Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Jerry Green
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
Extends expiration date of certain permits for one year in Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties.
Passed the General Assembly1
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Out of committee7
Permits master deed of condominium to reflect proportional common and limited common elements interests of each owner as fractions.
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
Concerns membership and management of homeowners associations.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Creates Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Revolving Trust Fund; places temporary surcharge on mortgage foreclosure complaints.
Concerns payment of certain TDI and family temporary disability leave benefits.
Prohibits certain employment discrimination based upon expunged criminal record.
In committee27
Increases penalties for failing to secure a child in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat while operating a motor vehicle.
Permits eviction for good cause of tenants who are creating nuisance; requires court to notify landlord when restraining order has been issued barring tenant from residential rental property.
Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Establishes professional standards for county sheriffs and their employees.
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.
Authorizes designation of joint urban enterprise zone by Urban Enterprize Zone Authority.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Modifies intent, purpose and standard of construction of "Municipal Land Use Law."
Prohibits BPU from exercising authority over utility service extensions in manner which creates cost differentials that distinguish among persons or localities based on location of such extensions.
Requires appointed board of education members and candidates for an elected board to reveal criminal convictions prior to assuming or running for office.
Decreases membership of county boards of taxation to 2004 level.
Amends the "Fair Housing Act" to change details of regional contribution agreements.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Extends requirement of wastewater management planning agencies to establish or update wastewater management plans, and extends validity of sewer service areas and wastewater service areas until April 7, 2011.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
Requires contracting units and boards of education to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payment to contractors.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Allows corporation business tax or gross income tax credits to developers for certain capital investments for repurposing qualified health care facilities.
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters during certain emergencies.
Permits liens in favor of planned real estate development associations for unpaid assessments in planned real estate developments.
Permits charter school to limit admission to students with a substance abuse or dependence disorder.
"Economic Opportunity Act of 2014, Part 1."
Expands financing opportunities for low and moderate income housing.
Provides tax credit to developers for affordable housing projects in certain neighborhoods.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Prohibits certain employment discrimination based upon expunged criminal record.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
"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.
Ensures project deadline fairness, enhances transparency, and establishes foreclosure protection and mortgage relief program for Superstorm Sandy- impacted victims.*
Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*
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.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.*
Codifies the Judiciary's Foreclosure Mediation Program; dedicates monies from foreclosure filing fees and fines.
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Out of committee · 7
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Requires insurers to provide coverage for medications and dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Provides tax credits to developers for certain affordable housing projects.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Union, Essex, Hudson, and Gloucester counties, appropriates $210,000.
Decreases waiting period to expunge entire juvenile record from five to three years.
Revises procedures for expunging criminal and other records and information, including shortening of certain waiting periods for expungement eligibility and increasing number of convictions which may be expunged.
In committee · 17
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes "Fund to Prevent Use of Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Devices"; supports activities to prevent use and promote awareness of associated health conditions.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Concerns earned sick leave.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Provides for private cause of action for bad faith in settlement of certain insurance claims.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Revises residential property mortgage foreclosure process.
Requires issues related to prescription opioids to be included in continuing education courses for certain health care professionals.
Establishes process for individual to petition court for involuntary commitment of another person to treatment for substance use disorder.
Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
Requires opioid antidote dispensation to be monitored under Prescription Monitoring Program, and authorizes certain entities to submit info regarding opioid antidote administration for inclusion in secondary, linked database; designated as "John Wagner's
Provides immediate eligibility for participation in interscholastic athletics for certain transfer students.
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.