain issue advocacy organizations to register with ELEC and disclose contribution and independent expenditure information.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Imposes two-year moratorium on certain new outpatient radiation oncology services and establishes Outpatient Radiation Oncology Services Task Force in DHSS.
Establishes standards for commercial insurers and Medicaid program implementing electronic prescribing systems.
Requires government records to be made available on the Internet.
Requires MVC to notify Medicaid if driver's license of medical transportation services provider is suspended or revoked.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Provides corporation business tax credit and allows gross income tax deduction for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Provides that a homestead owner who is 65 years of age or older or disabled shall not receive a homestead rebate of less than $1,440.
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.
Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.
Revises provisions of the "Open Public Meetings Act" to ensure greater compliance.
Strengthens public disclosure and monitoring requirements of "Open Public Meetings Act".
Requires services be provided for sexually exploited juveniles charged with certain offenses; creates an affirmative defense regarding prostitution.
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies.
Revises Newborn Screening program in DHSS.
Limits payment to certain public employees for accumulated sick leave upon retirement; requires fine and reprimand or termination for violation of sick leave by public employee.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Concerns liability and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.
Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns.
Subjects county and municipal sewerage authority service rate increases to approval by Board of Public Utilities.
Requires each general hospital that accepts public funds to hold quarterly board meetings that include time for public participation.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.
Excludes appropriations to reserve for uncollected taxes in excess of two percent from calculations of municipal adjusted tax levy.
Requires certain issue advocacy organizations to disclose contribution and expenditure information.
"Telecommunications-Cable Television Deregulation Ensuring Consumer Protection Act"; revises State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and cable television companies.
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Modifies laws concerning inmate income and complaints; requires certain correctional officer training; creates uniform identification cards for attorneys to enter State correctional facilities.
Clarifies juvenile's right to attorney representation; requires twelve month judicial review hearing when juvenile is placed out-of-home.
Increases additional penalty assessment for drunk driving; dedicates revenue to VCCB.
Requires parole board under certain circumstances to release inmates not convicted of a violent crime under the No Early Release Act at the time of parole eligibility.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Establishes the "Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights."
Regulates physician profiling programs used by managed care networks.
Requires notification of rape care advocate under certain circumstances by law enforcement, prosecutors and medical providers.
Requires health benefits coverage for mammograms for women under 40 who lack access to family medical history due to their or their parent's adoption.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Consolidates nonpartisan municipal election procedures in Title 19 of Revised Statutes.
Provides for establishment and operation of casino at Meadowlands Complex.
Provides local board of education with approval authority of charter school application.
Permits establishment of county-wide purchasing system by a county employing qualified purchasing agent and requires participation by all school districts within the county.
Establishes the "General Durable Power of Attorney Act."
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Creates a civil "rape shield" law.
Increases tobacco products wholesale sales and use tax rates to be on par with tax rate imposed on cigarettes under cigarette tax; dedicates revenue for smoking and tobacco use cessation programs.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services to foreign country.
Decriminalizes possession of 50 grams or less of marijuana.
Establishes certain traffic privileges for funeral processions.
Establishes civil action for the crime of human trafficking.
Provides for automatic expungement for persons convicted of certain offenses who are also victims of human trafficking.
Subjects Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to New York's Freedom of Information Law and New Jersey's Open Public Records Act.
Requires BPU to issue written decision concerning utility rate increase approvals to public via its website.
Revises requirements related to public hearings on proposed public utility rate increases.
Requires public utilities to provide customers notice of request for increase in rates; revises requirements related to hearings on proposed rate increases.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Requires health benefits plans in Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to offer equal terms for participation of certain health care providers in their provider networks.
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for school districts, municipalities, and counties.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Prohibits enforcement, for a period of 12 months, of homeowners' association bylaws prohibiting domesticated animals if owner is FEMA designated displaced individual following emergency declaration by President or Governor.
"The Opportunity to Compete Act"; establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
Authorizes innocent spouse relief under the gross income tax.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Recognizes same-sex marriages entered into outside the State.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities through accountability and transparency; designated as "Stephen Komninos' Law."
Filed · 1
Extends statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands the categories of potentially liable defendants; and revives certain actions. *