Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Reed Gusciora
Sponsored
Became law4
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
Clarifies stadiums and arenas owned by local government entities are exempt from property taxation.
Requires that certain inmates with detainers be provided access to drug treatment programs.
Vetoed3
Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.*
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.
Establishes process for recovery of Superstorm Sandy aid overpayments and makes General Fund appropriation.*
Passed the General Assembly14
Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Permits municipalities to issue retail liquor licenses for use in certain historic taverns.
Prohibits purchase of certain items by scrap metal businesses.
Permits municipality to establish restricted parking spaces for certain volunteer firefighters.
Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder therof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone.*
Requires consumer notification of vehicle warranty for aftermarket and recycled parts.
Permits persons convicted of driving with suspended license to be sentenced to labor assistance program.
Creates grant program for business accelerator and incubator networks; transfers $1 million in societal benefits charge revenues to EDA to administer program.
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
Out of committee9
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Allows expungement of multiple crimes and offenses resulting from one-time spree under certain circumstances.
Establishes artist bank to provide interest-free loans to artist colonies in development.
Requires health insurance carriers offering tiered network health benefits plans to protect covered persons from excess cost sharing in certain circumstances.
Establishes penalty for unlawfully using parking placard issued to person with qualifying disability.
Requires hotels to upgrade phone systems to allow guests to dial 9-1-1 without first dialing any other digit.
Requires State agencies to vacate certain property in Trenton; allows EDA to offer incentives to private entities to locate to that property.
Prohibits certain third-party property tax appeals.
Prohibits certain possession, sale, trade, distribution, or offering for sale of shark fins. *
In committee112
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Amends RICO to add certain crimes involving public servants.
Eliminates awarding of attorneys' fees, filing fees, and costs of suit for certain technical violations of consumer fraud act.
Provides public servant is guilty of official misconduct if he knowingly obtains, arranges or provides "no-show" job for himself or another.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Consolidates all "doughnut municipalities" and "doughnut-hole municipalities" within 10 years.
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for preservation and promotion of graves of significant individuals of the American Revolutionary period; appropriates $200,000.
Creates Voluntary Registry for Individuals with a Mental Illness or Developmental Disability.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood and urine testing.
Provides for private cause of action for bad faith in settlement of certain insurance claims.
Authorizes Attorney General to impose fine against institution of higher education that fails to appropriately respond to a student's allegation of sexual assault by another student.
Requires State to pay full contribution to State-administered pension systems plus $300 million annually until systems are fully funded; provides members of systems with contractual right to financially sound funding of systems.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2014.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Permits court to order involuntary outpatient treatment in any county; concerns patient compliance with taking medication.
Legalizes possession and personal use of small amounts of marijuana for persons age 21 and over.
Requires DOBI to obtain and consider certain information from Commissioner of Health concerning provider network adequacy requirements for managed care plans.
Permits levy cap exclusion for certain monies expended by local units for shared services.
Guarantees each municipality, at a minimum, Fiscal Year 2010 distribution of Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid.
Requires disclosure of contributions received and expenditures made by committees or organizations not affiliated or coordinated with any candidate, or committee organized to support or oppose public questions.
Requires replacement of all electronic voting machines used in State by district-based optical scan voting systems by June 7, 2016; makes appropriation.
Creates nine-member New Jersey Legislative Elections Public Financing Study Commission.
The "Seaside Lodging and Rental District Act"; imposes tax on certain lodging properties for tourism promotion therein.
Concerns establishment of wage standards by political subdivisions.
Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.
Revises law concerning the purchase of scrap metal.
Establishes up to four-month extension for expiring carrier contracts with acute care hospitals while parties engage in contract renegotiation.
Revises licensing provisions for orthotists and prosthetists and assistants.
Requires shareholder approval of campaign contributions and certain independent expenditures made by New Jersey corporations.
Consolidates various municipalities into the new municipalities of Seaside Township and Long Beach Island Township, or alternatively requires shared services agreements for all major services.
Grants EDA broader discretion to approve applications for corporation business tax certificate transfer program.
Imposes civil penalty for the exhibition or use in performance of a living bear, elephant, lion or tiger.
Requires sharing of revenues derived from major developments situated near municipal borders under certain circumstances.
Creates Electric Power Production Siting Commission.
Establishes animal cruelty offense concerning certain use of exotic, non-domestic, or wild animals in traveling performances and exhibitions.
Prohibits feeding of black bears and requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in bear habitat and under certain circumstances, including garbage collection.
The " Responsible Pesticide Use Reduction Recognition Act."
Clarifies authority of municipal court to suspend driver's licenses; establishes that the terms revoke and suspend are to have the same meaning under Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Requires DEP to establish regulations for approval to install and operate certain solar facilities.
Requires ignition interlock device to be installed on vehicle owned or leased by drunk driver only after period of driver's license suspension.
Requires prosecutorial or law enforcement review of fatal incidents involving police officers or State Police.
Requires MVC to issue driving privilege cards to persons who cannot prove lawful presence in the country.
Eliminates presumption of non-imprisonment for theft of a firearm.
Enhances penalties for committing improper behavior in place of public accommodation.
Enacts "Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Concerns organ and tissue donation.
Establishes a computers for schools program in DOC.
Authorizes donation of forfeited bicycles to charities.
Establishes the "Municipal Court Prosecutors' Automated System."
Legalizes possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, subject to voter approval.
Permits expungement for one-time disorderly persons offense after a period of two years.
Authorizes issuance of certificate for additional persons to solemnize marriage.
Requires immediate forfeiture of public office, position or employment, without application by the prosecutor, for public officials and employees convicted under federal law of certain public corruption offenses.
Establishes civil penalty for certain unlawful conduct.
Clarifies the intent of the Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
Requires legislators to certify in writing, upon introduction of legislation, that no monetary benefit will be derived from it; requires certification be filed with the Legislative Ethics Commission.
Provides that preserved farmland may be sold by the State or a local government unit only to established farmers and restricts size of farmer residence which may be built thereon.
Requires DEP to designate smoke-free sections of State beaches, parks, and forests.
Increases penalties for violations of certain pet shop laws and regulations.
Prohibits drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing.
Provides for sales tax exemption for advanced technology partial zero emission vehicles, imposes surcharge on certain automobiles, and deletes surcharge on certain automobiles.
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.
Allows industrial hemp farming; establishes industrial hemp license.
Provides State, county, municipal, and school district contracts for professional services will be awarded pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Requires boil water notices be provided to mayor and municipal clerk within one hour.
Requires DOE to adopt green cleaning policy for schools and child care centers with 50 or more students.
Increases fine for student truancy and requires truant student to attend court-ordered truancy counseling program or other appropriate program.
Limits tuition increase in school district sending-receiving relationships to percentage increase in State aid and tax levy of sending school district and prohibits severance of such relationships currently in effect.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide advocates for victims of sexual assault.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on awareness of eating disorders as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires institutions of higher education to post information on sexual assaults on website and provide the information to prospective students.
Authorizes law enforcement agency to inform the president of a public or independent institution of higher education when a student is charged or convicted of certain crimes.
Requires design of new public schools to incorporate green building practices.
Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.
Provides that a school business administrator appointed by a school district after a certain date will not be eligible for tenure and may be dismissed pursuant to the terms of the employment contract.
Creates New Jersey Coastal Commission; reallocates certain funds from DEP to commission; and appropriates $20 million.
Requires Commissioner of Education to declare educational state of emergency for certain districts with low proficiency rates in language arts and literacy and provides for corrective measures.
Requires nonpublic secondary schools and independent institutions of higher education to make payment to school districts for educational costs of students residing in tax-exempt housing upon adoption of resolution by municipal governing body.
Requires nonpublic secondary schools and independent institutions of higher education to reimburse school districts for educational costs of students residing in tax-exempt housing and adjusts recipient districts' tax levy growth limit.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish full-day kindergarten through grade three school in Trenton modeled on Princeton Day School, for Mercer County residents.
Requires filing of report comparing investment returns earned by private money managers and by State employees for public employee retirement funds and State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund.
Expands acts of animal cruelty to include theft or release of animal during burglary.
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.
Requires reduction in number of State vehicles over five fiscal years.
Prohibits use of State funds to lease or purchase certain motor vehicles.
Requires in-network hospitals to notify patients of out-of-network health care professionals who provide services in hospital.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes employment goals and requirements for development subsidies.
Concerning development subsidies and certain employment practices.
Requires repayment of development subsidies in certain cases of failure to meet job creation or retention requirements.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals.
Prohibits advertising of certain products to minors on websites; requires website operators to allow minors to delete posts.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for 50% of purchase cost of diesel engine conversion devices.
Establishes procedures for admitting into evidence blood sample certificates and related lab reports in drunk driving cases.
Provides for reimbursement of security officer application and registration fees for applicants who meet certification requirements.
Concerns arrest warrants for failing to pay parking tickets.
Increases monetary thresholds for certain theft and shoplifting offenses.
Places question on ballot allowing Atlantic City to adopt resolution to legalize marijuana in Atlantic City; establishes regulatory scheme for marijuana controlled by State Department of Law and Public Safety; increases penalties for driving under influen
Requires school districts to provide information on affirmative consent standard as part of core curriculum content standards.
Prohibits inclusion of provision in agreements, contracts, or settlements related to pipeline siting or hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," that would restrict parties from disclosing information, statements, or assertions related to public health or saf
Establishes third or subsequent DWI offenses as fourth degree crime.
"New Jersey Public Option Health Care Act."
Provides exemption to licensing requirements for certain art therapists.
Allows electric energy produced from biofuel to be eligible as Class II renewable energy.
Provides tax credits and other assistance to farmers transitioning to organic agricultural production; appropriates $2 million to Dept. of Agriculture.
Legalizes possession and personal use of small amounts of marijuana for persons age 21 and over; creates Division of Marijuana Enforcement and licensing structure.
Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.
Requires institutions of higher education to use procedures in response to allegations of sexual harassment that are consistent with certain federal guidance and to report incidence of sexual assault.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 39
Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the NJ World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Authorizes medical marijuana for qualifying patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.
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.
Requires DLPS to establish and make available to law enforcement agencies cultural diversity training materials and online tutorial.*
Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals.
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.
Authorizes virtual net metering for certain electric public utility customers connected to certain hydropower facilities and resource recovery facilities.**
Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.
Authorizes students in Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf to operate State vehicle for driver education and provides protection for such activity under tort claims act.*
Establishes hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold on international airport property.
Authorizes the Unclaimed Property Administrator to verify certain governmental debts before delivering abandoned property.
Allows NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship recipients to maintain program eligibility in the event that medical condition or recent death of parent or spouse prevents enrollment as full-time student.
Enters NJ in Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
Provides diamondback terrapins protection as nongame indigenous species.
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*
Establishes Farm to School Coordinating Council.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Requires certain school security measures to be incorporated in architectural design of new school construction and certain school security measures for existing buildings.
Creates license to manufacture and sell hard cider and mead.*
Provides protections for children under the age of 18 with developmental disabilities and individuals with developmental disabilities ages 18-21 receiving services from Division of Children's System of Care.
Designates "Garden State" as State Slogan.
Requires public institutions of higher education to allow students, faculty, and other staff to identify sexual orientation and gender identity on any forms used to collect certain demographic data.
Establishes law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral programs.*
Requires DMVA to create registry for organizations providing services to veterans.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families.
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.*
Requires municipal land use plan element of master plan to address smart growth, storm resiliency, and environmental sustainability issues.
Prohibits health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, certain health care providers, and Medicaid from discriminating in providing coverage and services based on gender identity.*
Designates building where NJEDA is located as "Caren Franzini Memorial Building" to commemorate her outstanding service to State.
Requires gubernatorial candidates' statements be posted online.
Vetoed · 19
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program.*
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
"Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."
Establishes an apprenticeship requirement to qualify for an electrical contractor's license.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Concerns low emission and zero emission vehicles; establishes Clean Vehicle Task Force.
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.*
Requires Division of Parole to offer parole services to certain defendants who have served their maximum sentence.
Creates certain assistance programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.*
Prohibits sale and distribution of mercury relays and switches under certain circumstances.
Imposes State sales and use tax and hotel and motel occupancy fee on transient accommodations; authorizes various municipal taxes and fees on transient accommodations.
Requires State's full participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in entities that avoid Superfund obligations to State.
Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave.*
Passed the General Assembly · 45
Increases New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit to 40 percent of federal benefit amount beginning in Tax Year 2016.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.*
Directs DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to permit certain wineries to participate in certain sign programs on freeways, interstate highways, and toll roads.
Establishes process for recovering cost of caring for domestic companion animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Tiered Health Insurance Networks."
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Requires DEP to establish "private wildlife habitat certification program"; creates affirmative defense against municipal nuisance ordinances for properties certified under the program.
Protects home addresses of law enforcement officers from being released by governmental entities.
Requires health benefits coverage for adolescent depression screenings.*
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Establishes certain requirements for a State entity planting vegetation in certain circumstances; provides for preferences for NJ businesses providing such vegetation.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
Permits municipalities to hold certain inactive liquor licenses reserved for smart growth developments for an additional five years.
Expands the Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of sexual assault and stalking.
Authorizes municipalities to establish program for public or private financing of certain energy, water and storm resiliency projects under PACE program through use of voluntary special assessments for certain property owners.*
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, of permit applications for green building projects.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
"Linnette Lebron's Law" modifies procedures for marriage or civil union where a party is terminally ill.
Prohibits firearm possession by persons convicted of certain offenses.*
Establishes State park passport to promote outdoor recreation, education, and visitation to State parks, forests, and historic sites.
Concerns certain employer reporting requirements.
Directs the Div. of Travel and Tourism to publish on its website information of farm-to-table restaurants.
Establishes NJ "Farm-to-Table Restaurant" awards program.*
Establishes "New Jersey Farm to Public Institution of Higher Education Program."
Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.
Provides that PFRS definitions of widow, widower and spouse will include domestic partners of all PFRS members.
Implements reporting requirements for agricultural tourism pilot program; creates task force.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the Main Street New Jersey program.
Designates Common Eastern Bumble Bee as New Jersey State Native Pollinator.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Prohibits State-sponsored travel to certain states without protections against discrimination based on sex, gender identity or expression, and affectional or sexual orientation.*
Prohibits juror disqualification based on gender identity or sexual orientation; codifies procedures when discriminatory use of peremptory challenges is alleged.*
Requires DOT to compensate local government entities for contractual delay damages resulting from shutdown of transportation projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund; authorizes local government entities to use certain funds for transportation project
Authorizes annual issuance of permit to sell alcoholic beverages at seasonal farm market.
Requires collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information about sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys by State agencies.
Permits theaters with 100 seats or more to apply for liquor license.
Expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health services and autism and enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health parity laws. *
Directs DEP to designate native bee nesting habitat areas in each State park and forest.
Strengthens location confidentiality for certain crime victims.
Out of committee · 62
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.
Requires NJ Clean Energy Program's Residential New Construction incentives be made available Statewide.*
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Establishes certain network adequacy and standard application requirements for health insurance carriers; requires determination of hospital diversity for tiered networks.
Requires carriers to disclose selection standards for, and establishes certain requirements regarding, placement of health care providers in tiered health benefits plan network. *
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
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."
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.
Imposes certain requirements on telephone service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities.*
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Directs Attorney General to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearing house.
Requires 9-1-1 service facilities be equipped with Next Generation 9-1-1 system and provides funding for that purpose; makes texting the 9-1-1 emergency system without purpose of reporting need for 9-1-1 service a fourth degree crime.
Authorizes Drinking Water Quality Institute to study and recommend maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane to DEP.
Concerns employment status of certain truck operators.*
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Provides that teacher, school bus driver, other school employee, or school volunteer who commits act of sexual penetration with student age 18 or older and less than age 20 is guilty of sexual assault under certain circumstances. *
The "Smart Container Act."
Requires health insurance carriers to comply with certain network adequacy requirements.
Establishes certain standards for health benefits plans with tiered network.
Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.
Revises "Pet Purchase Protection Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops. *
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
Prohibits possession, transport, import, export, processing, sale, or shipment of parts and products of certain animal species threatened with extinction.
Establishes "Milkweed for Monarchs" program.
Establishes "Adopt a Monarch Butterfly Waystation" program.
Prohibits possession and transport of parts and products of certain animals at PANYNJ airports and port facilities.
Concerns discrimination because of familial status.
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.*
Requires school districts to offer course in computer science and DOE to adopt changes to NJ Student Learning Standards in computer science.*
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator on-site.
Establishes compensation program for law enforcement officers and certain other employees injured while performing official duties. *
Establishes restricted use driver's license endorsement for certain motor vehicle offenders with suspended license.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide supplemental reading instruction to students in grades K through 3.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to improve transparency of tuition and fees.
Modifies State's solar renewable energy portfolio standards.*
Requires electric public utility to notify property owner any time account for electric public utility service on owner's property is opened, closed, transferred, or altered.
Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY 2017 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Requires water purveyors to conduct water loss audits.
Establishes State food waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2030.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for school districts regarding transgender students.
Permits solar electric power generation facility projects not having commenced commercial operation to retain designation through May 31, 2018 as connected to distribution system.
Makes various changes to law governing winery salesrooms.
Revises acreage requirement for plenary winery licenses.
Requires NJ to join U.S. Climate Alliance to uphold Paris Climate Accord.
Allows expanded use of recycled asphalt pavement.
Exempts certain motor vehicles that provide service to persons with developmental disabilities from motor vehicle registration fees.
Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.
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Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands racetrack, upon voter approval; dedicates 1/3 net proceeds to General Fund, 1/3 to State education aid, and 1/3 to horse racing industry.
Clarifies application of business personal property tax on local exchange telephone companies that were subject to tax as of April 1, 1997.
Caps at 35 percent share of State public employee pension and annuity funds portfolio that may be invested in combination of hedge funds, private equity, commodities, and real estate.
Establishes "Government Crowdfunding Act" to allow government entities to conduct fundraising for certain government projects.
Requires 10 percent bail; prohibits installment payments.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with Board of Public Utilities.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Dedicates sales and use tax collections from sales of medical marijuana to the "Medical Marijuana for a Cure Fund" for medical research grants on certain debilitating medical conditions.
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 "gay panic" defense for murder; prevents reduction of murder charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion under certain circumstances.
Prohibits State-sponsored travel to states adopting religious freedom statutes without protection against discrimination.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Prohibits use of certain underwriting guidelines by insurers pertaining to guide dogs, service dogs, or hearing assistance dogs harbored on the insured property.
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
"New Jersey Sexual Assault Violence in Education Act"; requires institutions of higher education to adopt anti-sexual assault theater program, report allegations of sexual assault to county prosecutor, and provide students with information on sexual assau
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online a
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires printers to display average cost per 1,000 printed pages and ink cartridges to display yield.
Imposes restrictions concerning Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Requires registered qualifying patient's authorized use of medical marijuana to be considered equivalent to use of any other prescribed medication.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
Requires government entities to provide law enforcement agencies with access to exterior security recordings under certain circumstances.
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Upgrades harassment under certain circumstances; restricts cyberbullying offenders' access to the Internet.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Requires certain services be prearranged before homeless person is relocated.
Provides for involuntary commitment to treatment for substance use disorders.
Requires oversight reporting on Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Extends penalties for driving under the influence to include any substance that impairs driving ability; deems driver's consent to non-invasive drug tests.
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
Allows municipalities to acquire and sell inactive plenary retail consumption licenses.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools.
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and resident tuition rate.
Revises grades and sentencing determinations for certain controlled dangerous substances.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments not required under State or federal law.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Requires owner or operator of industrial establishment applying for de minimis exemption from "Industrial Site Recovery Act" to certify as to no actual knowledge of contamination exceeding remediation standards.
The "Preserve New Jersey Act of 2013"; implements constitutional dedication of sales tax revenue for open space, including flood prone areas, farmland, and historic preservation purposes.
Provides that, upon request of applicant, change of name would be confidential and not constitute public record.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
"New Jersey Transit Villages Act."
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Gives Director subpoena powers in administration of Division of Pensions and Benefits.
Authorizes persons serving overseas in military to be married or enter into civil union by video conference or other electronic means.
Recognizes same-sex marriages entered into outside the State.
"Consumer Credit Fairness Act."
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Directs poison control and drug information program to establish clearinghouse of drug overdose information, report on trends, and provide education on safe storage and disposal of medications; appropriates $500,000.
The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by August 1, November 1, February 1 and May 1 of each year.
Provides for transfer and sale of inactive liquor licenses for use in qualifying smart growth municipalities.
Permits health care providers to report certain patient health problems to MVC.
Clarifies that using animal to cause bodily injury to another constitutes assault with a deadly weapon; grants immunity to police officers who use police dog as deadly weapon.
Amends the "Fair Housing Act" to change details of regional contribution agreements.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Extends "Right to Farm" protections to cultivation or production of marijuana for medical use; permits such activity on preserved farmland; prohibits county or municipal interference with such activity.
Places moratorium on implementation of certain tiered network health benefits plans until January 1, 2017.
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.
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.
Establishes protection from adverse employment action for authorized medical marijuana patients.
Revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in sex.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings.
Increases the personal income tax's pension and retirement income exclusion fivefold over three years.
Authorizes transfer of excess medical marijuana inventory between alternative treatment centers.
Places freeze on future enrollment in tiered network health benefits plans until new legislation and regulations governing those plans are in effect.
Appropriates $110,000 from General Fund to DOE for Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Cultural and Educational Programs.
Temporarily maintains property tax exemption for previously exempt non-profit hospital properties; establishes "Non-Profit Hospital Property Tax Exemption Study Commission."
Prohibits certain light frame residential construction in densely populated census tracts; establishes construction requirements for certain light frame residential construction in other census tracts.
Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.
Requires installation of ignition interlock device if sentence for DWI is stayed pending appeal.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Encourages timely recording of residential deeds.
Directs Division of Consumer Affairs to establish public information campaign concerning real estate rental scams.
Requires all creditors that acquire title to non-owner occupied residential property following foreclosure to notify municipality and common interest community.
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce paper record of each vote cast.
Imposes moratorium on affordable housing litigation through December 31, 2017.
Establishes "Affordable Housing Obligation Study Commission."
Requires photo identification for handgun ammunition purchases.
Requires electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose information.
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.
Increases fee for firearms purchaser identification card; requires color photo on firearms purchaser identification cards, permits to purchase handgun, and permits to carry handgun.
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; transfers $20 million annually from New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to consortium over five-year period.
Permits certain firefighter training courses to be taken online.
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Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.