Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Patricia Egan Jones
Sponsored
Became law3
Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**
Designates USS New Jersey as New Jersey State Ship.
Repeals law regulating charges assessed by a miller for grinding grain.
Passed the General Assembly2
Repeals law that established optional will registry.
Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.
Out of committee4
Requires school districts to offer course in computer science and DOE to adopt changes to NJ Student Learning Standards in computer science.*
Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.
Requires court to provide notice of right to legal counsel, and appoint counsel to indigent parents, during adoption proceedings.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property in City of Camden, County of Camden to Camden County Improvement Authority.
In committee21
Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
Provides that will is not valid unless signed by testator or substantially written in testator's handwriting.
Establishes pilot program in Camden County directing MVC to automatically transmit applicant information to Secretary of State for automatic voter registration.
Requires insurers to provide minimum of 30 days inpatient treatment for substance abuse when physician determines treatment is medically necessary.
Increases sheriffs' fees for executing arrest warrants in Special Civil Part.
Authorizes all county sheriffs to appoint Class Two special law enforcement officers to perform court security duties.
Establishes Main Street Assistance Program to encourage business development in small municipalities.
Requires county welfare agencies to be open on Saturday mornings.
Requires video camera on certain school buses with crossing control arms.
Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.
Requires electronic prescribing systems to default to three-day supply of opioid drugs, with ability for prescribers to issue prescriptions in any authorized quantity deemed medically appropriate.
Changes allocation of fines collected for motor vehicle violations in certain municipalities.
Reallocates portion of certain forfeited property as incentive for information of drug-related offenses and to provide inpatient treatment for certain drug-dependent individuals.
Concerns appointment of person to control funeral and disposition of human remains.
Requires certain medical transportation vehicles to be equipped with stop signal arms and requires drivers to stop for vehicles under certain circumstances.
Increases certain surrogate fees.
Authorizes active duty military to fish in freshwaters without license or trout stamp.
Authorizes placement of involved animal with animal welfare agency or similar entity pending adjudication of alleged animal cruelty violation when not adjudicated in seven days.
Requires State to reimburse school districts for costs of transporting homeless students.
Establishes Task Force on Approved Private Schools for Students with Disabilities to study various issues including improving and streamlining tuition-setting process, funding, and fiscal accountability.
Expands definition of urban campus area; clarifies that employees of renaissance school project are in State-administered retirement system; provides greater flexibility in types of facilities which may be renaissance school projects.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.
Requires school districts to offer course in computer science and DOE to adopt changes to NJ Student Learning Standards in computer science.*
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property in City of Camden, County of Camden to Camden County Improvement Authority.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 22
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Requires State Comptroller to report findings of audit compliance reviews.
Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*
Codifies DEP's New Jersey Recycling Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding recycling achievements.
Makes certain veterans eligible for certificates of registration under Security Officer Registration Act.
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
"Secure Schools for All Children Act"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students.
Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Creates license to manufacture and sell hard cider and mead.*
"Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"; authorizes executor, agent, guardian, or trustee, under certain circumstances, to manage electronic records of decedent, principal, incapacitated person, or trust creator.
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Provides for monitoring and evaluation of transition of mental health and substance use disorder treatment service system and developmental disability system to fee-for-service reimbursement model; makes appropriation.*
Modifies requirements for receipt of distinguished service medal; codifies qualifications for receipt of meritorious service medal.*
Establishes "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Pilot Program." **
Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
Authorizes certain benefits for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Vetoed · 8
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.*
"Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Concerns employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.*
Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.*
Jake's Law; Incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds as a priority for State funding for recreational and conservation purposes.*
Extends duration of first five designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissible use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.
Passed the General Assembly · 26
Enhances the reporting and disclosure requirements concerning State tax expenditures and limits the duration of new State tax expenditure enactments.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.*
Limits forum of certain consumer contract disputes to New Jersey.*
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
"HOPE Initiative Act;" requires establishment of public awareness campaign to educate citizens about dangers and causes of, and appropriate responses to, heroin and opioid addiction.
Permits municipalities to hold certain inactive liquor licenses reserved for smart growth developments for an additional five years.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to include description and fiscal analyses of recommendations to raise State revenue estimated at $1 million or more.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law."
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.
Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if payment of principal and interest on previously awarded loan or loan guarantee is greater than 24 months overdue.
Establishes performance and training standards for certain Medicaid transportation services and requires DHS to report compliance with standards.
Requires one member of board in charge of institution for persons with mental illness or developmental disability to be family member of resident.
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.*
Authorizes attorney-at-law who validates an affidavit, acknowledgment, proof, oath, or affirmation to affix a seal indicating that he is an attorney-at-law. *
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Requires epinephrine auto-injectors to be packaged and sold as single units.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Requires continuing identification and remediation of waste tire sites.
Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency assistance recipients.
Creates grant program for business accelerator and incubator networks; transfers $1 million in societal benefits charge revenues to EDA to administer program.
Requires State parks, forests, and other natural and historic areas to remain open to public for seven days if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
Out of committee · 46
Requires health insurance coverage for treatment of substance use disorders; places certain restrictions on the prescription of opioid and certain other drugs; concerns continuing education related thereto.
Authorizes political subdivisions to require recipients of economic development incentives to enter into community benefits agreements.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."
Requires board of education to enter into agreement with law enforcement authorities regarding access to live video streams of public school buildings.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Establishes Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Study Advisory Council.*
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Establishes certain consumer protections related to arbitration organizations.
"Earn Your Way Out Act" ; requires DOC to develop inmate reentry plan; establishes administrative parole release for certain inmates;requires study and report by DOC on fiscal impact.*
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes to dispense to certain entities on interim basis to ensure uninterrupted supply.*
Establishes Main Street Economic Growth Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Requires appropriate insurance company to provide coverage to Good Samaritan injured at scene of accident.*
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of student borrower's death or total and permanent disability and grant deferment for temporary total disability.*
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting requirements.
Revises "Overseas Residents Absentee Voting Law" to mirror federal law; permits overseas voters to vote in any election; permits use of federal write-in absentee ballot to vote, register or request ballot for all elections.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Transfers authority to regulate bail agents from DOBI to DLPS; requires certain defendants to be eligible for monetary bail upon issuance of complaint-warrant.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide supplemental reading instruction to students in grades K through 3.
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Requires racial and ethnic impact statement for certain bills and regulations affecting sentencing.
Permits testing and use of autonomous vehicles on State roadways under certain circumstances.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Enhances resident voting participation rights in common interest communities.
Establishes mandatory training program for human resources officers of public employers on handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.
Requires bidders on certain State contracts to disclose, and Department of Treasury to publish, certain gender wage information.
Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaison.
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for Gold Star families.
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
Establishes Service Dog Pilot Program for inmates in Camden County; appropriates $150,000.
Establishes "New Jersey Hearing Impairment Task Force."
Establishes "Best Use of Ugly Produce Award Program."
Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish repayment assistance program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program who suffer material loss of income.
Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.
In committee · 41
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes the "Veterans Court Pilot Program in several counties."
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Establishes pilot program in DCF providing animal-assisted therapy to victims of childhood violence, trauma, or children with behavioral health care needs; appropriates $100,000.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Revises procedures concerning access to decedent's safe-deposit box.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Authorizes grandparents to obtain certified copies of death certificates of grandchildren.
Authorizes impoundment of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes for certain crimes and offenses.
Increases State hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues required to be annually appropriated to fund certain arts and cultural, historical, and tourism-related programs and activities.
Creates new liquor licenses for certain restaurants and permits the issuance of additional liquor licenses; provides tax credit under corporate business tax and gross income tax for fair market value of certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
Requires persons to report incidents of domestic violence to law enforcement and makes it a disorderly persons offense to fail to report.
Establishes the "Domestic Violence Tuition Waiver Program."
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.
Revises court filing fees, assessments, penalties, fines, and certain licensing fees to fund Pretrial Services Program, e-court information system and Legal Services of New Jersey; repeals certain statutory provisions concerning court fees.
Provides for designation of acute stroke ready hospitals; establishes Stroke Care Advisory Panel and Statewide stroke database; requires development of emergency services stroke care protocols; and mandates insurance coverage for telemedicine for stroke c
Establishes loan redemption program for teachers in certain fields to redeem loan amounts received under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in certain failing schools.
Authorizes "Put Children First" license plates.
Establishes "Tiny Home Pilot Program" in three regions of State.
Provides tax credits for performing certain repairs on primary residences of senior citizens or persons with disabilities.
Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
Appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge to DEP for remediation of lead contamination in drinking water in public buildings.
Establishes annual grant program to recognize public institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.
Establishes arts program for acquisition and display of visual artwork by New Jersey artists in State House and Annex.
Requires color photo on firearms identification cards, permits to purchase handgun, and permits to carry handgun.
Requires firearms purchaser identification card, permit to purchase handgun, or permit to carry handgun for temporary transfer of firearm at firing range.
Requires firearms purchaser identification card, permit to purchase handgun, or permit to carry handgun for use of firearm at firing range.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Concerns baked goods sold at farm markets.
Concerns availability of certain insurance for employers of self-directed employees in Division of Developmental Disabilities in DHS.
Requires State and local law enforcement agencies to assist officers receiving nomination petitions to investigate validity of any objection thereto when requested.
Filed · 1
Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.