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Loretta Weinberg

Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, Senate.

All of Loretta Weinberg's terms

Sponsored

Became law5

  • Senate Bill 1152

    Permits attending advanced practice nurse to determine cause of death and execute death certification of patient if nurse is patient's primary caregiver.

  • Senate Bill 1521

    Requires DOC to transfer certain payments of restitution to Victims of Crime Compensation Office.

  • Senate Bill 1998

    Revises certain provisions of New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program.

  • Senate Bill 2453

    Requires earlier mandatory polling hours for school elections; requires discretionary additional polling hours be consistent with current primary and general elections.*

  • Senate Bill 3076

    Increases maximum legal fee to represent victims from $1,000 to $3,000.

Vetoed8

  • Senate Bill 770

    Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.

  • Senate Bill 779

    "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.*

  • Senate Bill 783

    "Unfair Wage Recovery Act"; provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected.

  • Senate Bill 995

    Establishes in DOC, supervised community reintegration program for certain victims of domestic abuse.*

  • Senate Bill 1038

    "Wage Transparency Act"; requires reporting of public contractor employment information.

  • Senate Bill 1232

    Establishes Office of State Dental Director and New Jersey Oral Health Commission.**

  • Senate Bill 3071

    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.*

  • Senate Bill 3249

    Requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.

Passed the Senate12

  • Senate Bill 771

    Modifies powers and allocation of Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission.*

  • Senate Bill 784

    Makes FY 2014 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.*

  • Senate Bill 785

    Concerns earned sick leave.

  • Senate Bill 1208

    Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women and new parents of the benefits of breasfeeding.*

  • Senate Bill 1209

    Provides for licensure of human milk banks.

  • Senate Bill 1523

    Authorizes Victims of Crime Compensation Office to make payment for relocation expenses of certain witnesses of crimes.

  • Senate Bill 1530

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1533

    Requires State Board of Medical Examiners to conduct international criminal history background checks and check employer references for licensees.

  • Senate Bill 2311

    Prohibits business receiving State development subsidies from making certain campaign contributions.

  • Senate Bill 2366

    Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.

  • Senate Bill 2858

    Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail.

  • Senate Bill 2979

    Requires owner of railroad bridge to submit bridge inspection records to DOT.

Out of committee24

  • Senate Bill 768

    Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.

  • Senate Bill 993

    Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.

  • Senate Bill 994

    Requires halfway houses to permit attorneys and certain representatives of attorneys to visit incarcerated clients.

  • Senate Bill 1033

    Allows modernization for the form of disbursement for certain State government and local unit payments to individuals and business entities. *

  • Senate Bill 1037

    The "Jobs, Trade and Democracy Act."

  • Senate Bill 1145

    Provides for licensure of dementia care homes by DOH.

  • Senate Bill 1146

    Excludes certain conveyances of graves, crypts and niches from 15% fee charged by cemetery company.

  • Senate Bill 1147

    Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunizations for students.

  • Senate Bill 1203

    Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

  • Senate Bill 1224

    Establishes the "New Jersey Family Collaborative Law Act." *

  • Senate Bill 1365

    Authorizes court to order submission of DNA evidence to national database to determine whether the evidence matches a known individual or a DNA profile from an unsolved crime.*

  • Senate Bill 1524

    Provides that crime victims do not have to pay fees to obtain records relating to the crime and that requests for such records are not public information.*

  • Senate Bill 1527

    Requires retailers to post warnings of lead poisoning from improper paint removal.

  • Senate Bill 1921

    Prohibits lawyers and law firms who lobby public entity from simultaneous employment or contract with that public entity.

  • Senate Bill 2231

    Requires DHS to use and update NJ Elder Index and related data to the extent possible.*

  • Senate Bill 2328

    Requires Secretary of State to establish secure Internet website for online voter registration; authorizes use of digitized signatures from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission's database.

  • Senate Bill 2786

    Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.

  • Senate Bill 2856

    Authorizes the court to order the deletion, sealing, labeling, or correction of certain personal information in government records involving certain victims of identity theft.

  • Senate Bill 2932

    Creates NJ Cybersecurity Commission; appropriates $50,000.

  • Senate Bill 2949

    Requires expenses incurred by Governor during out-of-State travel for political activities not be paid with or out of public funds.

  • Senate Bill 3102

    Imposes a one-year surcharge on Corporation Business Tax liabilities.

  • Senate Bill 3103

    Makes FY 2015 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.

  • Senate Bill 3104

    Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

  • Senate Bill 3169

    Permits counties to impose one-percent hotel tax.

In committee95

  • Senate Bill 764

    Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.

  • Senate Bill 765

    Increases and revises membership of New Jersey Cemetery Board.

  • Senate Bill 766

    Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.

  • Senate Bill 767

    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.

  • Senate Bill 769

    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.

  • Senate Bill 772

    Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.

  • Senate Bill 773

    Establishes "Domestic Violence Health Care Response Act."

  • Senate Bill 774

    Limits amount of contribution to legal defense fund of holder of elective public office and requires reporting thereof to ELEC.

  • Senate Bill 775

    Requires disclosure of campaign contributions received or expenditures made by individual seeking election as political party committee officer.

  • Senate Bill 776

    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.

  • Senate Bill 777

    "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.

  • Senate Bill 778

    Establishes Electronic Health Information Technology Fund.

  • Senate Bill 780

    Directs Department of Corrections to provide employment assistance to inmates prior to release.

  • Senate Bill 781

    Makes various changes to law addressing meetings of public bodies to provide public with greater access to meetings and information about meetings.

  • Senate Bill 782

    Makes certain access changes to open public records act; establishes State public finance website and creates program for development of local websites; makes appropriation.

  • Senate Bill 786

    Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.

  • Senate Bill 787

    Concerns enforcement, penalties, and procedures for law regarding failure to pay wages.

  • Senate Bill 788

    The "Marriage Equality Act"; recognizes same-sex marriage.

  • Senate Bill 987

    Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.

  • Senate Bill 988

    Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.

  • Senate Bill 989

    Establishes 12-month moratorium on establishment of new virtual charter schools and creates Virtual Charter School Task Force.

  • Senate Bill 990

    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.

  • Senate Bill 991

    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.

  • Senate Bill 992

    Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."

  • Senate Bill 996

    Concerns procedures for public comment about matters before municipal planning and zoning boards.

  • Senate Bill 997

    Revises statutes concerning permissible length of time between certain public questions in certain municipalities.

  • Senate Bill 1034

    Provides for distribution of gross income tax refunds via prepaid debit cards.

  • Senate Bill 1035

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1036

    Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.

  • Senate Bill 1148

    Provides civil immunity for certain volunteer physicians, nonprofit clinics, and federally qualified health centers.

  • Senate Bill 1149

    "New Jersey Long-Term Care Oversight Act."

  • Senate Bill 1150

    Concerns environmental permits in low-income, minority communities.

  • Senate Bill 1151

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1153

    Requires for-profit hospitals to report certain information to DOH.

  • Senate Bill 1187

    Requires DHS to conduct follow-up study of former residents of North Princeton Developmental Center.

  • Senate Bill 1204

    Concerns availability of services and administrative requirements of federally qualified health centers.

  • Senate Bill 1205

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1206

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1207

    Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.

  • Senate Bill 1223

    Provides for child custody arrangements with parenting time to include provisions for electronic communications between parent and child.

  • Senate Bill 1225

    Directs portion of Unclaimed Child Support Trust Fund be used to balance unpaid receivables of State agency responsible for disbursement of child support.

  • Senate Bill 1226

    Prohibits person from serving as officer of more than two political campaign committees.

  • Senate Bill 1227

    Changes when proof of veteran status is required for civil service examinations for certain veterans.

  • Senate Bill 1228

    Provides procedure for suspension of county board of elections member charged with certain crimes.

  • Senate Bill 1230

    Requires monitoring of prescriptions for human growth hormones.

  • Senate Bill 1231

    Restricts health insurers from limiting access to pain medication.

  • Senate Bill 1233

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1237

    Establishes "Bleeding Disorders Treatment Fund."

  • Senate Bill 1238

    Provides for review and consolidation of certain toll free telecommunications services maintained and operated by certain State and local entities.

  • Senate Bill 1239

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1495

    Establishes online portal for acceptance of donations to certain funds to which contributions may be made on gross income tax returns.

  • Senate Bill 1520

    Requires municipality to post sign on property subject of development application.

  • Senate Bill 1522

    Requires preservation of certain biological evidence.

  • Senate Bill 1525

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1526

    Revises laws concerning traffic control signals and traffic control signal monitoring systems.

  • Senate Bill 1528

    Requires Attorney General to provide certain information regarding certain charitable organizations to public on Internet.

  • Senate Bill 1529

    Commences payment in lieu of taxes for tax exempt real property owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

  • Senate Bill 1531

    Provides enhanced penalties for drunk drivers with blood alcohol concentration of 0.17% or greater.

  • Senate Bill 1532

    Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.

  • Senate Bill 1918

    Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.

  • Senate Bill 1919

    Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for certain primary care physicians.

  • Senate Bill 1920

    Requires AG to notify certain legislators of decision not to defend validity of challenged State statute in court.

  • Senate Bill 1922

    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.

  • Senate Bill 2042

    Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.

  • Senate Bill 2119

    Implements certain recommendations of the SCI report entitled "Scenes from an Epidemic" concerning prescription drug and herion abuse.

  • Senate Bill 2314

    Revises and clarifies prohibition on certain practices of motor vehicle franchisors with respect to sales promotion plans and incentives.

  • Senate Bill 2480

    Requires law enforcement officers to search domestic violence restraining order registry upon conducting an arrest.

  • Senate Bill 2481

    Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.

  • Senate Bill 2527

    Requires prosecutorial or law enforcement review of fatal incidents involving police officers or State Police.

  • Senate Bill 2554

    Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.

  • Senate Bill 2555

    Establishes identical levels of domestic violence training for judges and judicial personnel.

  • Senate Bill 2556

    Requires boards of education to include instruction, and adopt instructional materials, that accurately portray political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

  • Senate Bill 2561

    Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."

  • Senate Bill 2785

    Requires criminal history record background check for rifle and shotgun purchases.

  • Senate Bill 2855

    Requires health benefits coverage for buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone under certain conditions.

  • Senate Bill 2857

    Provides for an annual assessment upon certain rail carriers transporting crude oil and dedicates assessment revenue for State aid to municipalities for use by local government unit emergency responders.

  • Senate Bill 2894

    Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.

  • Senate Bill 2927

    Establishes Capture, Control, and Conserve Reward Rebate Program in DEP to encourage property owners to implement certain techniques to conserve water or control stormwater runoff.

  • Senate Bill 2931

    Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice services.

  • Senate Bill 2933

    Establishes the "New Jersey Schedules That Work Act."

  • Senate Bill 2934

    Establishes Study Commission on Gender Pay Discrimination.

  • Senate Bill 2935

    Provides employee time off for events regarding education of their children.

  • Senate Bill 2936

    Codifies donated leave program for State employees.

  • Senate Bill 2948

    Requires online data brokers to establish accountability and transparency measures for collection and use of personal information.

  • Senate Bill 3070

    Establishes award of attorney's fees to prevailing party in municipal services dispute.

  • Senate Bill 3073

    Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to include crime victims as protected status.

  • Senate Bill 3074

    Expands rights of crime victims.

  • Senate Bill 3077

    Removes age restriction on testifying via closed circuit television in certain sex crimes cases.

  • Senate Bill 3124

    Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.

  • Senate Bill 3125

    Requires Governor's resignation from office if Governor becomes candidate for President of the United States.

  • Senate Bill 3142

    Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.

  • Senate Bill 3189

    Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.

  • Senate Bill 3222

    Imposes tax on petroleum received by rail at marine terminals, storage or transfer terminals, and refineries, to fund local emergency preparedness and response to spills.

  • Senate Bill 3264

    Limits eligibility of certain public employees for health care benefits coverage; prohibits those limited from receiving payments for waiving such coverage.

  • Senate Bill 3311

    Sets criteria for online learning provided to public school students.

Carried from the General Assembly

Became law5

  • Assembly Bill 1102

    Provides for licensure of dementia care homes by DOH.

  • Assembly Bill 1662

    Authorizes the court to order the deletion, sealing, labeling, or correction of certain personal information in government records involving certain victims of identity theft.*

  • Assembly Bill 1674

    Requires halfway houses to permit attorneys and certain representatives of attorneys to visit incarcerated clients.

  • Assembly Bill 1678

    Authorizes court to order submission of DNA evidence to national database to determine whether evidence matches a known individual or DNA profile from an unsolved crime.*

  • Assembly Bill 3504

    Requires DHS to use and update NJ Elder Index and related data to the extent possible.*

Vetoed6

  • Assembly Bill 2925

    Allows modernization for the form of disbursement for certain State government and local unit payments to individuals and business entities. *

  • Assembly Bill 3672

    Makes FY 2015 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.

  • Assembly Bill 4218

    Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.

  • Assembly Bill 4603

    Imposes a one-year surcharge on Corporation Business Tax liabilities.

  • Assembly Bill 4604

    Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

  • Assembly Bill 4772

    Permits counties to impose one-percent hotel tax.

Co-sponsored

Became law · 7
  • Senate Bill 873

    Permits adoptees and certain others to obtain adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.

  • Senate Bill 2183

    Requires PANYNJ be subject to NY Freedom of Information Law and NJ open public records act.

  • Senate Bill 2284

    Requires Medicaid managed care organizations to meet certain conditions prior to reducing reimbursement rates for personal care assistant services and home-based supportive care services.

  • Senate Bill 2364

    Requires local unit approval of applications for participation in federal 1033 program.

  • Senate Bill 2559

    Removes presumption of nonimprisionment in certain assault cases involving domestic violence victims; expands criminal coercion statute; revises Pretrial Intervention procedures in certain criminal cases.*

  • Senate Bill 2617

    Requires DEP to adopt regulations to allow cultivation of commercial shellfish species in certain coastal and inner harbor waters for research, educational, or restoration purposes; requires community engagement process for revision therof.**

  • Senate Bill 3117

    Prohibits Division of Developmental Disabilities from compelling transfers of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State facilities unless certain exceptions apply.

Vetoed · 9
  • Senate Bill 866

    Authorizes certain gestational carrier agreements.

  • Senate Bill 1041

    Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*

  • Senate Bill 1195

    Revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in sex.

  • Senate Bill 1279

    Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.**

  • Senate Bill 2181

    Increases transparency and accountability at PANYNJ.

  • Senate Bill 2249

    Imposes moratorium on Returning Home New Jersey initiative and prohibits transfers from out-of-State placements under certain conditions.

  • Senate Bill 2365

    Requires AG oversight of transfer of federal surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies; establishes review and reporting requirement.

  • Senate Bill 2793

    Increases from 17 to 21 public members of New Jersey State Council on the Arts; requires members to be residents of NJ; imposes specific criteria for four new members initially appointed.*

  • Senate Bill 2878

    Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.*

Passed the Senate · 5
  • Senate Bill 90

    Requires Commissioner of DHSS to convene a strategic planning summit to analyze the State's physician workforce supply.

  • Senate Bill 461

    Revises Newborn Screening program in DHSS.

  • Senate Bill 484

    Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.

  • Senate Bill 1173

    "Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."

  • Senate Bill 3044

    Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses.

Out of committee · 27
  • Senate Bill 167

    Requires government records to be made available on the Internet and permits custodian to advise requester of the record to obtain record directly from Internet.*

  • Senate Bill 215

    Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act"; imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances. *

  • Senate Bill 339

    Requires BPU to issue written decision concerning utility rate increase approvals to public via its website.

  • Senate Bill 358

    Establishes per se standard for driving under influence of inhalant; designated as "Kimmie's Law."

  • Senate Bill 385

    Revises penalty provisions for certain drunk driving violations, including use of and applicable time periods covering driver's license suspensions and installations of ignition interlock devices on motor vehicles.*

  • Senate Bill 671

    Requires DHS and DMVA to conduct or contract for follow-up studies of former residents transitioning to community from their facilities.*

  • Senate Bill 677

    Provides for presumptive parole; establishes parole compliance credits; requires inmate disciplinary database; bases commutation credits on custodial sentence.*

  • Senate Bill 687

    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.

  • Senate Bill 841

    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.

  • Senate Bill 865

    Establishes the Workforce Shortage Loan Redemption Program.

  • Senate Bill 1133

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1771

    Requires lowest possible price not exceeding certain cap for inmate telephone calls.*

  • Senate Bill 1772

    Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.

  • Senate Bill 1867

    Imposes a wholesale sales and use tax rate on tobacco products, imposes tax on electronic cigarettes and similar nicotine delivery products, changes tax base, and requires licenses to conduct business in tobacco products.*

  • Senate Bill 1893

    Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.

  • Senate Bill 1915

    Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.

  • Senate Bill 1972

    Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.

  • Senate Bill 2127

    Establishes certain requirements for hospitals regarding patient-designated caregivers.

  • Senate Bill 2161

    Provides that beginning with the 2016-2017 grade nine class, Advanced Placement computer science course may satisfy a part of the mathematics credits required for high school graduation.*

  • Senate Bill 2296

    Criminalizes bestiality.

  • Senate Bill 2425

    Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.

  • Senate Bill 2493

    Establishes four-year pilot program in Ocean County for electronic monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders; designated as "Lisa's Law"; appropriates $2.5 million. *

  • Senate Bill 2540

    Upgrades violation of a stalking restraining order to a crime of the third degree.*

  • Senate Bill 2564

    Requires police departments of certain educational institutions to adopt Attorney General Guidelines on internal affairs policies and procedures.

  • Senate Bill 2676

    Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from legal process, and from estate recovery under Medicaid program.

  • Senate Bill 2831

    "New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers.

  • Senate Bill 2866

    Clarifies and revises certain aspects of the "Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act."

In committee · 82
  • Senate Bill 20

    The "Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."

  • Senate Bill 68

    Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.

  • Senate Bill 69

    Subjects county and municipal sewerage authority service rate increases to approval by Board of Public Utilities.

  • Senate Bill 88

    Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.

  • Senate Bill 89

    Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.

  • Senate Bill 102

    Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

  • Senate Bill 154

    Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.

  • Senate Bill 160

    Establishes certain traffic privileges for funeral processions.

  • Senate Bill 193

    Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.

  • Senate Bill 195

    Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.

  • Senate Bill 261

    Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.

  • Senate Bill 283

    Establishes the "Private Investment in Public Education Fund."

  • Senate Bill 303

    "PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."

  • Senate Bill 312

    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.

  • Senate Bill 340

    Revises requirements related to public hearings on proposed public utility rate increases.

  • Senate Bill 341

    Requires public utilities to provide customers notice of request for increase in rates; revises requirements related to hearings on proposed rate increases.

  • Senate Bill 378

    Establishes the "General Durable Power of Attorney Act."

  • Senate Bill 431

    Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.

  • Senate Bill 436

    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.

  • Senate Bill 476

    Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.

  • Senate Bill 482

    Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.

  • Senate Bill 486

    "The Opportunity to Compete Act;" establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.

  • Senate Bill 505

    Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."

  • Senate Bill 523

    Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies.

  • Senate Bill 527

    Provides local board of education with approval authority of charter school application.

  • Senate Bill 529

    Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.

  • Senate Bill 541

    The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.

  • Senate Bill 548

    Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.

  • Senate Bill 577

    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.

  • Senate Bill 584

    Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.

  • Senate Bill 647

    Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.

  • Senate Bill 688

    Recognizes same-sex marriages entered into outside the State.

  • Senate Bill 741

    Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.

  • Senate Bill 747

    Excludes appropriations to reserve for uncollected taxes in excess of two percent from calculations of municipal adjusted tax levy.

  • Senate Bill 824

    Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for school districts, municipalities, and counties.

  • Senate Bill 855

    "Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."

  • Senate Bill 868

    Removes statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands categories of defendants liable in such actions.

  • Senate Bill 870

    "Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.

  • Senate Bill 877

    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.

  • Senate Bill 879

    Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.

  • Senate Bill 881

    Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.

  • Senate Bill 884

    Concerns liability and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.

  • Senate Bill 887

    Provides for establishment and operation of casino at Meadowlands Complex.

  • Senate Bill 896

    Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities through accountability and transparency; designated as "Stephen Komninos' Law."

  • Senate Bill 1086

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1161

    Increases additional penalty assessment for drunk driving; dedicates revenue to VCCB.

  • Senate Bill 1180

    "New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act."

  • Senate Bill 1183

    Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.

  • Senate Bill 1188

    Regulates physician profiling programs used by managed care networks.

  • Senate Bill 1210

    Concerns victim's right to rape care advocate under certain circumstances.

  • Senate Bill 1213

    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.

  • Senate Bill 1484

    "The Opportunity to Compete Act;" establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.

  • Senate Bill 1636

    Regulates smoking in multiple dwellings; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate construction standards for new multiple dwellings permitting smoking.

  • Senate Bill 1639

    Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.

  • Senate Bill 1694

    Requires school districts to employ a certain number of student assistance coordinators based on district enrollment.

  • Senate Bill 1778

    Establishes the "Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights" for victims of sexual violence.

  • Senate Bill 1864

    Grants prescriptive authority to certain psychologists.

  • Senate Bill 1899

    Requires property condition disclosure statements to include disclosure of tobacco smoking.

  • Senate Bill 1965

    Expands school breakfast program to all schools with 5% or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.

  • Senate Bill 2072

    Requires hospital employees assist uninsured patients with creating account to apply for insurance coverage through Federally-Facilitated Marketplace.

  • Senate Bill 2073

    Establishes "Fund to Prevent Use of Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Devices"; supports activities to prevent use and promote awareness of associated health conditions.

  • Senate Bill 2342

    Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.

  • Senate Bill 2416

    Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.

  • Senate Bill 2486

    Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.

  • Senate Bill 2550

    Creates pilot program concerning domestic violence; creates additional Superior Court judgeships.

  • Senate Bill 2588

    Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.

  • Senate Bill 2718

    Requires Attorney General to appoint special prosecutor when criminal complaint is filed against law enforcement officer.

  • Senate Bill 2902

    Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.

  • Senate Bill 2904

    Establishes automatic voter registration process using MVC applicant information to be transmitted to Secretary of State; permits applicant to decline voter registration.

  • Senate Bill 2910

    Permits certain breweries to sell beer at community farm markets.

  • Senate Bill 2911

    Allows consumption of food on limited brewery premises.

  • Senate Bill 2912

    Authorizes restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-State and out-of-state retailers.

  • Senate Bill 2925

    Establishes driver's license for residents who cannot prove lawful presence in US.

  • Senate Bill 2971

    "Music Therapist Licensing Act."

  • Senate Bill 3040

    Establishes "The Democracy Act" to change various voter registration and voting procedures.

  • Senate Bill 3066

    Provides transparency and accountability reforms at PANYNJ; modifies governance structure; provides legislative oversight of PANYNJ.

  • Senate Bill 3072

    Prohibits victims from being charged certain costs and fees and clarifies victims' right to obtain certain interviews.

  • Senate Bill 3075

    Revises definition of victim in "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."

  • Senate Bill 3120

    Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.

  • Senate Bill 3210

    Requires health benefits coverage for juvenile depression screenings.

  • Senate Bill 3235

    Requires certain common interest community associations to publish certain information; requires that homeowners' association contracts for management and maintenance include 24-hour emergency services.

  • Senate Bill 3278

    Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.

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  • Senate Bill 50

    Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.

  • Senate Bill 2516

    "Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."