Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Marlene Caride
Sponsored
Became law1
Prohibits notaries public from falsely representing themselves as attorneys in advertisments.
Vetoed1
Requires State Board of Education regulations regarding school nurse certification to include certain minimum eligibility requirements.
Passed the General Assembly2
Revises grades and sentencing determinations for certain controlled dangerous substances.**
Prohibits knowingly selling or planting certain invasive plant species.*
Out of committee4
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning electronic communications between employees and students.
Authorizes Attorney General to coordinate Statewide law enforcement efforts against opioid drug abuse.*
Increases age for helmet requirement for bicycling, roller skating, and skateboarding to 17 and younger; extends helmet requirement to ice skaters and operators of non-motorized scooters.*
Designates Black Swallowtail butterfly as State Butterfly.
In committee25
Prohibits certain sex offenders from using social networking websites and requires certain identifying information.
"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.
Prohibits notaries public from falsely representing themselves as attorneys in advertisements.
Extends validity of certain retired law enforcement officers handgun carry permits from one to two years.
Expands NJ Meadowlands Commission responsibilities to include flood control activities.
Establishes Meadowlands Flood Advisory Task Force.
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.
Prohibits sale of prepaid and wireless telephone service and equipment unless certain buyer information is recorded.
Allows processing of wild striped bass caught out of State for sale out of State.
Allows sale of wild striped bass caught outside of NJ.
Requires notification to Division of Child Protection and Permanency upon arrest of child's primary caregiver.
Reduces thresholds for certain heroin offenses.
Requires practitioners prescribing Schedule II drugs to check prescription monitoring program prior to issuing prescription and to report prescriptions for Schedule II drugs to program; expands access to program.
Strengthens requirements regarding prescription monitoring program and broadens access to prescription monitoring program by law enforcement agencies.
Establishes per se standard for driving under influence of inhalant; designated as "Kimmie's Law."
Requires pharmacies to report dispensation of Schedule II drugs to prescription monitoring program at least once every five days.
Reestablishes crime of incest; criminalizes knowingly marrying or entering into civil union, or engaging in sexual activity, with certain family members.
Expands implied consent statute to include urine testing.
Directs the removal of certain records from domestic violence central registry.
Requires proof of ownership to register off-road vehicle.
Increases county prosecutor salaries by set amount over multiple years, and thereafter provides for annual salary cost of living adjustment.
Requires certain new residential buildings to have fire barriers in cocklofts, concrete or steel frames, and fire stops.
Permits newly created regional school districts or enlarging regional school districts to determine apportionment methodology for their boards of education on basis other than population.
"Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act."
Revises penalties for certain violations of law by public movers and warehousemen.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning electronic communications between employees and students.
Designates Black Swallowtail butterfly as State Butterfly.
Authorizes Attorney General to coordinate Statewide law enforcement efforts against opioid drug abuse.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 41
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
Authorizes municipalities to impose penalties on creditors that fail to timely remedy code violations of certain properties in foreclosure.*
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages.
Prohibits sale of certain products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.*
Encourages the establishment of "breakfast after the bell" programs in school districts, public school, and nonpublic schools participating in the federal school breakfast program.*
Requires pharmacies and prescribers to notify patients about how to ensure proper and safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
Directs New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services of rest areas and service plazas.*
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Requires training program for school bus drivers and school bus aides on interacting with students with special needs, and requires development and use of student information cards.*
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from legal process, and from estate recovery under Medicaid program.
Provides for licensure of dementia care homes by DOH.
Extends Right to Farm Act protections to commercial beekeepers, with some restrictions.
Establishes exclusive State regulatory authority over apiary activities and allows for delegation of monitoring and enforcement authority to municipalities.
Establishes penalty for destruction of man-made native bee hive.
Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors.
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
Amends "Flood Hazard Area Control Act" to require DEP to take certain actions concerning delineations of flood hazard areas and floodplains.*
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns exemptions from permits for certain agricultural activities under "Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act". *
Allows corporations to indemnify corporate agents without approval from board of directors.
Allows contributions to "New Jersey Farm to School Program.*
Requires one-time application for requesting services for individuals with developmental disabilities from DCF and DHS.
Codifies "Project Medicine Drop" program; requires Division of Consumer Affairs to maintain secure prescription medicine drop-off receptacles at certain law enforcement agencies.*
Concerns property taxes due and owing on real property damaged or destroyed during, or as the result of, a natural disaster when a state of emergency is declared by the Governor. *
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments in kindergarten through second grade.
Prohibits manufacture, sale or promotion of personal care products containing microbeads.*
Requires New Jersey School Report Card to include indicators of student career readiness.
Allows school districts and requires public colleges to enter into dual enrollment agreements to provide college-level instruction to high school students through courses offered on college or high school campuses.*
Amends definition of "Class II renewable energy."
Amends law concerning county and municipal stream cleaning activities.
"Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act"; "Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District Act of 2014"; "New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief Act."
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain structures; designated as "Korman and Park's Law."
Expands scope of law governing registration of security guards; designated as " Detective Vincent Santiago's Law." *
Permits holders of certain alcoholic beverage licenses to be issued amusement game license and updates definition of recognized amusement park.
Requires insurance producer licensing examination and registration materials to be offered in English and Spanish, and examination instructional materials to be available in Spanish.
Establishes task force to study issues related to sexual assault on college campuses.
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."*
Increases required public notice from 30 days to 60 days for settlements entered into by DEP pursuant to Spill Compensation and Control Act.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if business is in default on previously awarded subsidy that was loan or loan guarantee.
Prohibits withholding of State school aid based on student participation rate on State assessments.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Vetoed · 12
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers.
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Requires DOE to review Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure they incorporate standards regarding engineering where appropriate.*
"The New Jersey Social Innovation Act"; establishes social innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.
Credits increases in employee contributions required by P.L.2011, c.78 as additional contributions to TPAF, JRS, PERS, PFRS, and SPRS unavailable to reduce normal contributions of State and local employers for actuarial valuations beginning July 1, 2015.
Provides additional State school aid to county vocational school districts in which enrollment increases by more than 10%.
Makes FY 2015 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Provides Medicaid coverage for advance care planning.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law." *
Passed the General Assembly · 30
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.*
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.*
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Concerns reviews of State's economic development incentives.
Requires managed care plans, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide for reasonable accommodation in accessing providers for persons with physical disabilities.
Establishes "MarcAnthony's Law;" criminalizes use of defaced or stolen firearm to injure a police officer; enhances penalties for defacing a firearm.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.*
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.*
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of certain individuals with developmental disabilities to new residential placements until certain conditions are met. *
Authorizes prescribed burning in certain circumstances.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Expands education requirements for special learner's and examination permits.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Requires corporations qualifying for certain State development subsidy grants to repay entire grant amount if corporation fails to uphold grant terms.*
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Authorizes Attorney General to impose a fine against institution of higher education that fails to appropriately respond to a student's allegation of sexual assault by another student.*
Requires oversight reporting on Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Establishes "MVP Emergency Alert System" for missing persons with mental, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.*
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays implementation of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system.
Revises procedures for processing incomplete Medicaid applications; exempts asset transfers of up to $500 per month during look back period for determining eligibility for long-term care services.*
"Uncompensated Pending Medicaid Beneficiary Payment Relief Act"; provides compensation relief to nursing facilities when resident's Medicaid eligibility determination is delayed more than 90 days.*
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of certain assessments.
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.*
Clarifies liability for discharges of hazardous substances from drilling platforms that enter NJ waters.
Authorizes transfer of excess medical marijuana inventory between alternative treatment centers.
"Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food.
Permits persons convicted of driving with suspended license to be sentenced to labor assistance program.
Out of committee · 49
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters during certain emergencies.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs.*
Requires high school driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include aggressive driving information.
"Government Energy Reliability and Savings Public-Private Partnership Act."
Creates Office of Clean Energy.
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.*
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.*
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Allows industrial hemp farming; establishes industrial hemp license.*
Expands school breakfast program to all schools with 5% or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Establishes an industrial hemp license.
Revises certain provisions of New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program.***
Appropriates $22,463,000 in 2003 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.*
Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
Requires PANYNJ be subject to NY Freedom of Information Law and NJ open public records act.
Increases transparency and accountability at PANYNJ.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions quarterly on July 15, October 15, January 15 and April 15.
Regulates pharmacy benefits managers and requires certain disclosures concerning multiple source generic drug pricing.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Designates State Highway Route 17 in Waldwick Borough as "Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway."
"Tyler Banuls' Law"; provides protections for children with developmental disabilities receiving services from DCF.
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.
Requires full pay for certain health care and public safety workers placed in isolation or quarantine.
Revises requirements for establishment of central municipal courts.
Protects current out-of-State placements of individuals with developmental disabilities and prohibits transfer in-State under certain conditions.*
Authorizes board of education to establish community service credit program for high school students.*
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.**
Establishes temporary mortgage relief programs for certain owners of real property impacted by "Superstorm Sandy."*
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Establishes "MVP Emergency Alert System" for missing persons with mental, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
Amends Fiscal Year 2015 budget to provide one-half of certain environmental damage amounts recovered are appropriated for costs of remediation, restoration, and clean up.
Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Requires that school district's request for permission to use unrecognized position title include list of abolished positions and positions in which there have been layoffs and detailed job descriptions for them.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."*
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.
Prohibits institution of higher education that provides child care from charging student-parent who receives child care voucher under "New Jersey Cares for Kids Program" an amount for child care in excess of voucher amount.
Requires institutions of higher education to inquire about student's marital and parental status.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by August 1, November 1, February 1 and May 1 of each year.
Increases maximum legal fee to represent victims from $1,000 to $3,000.
"Certificates of Insurance Act;" governs use of certificates of insurance; provides DOBI with enforcement authority.
In committee · 79
Requires all lamps and lighting devices on motor vehicles be kept in working order.
Provides for private cause of action for bad faith in settlement of certain insurance claims.
Requires notice prior to lapse of life insurance policy due to nonpayment of premium.
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.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
Increases penalties for failing to secure a child in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat while operating a motor vehicle.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.
Permits minors to engage in certain construction work for nonprofit organizations.
Prohibits smoking in automobiles when children are present.
Increases insurance requirements on operators of autobuses; requires driver of autobus to possess commercial driver license.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Permits municipality to sell certain vehicles in connection with motor vehicle offenses.
Provides totally disabled persons with discount on hunting license fees.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Prohibits certain energy suppliers from making false and misleading claims to potential customers; prohibits suppliers' calls to customers where no business relationship exists.
Codifies current State Board of Education regulations which limit who may serve as case managers for students with disabilities to members of child study teams and certain speech-language specialists.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
"Protection for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in Institutional and Community Settings Act."
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Subjects Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to New York's Freedom of Information Law and New Jersey's Open Public Records Act.
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Limits fees charged in connection with certain prepaid debit accounts; requires access to certain account information.
"Save New Jersey Electric and Gas Public Utility Customer Service and Call Center Jobs Act"; requires notification by electric and gas utilities when relocating customer and call centers out of State.
Allows use of master meter system in residential dwellings under certain conditions.
Requires MVC to publish driver's manual on website in certain languages.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings and wood utility poles.
Provides certain exemptions from sales and use tax for hybrid electric vehicles, compressed natural gas vehicles, and equipment used for refueling or recharging certain vehicles.
"New Jersey Disaster Victims' Bill of Rights"; authorizes $500 million emergency State bonds and appropriates money for municipal property tax relief program.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Encourages development of electric vehicle charging stations in transportation projects.
"Blue Acres Floodplain Protection and Home Elevation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $100 million, and appropriates $5,000.
Permits temporary casino gaming at Meadowlands Complex for 2014 Hambletonian Race.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Increases penalties for improper prescribing of drugs.
Requires forms for homestead property tax reimbursement, veterans' property tax exemption, veterans' property tax deduction, and senior and disabled property tax deduction to be available in certain languages.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Establishes Office of River Maintenance in DEP; repeals P.L.1993, c.376 concerning stream cleaning activities.
Expands notification when an offender is released from custody or transferred within the criminal justice system.
Provides civil immunity for certain volunteer physicians, nonprofit clinics and federally qualified health centers.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
Creates New Jersey Coastal Commission; reallocates certain funds from DEP to commission; and appropriates $20 million.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Establishes Bergen Watershed Flood prevention and Protection Task Force.
Provides for establishment and operation of casino at Meadowlands Complex.
Requires body of water between Korean peninsula and Japan be called "East Sea" for all governmental purposes.
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Provides that teaching staff member's annual summative evaluation rating for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years will not include a student growth percentile; delays use of certain assessment.
Requires Pinelands Commission to designate North American fox grape as native Pinelands plant within special agricultural production areas.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Reforms bi-state transportation authorities.
The "New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief Act."
Allows gross income tax credit for contributions to nonprofit public school support organizations.
Reinstates transportation planning district for Meadowlands District.
Concerns dissemination of wage and hour information for tipped workers.
The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Dedicates portion of sales tax derived from electricity, natural gas, and hydrogen used to fuel motor vehicles to Transportation Trust Fund.
Establishes State Taxi Commission.
Prohibits hospitals from referring certain unpaid medical bills to collection agencies.
Prohibits "gay panic" defense for murder; prevents reduction of murder charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion under certain circumstances.
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank Fund within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Requires criminal history record background check for rifle and shotgun purchases.
Permits certain breweries to sell beer at community farm markets.
Allows consumption of food on limited brewery premises.
Authorizes restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-State and out-of-state retailers.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses.
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Requires Governor's resignation from office if Governor becomes candidate for President of the United States.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Filed · 1
Requires comparable level of services and supports to be provided to former residents of developmental centers transitioning to community placements and for placements to be located within 30 miles of closed centers.