Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
Vincent Prieto
Sponsored
Vetoed1
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension for surviving spouse by providing for minimum of $50,000 annually.
In committee25
Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public, private, and charitable assets in this State.
Concerns combined sewer overflows; establishes Combined Sewer Overflow Solutions Fund; exempts improvements thereto from 2% property tax cap; and appropriates $5 million.
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elect
Creates Construction Trades Licensing Board for licensing and regulation of several construction professions; creates new division for homeowner protection in Department of Law and Public Safety.
Permits landscape irrigation contractors to install backflow prevention devices under certain circumstances.
Revises law concerning alarm business licensees.
Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program.
Requires Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for ambulance services provided to Medicaid recipients who are also Medicare eligible to Medicare rate.
Requires health benefits coverage for mammograms for women under 40 who lack access to family medical history due to their or their parent's adoption.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Requires certain civil actions against certain licensed persons to be brought within two years.
Increases number of commissioners on Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to six; changes process for appointment of commissioners.
Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.
Provides additional State school aid to county vocational school districts in which enrollment increases by more than 10%.
Provides State aid for certain adult education programs.
Establishes brain injury screening and education program in DCF.
Provides additional State aid to county colleges for students enrolled in certain postsecondary career and technical education certificate programs.
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Concerns return of development fees to municipalities for transportation related projects.
Requires earned sick leave for certain employees.
Imposes temporary surcharge on hotel occupancies in certain cities to fund public safety services.
Prohibits four-year public institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees above certain percentages.
Amends law to limit DEP's direct oversight of remediation of portion of contaminated site under certain circumstances.
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.
Co-sponsored
Passed the General Assembly · 2
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
In committee · 31
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Provides for school and medical family leave.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
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.
Exempts from disclosure as public record information provided by individual to government agency under certain circumstances.
Provides for implementation of full-day preschool programs in additional school districts; appropriates $110,000,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person.
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.
Requires each school district to offer a summer payment plan for school district employees.
Establishes Park Prescription Program authorizing medical practitioners to prescribe free State park access passes to patients with obesity-related conditions.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain contributions to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) program.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to defendant at sentencing.
Permits a tax deduction under the New Jersey gross income tax for taxpayers who operate or maintain for their employees a licensed child care center or who have paid the cost of outside child care.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for day care center support benefiting children of employees.
Exempts municipal clerk from penalties for Open Public Records Act violations under certain circumstances.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of certain firearm components.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Creates new motor vehicle offense of engaging in a pattern of aggressive driving.
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zones in Garfield, Harrison, Keansburg, and two joint urban enterprise zones, one in Cliffside Park and Fairview, and one in Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough.
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.