Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
Michael Patrick Carroll
Sponsored
Became law2
Includes midwives within definition of "licensed person" for purposes of affidavits of merit in certain actions filed on or after effective date.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to the "American Red Cross-NJ Fund".
In committee45
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Allows for a gross income tax deduction for any honorably discharged member of the US Armed Forces, reserve unit or national guard.
"Women's Right to Know Act."
Provides for a presumption of joint physical custody in a child custody determination; addresses relocation.
Repeals grandparents visitation statute.
Provides immunity against "wrongful birth" and "wrongful life" suits.
Prohibits Medicaid funding for abortifacients.
Prohibits public and certain private affirmative action programs based upon race, ethnicity, sex, color or national origin.
Prohibits the use of public sector union dues for political activities and requires specific written authorization for such use in the private sector.
Regulates use of human embryos fertilized in vitro.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Concerns municipal rent control ordinances.
Establishes special license plates to fund certain programs for pregnant women.
Prohibits certain political activity by governmental employees and by public employee unions.
Limits compensation and contracts of State and local government officers and employees.
Authorizes certain law enforcement officers and corrections officers to possess and use stun guns while on duty.
Repeals increased penalties for violations in 65 mph zone.
Decreases BPU membership from five to three members.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 15 as "Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway."
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund, dedicates $700,000 annually from pleasure boat registration fees to that fund, and appropriates $700,000 for FY2009.
Bars defamation suits against persons who fairly report the contents of a judicial proceeding or court record.
Limits ability of non-residents to bring tort suits in NJ courts.
Abolishes offices of superintendent of elections and deputy superintendent; transfers powers and duties thereof to county commissioner of registration or county board of elections.
Mandates NICS check be the exclusive method law enforcement uses to determine whether an applicant is qualified to purchase and possess a firearm.
Allows credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for costs of installing certain alternative energy systems.
Requires aggrieved person to request refund prior to commencing suit under consumer fraud law under certain circumstances.
Provides certain limits on benefits coverage by health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP for certain services related to infertility.
Changes membership of Lake Hopatcong Commission and requires DEP to develop water level management plan for Lake Hopatcong to be approved by commission.
Permits possession of certain types of ammunition.
"Post-Viability Protection Act."
Increases penalties against Medicaid fraud.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
"Property Tax Reduction Work Act"; permits local units to recruit residents to perform services in return for property tax vouchers.
Clarifies it is not defense to prosecution of refusal to submit to breath test that defendant did not understand notice of consequences.
Provides mandatory forfeiture of PFRS retirement benefits for police officer convicted of any crime.
Clarifies that statutes shall be construed to apply prospectively, unless language provides for retroactive application.
Requires candidate to dispose of campaign funds within six months of electoral defeat or leaving office.
Requires fire districts, school districts, and county governments to share in burden of property assessment appeal refunds.
Expands immunity from civil liability in connection with provisions of 9-1-1 service.
Repeals interest arbitration of labor disputes for police and firefighters.
Repeals all prevailing wage laws.
"Parent Empowerment and Choice Act"; enables parents to initiate reform in low performing schools through a petition process.
Prohibits certain local officers from authorizing certain transfers, appointments, changes in compensation, and funding for capital projects in local units.
Repeals State inheritance taxes.
Requires administrative law judge to make final decision in certain contested cases.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2012.
Out of committee · 10
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Upgrades burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree; upgrades it to a crime of the first degree if committed while armed. *
Requires court to consider gang affiliation when making bail determinations.
"Kulesh and Kubert's Law;" establishes violation of hands-free cell phone law as reckless under vehicular homicide and assault by auto statutes.
Appropriates $1,279,941 from various historic preservation funds to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Abolishes the Department of the Public Advocate and transfers certain functions, powers and duties.
Increases penalties against Medicaid fraud.
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $10,250,780 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund and 2007 Historic Preservation Fund to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $600,000 from "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" for associated administrative
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
In committee · 29
Prohibits placing primary election candidates into political party lines on primary ballot.
Prohibits use of public funds for embryonic stem cell research.
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
Prohibits public and independent institutions of higher education from admitting any student who is not a United States citizen or who does not hold lawful immigration status.
Prohibits certain political activity by governmental employees and by public employee unions.
Authorizes municipalities and fire districts to require physician's certificate as condition for service or continuing service by volunteer fire fighters; requires municipalities and fire districts to reimburse them for out-of-pocket costs.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Repeals law providing benefits for family temporary disability leave.
Delays implementation of paid family leave for two years.
Exempts from sales tax all hybrid and certain highly fuel efficient vehicles.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Prohibits wrongful life/birth suits.
Phases in single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula, over five years, provides airline-specific sales fraction.
Repeals Highlands planning and environmental permitting provisions of "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act," and amends various statutes to reflect repeal thereof.
Permits free municipal library funding to be based on actual requirements instead of fixed statutory tax rate.
Clarifies that Fish and Game Council has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Consolidates certain business-related categories of gross income and provides 20 year carryforward of certain net losses under gross income tax.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Eliminates prohibition against purchasing more than one handgun in calendar month.
Repeals certain restrictions on future retail sales of handguns.
Abolishes the Department of the Public Advocate and transfers certain functions, powers and duties.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights Program Act."
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Prohibits certain drunk driver claims against licensed alcoholic beverage servers.
Requires that police obtain warrant to seize cell phone data.
Requires that police obtain warrant to attach GPS device to suspect's motor vehicle.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana.