Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Michael Patrick Carroll
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Out of committee1
Concerns closure of, and other activities at, certain landfills.
In committee45
"Women's Right to Know Act."
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.
Prohibits certain political activity by governmental employees and by public employee unions.
Limits compensation and contracts of State and local government officers and employees.
Limits ability of non-residents to bring tort suits in NJ courts.
Requires aggrieved person to request refund prior to commencing suit under consumer fraud law under certain circumstances.
Permits possession of certain types of ammunition.
"Post-Viability Protection Act."
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
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.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 15 as "Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway."
Provides certain limits on benefits coverage by health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP for certain services related to infertility.
Permits hospital to obtain charity care reimbursement for patients who are county jail inmates.
Mandates NICS check be the exclusive method law enforcement uses to determine whether an applicant is qualified to purchase and possess a firearm.
Decreases BPU membership from five to three members.
"Property Tax Reduction Work Act"; permits local units to recruit residents to perform services in return for property tax vouchers.
Repeals grandparents visitation statute.
Changes membership of Lake Hopatcong Commission and requires DEP to develop water level management plan for Lake Hopatcong to be approved by commission.
Concerns municipal rent control ordinances.
Allows credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for costs of installing certain alternative energy systems.
Authorizes certain law enforcement officers and corrections officers to possess and use stun guns while on duty.
Requires administrative law judge to make final decision in certain contested cases.
Authorizes civil action against developers who fail to reimburse municipalities for professional services expenses; bars developer challenges to municipal professional service charges not timely appealed.
Establishes two-year statute of limitations period for most civil actions.
Requires mortgage holders to accept certain mortgage payments.
Requires new electric distribution lines to be located or relocated underground wherever practicable.
Concerns closure of Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury Twp., Morris County.
Exempts all transfers made to lineal relatives from the Transfer Inheritance Tax.
Requires each public employer to establish fund for contributions actuarially calculated to meet obligations to pay for retiree health care benefits and supplemental compensation for unused vacation and sick leave.
Requires cost disclosures by health care providers under certain circumstances; applies certain restrictions to charges for medical supplies.
Establishes that person who knowingly sends text message to motor vehicle operator is immune from civil liability.
Repeals laws concerning the incorporation of religious societies and congregations in New Jersey.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Concerns closure of, and other activities at, certain landfills.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
"Kulesh and Kubert's, and Bolis Law;" establishes violation of hands-free cell phone law as reckless under vehicular homicide and assault by auto statutes.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State's open public records law. *
Appropriates $1,393,084 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Passed the General Assembly · 2
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.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.*
Out of committee · 8
Requires court to consider gang affiliation when making bail determinations.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Lieutenant Scott Jenkins' Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from carriers; amends theft statutes.*
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Designates State Highway Route 53 as "Alex DeCroce Memorial Highway."
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
In committee · 28
Prohibits certain political activity by governmental employees and by public employee unions.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Prohibits placing primary election candidates into political party lines on primary ballot.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Clarifies that Fish and Game Council has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Eliminates prohibition against purchasing more than one handgun in calendar month.
Repeals certain restrictions on future retail sales of handguns.
Prohibits use of public funds for embryonic stem cell research.
"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.
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.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights Program Act."
Repeals Highlands planning and environmental permitting provisions of "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act," and amends various statutes to reflect repeal thereof.
Exempts from sales tax all hybrid and certain highly fuel efficient vehicles.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Requires that police obtain warrant to seize cell phone data.
Requires that police obtain warrant to attach GPS device to suspect's motor vehicle.
Prohibits terminal leave compensation for local government employees.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund, dedicates $400,000 annually from certain power vessel operator license fees to the fund, and appropriates $400,000 for FY2012.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights and Property Tax Reduction Act."
Prohibits workers' compensation reimbursement to certain entities for treatment paid on behalf of injured worker.
Requires access to law enforcement guidelines for processing firearms permit applications upon public records request.
Establishes the "New Jersey Collaborative Family Law Act."