Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Robert M. Gordon
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires ELEC to review its Internet site and recommend improvements in format and content.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Out of committee6
Increases Hearing Aid Assistance for the Aged and Disabled Program subsidy.
Expands offense of computer criminal activity to include accessing computer data for an unlawful purpose by means of a knowing misrepresentation as to identity of person requesting information.
Prohibits computer-assisted remote hunting.
Establishes the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund in the NJHMFA to finance special needs housing projects through bond proceeds issued by the NJEDA; designated the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund Act.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates $25,389,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
In committee8
Requires an interior inspection of leased or rented vehicles.
Increases minimum hourly wage to $7.50, indexed to CPI; affirms local authority to set higher labor standards if not expressly prohibited.
Requires after-market mufflers to be certified to operate at certain noise level; DEP to establish standards.
Provides State-paid SHBP benefits to TPAF retirees who retired with at least 20 years of service prior to May 1, 1988.
Requires tenant rebates by landlords of multifamily dwellings for cost of municipal solid waste collection by municipalities.
Permits students with cystic fibrosis to self-administer medication.
Prohibits EDA or school district from entering into contract for payment of relocation costs of tenant or leaseholder until contract for purchase of site is executed.
Creates Meadowlands Economic Development Trust; provides for sharing of tax revenues generated by developments of regional economic significance to improve local quality of life.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Expands duties performed by advanced practice nurses.
Establishes the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund in the NJHMFA to finance special needs housing projects through bond proceeds issued by the NJEDA; designated the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund Act.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates $25,389,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 42
Increases monetary penalties for violating campaign contribution and expenditure limit and reporting requirements and remuneration restrictions.
Bars legislators, Governor and department heads from lobbying activities for one year after leaving office or employment.
Prohibits employment or assignment in certain positions of relatives of certain officers of the Executive Branch, of independent authorities or of interstate agencies.
Appropriates $2 million to the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC); imposes one-time assessment on legislative agents for ELEC Internet upgrade.
Provides for separate presidential primary on last Tuesday in February. *
Requires that voting machines produce voter-verified paper record; provides that results of audit become official tally; provides for waiver if paper record not commercially available; provides for State funding for paper record. *
Prohibits transmission of certain unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines.
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch. **
Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county improvement authorities, the CRDA, the Educational Facilities Financing Authority, and the Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. *
Concerns "card check" method of union recognition.
Provides preference in State contracts for wood and paper products derived from sustainably managed forests or procurement systems whenever possible. *
Amends and clarifies the rights of handicapped, blind or deaf persons when accompanied by service or guide dogs.
Permits physician assistants to prescribe controlled dangerous substances.
Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Access Study Commission."
Revises Medicaid reimbursement of pediatric rehabilitation hospitals.
Adds two members to Water Supply Advisory Council.
"Statewide Immunization Registry Act."
Requires insurers and SHBP to cover mammograms for women under 40 under certain circumstances. *
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Establishes program for removal of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles. *
Creates Health Enterprise Zones in certain municipalities to encourage establishment of certain primary care practices in medically underserved areas.
Establishes domestic violence public awareness campaign.
Authorizes Secretary of State to establish Asian american Study Foundation; appropriates $10,000. *
Requires carriers that cover behavioral health care services to disclose certain information to their insureds.
Establishes requirements for reducing fine particle diesel emissions from certain vehicles and equipment; creates fund for financing costs associated therewith; increases penalties for idling and authorizes DEP to establish additional restrictions on sch
Appropriates $22,906,600 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Establishes "New Jersey Disease Management Study Commission."
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to Division of State Police for additional police recruit class and communication system upgrades.
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative."
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in foreign companies doing business in Sudan. *
Establishes the "School Construction Review Commission."
Permits construction of traffic calming measures on certain roads near schools. *
Increases liability limitation for owners or operators of vessels that discharge a hazardous substance.
Exempts dentists from requirement that needles and sharp devices used in health care facilities have integrated safety features.
Permits NJ Transit authority to acquire and operate passenger ferries and ferry operations and to construct ferry capital facilities.
Expands State tuition aid grant eligibility to include dependent child whose parent or guardian has been transferred to a military installation in this State. *
Requires health insurers and SHBP providing dependent coverage to provide for election of coverage by certain dependents until their 30th birthday. *
Establishes "Task Force on Health Care Professional Responsibility and Reporting."
Ratifies the SMART Research and Development Compact in New Jersey; appropriates $25,000. *
Establishes date of initial employment with board of education as effective date of provisional teaching certificate and provides that novice teacher will be a teaching staff member for all purposes.
The "Identity Theft Prevention Act" *
Establishes Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey. *
Passed the General Assembly · 25
Permits elections in municipalities with fewer than 500 residents to be conducted by mail.
Provides for the annual selection of six school facilities demonstration projects under the State's school construction law. *
Makes changes in Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program.
Requires NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to notify and receive input from Hackensack Meadowlands District municipalities concerning certain Meadowlands complex projects.
Prohibits product testing with traditional animal test methods if federally recommended alternative test method exists, with certain exceptions; and provides for injunctive relief for violations.
Appropriates $170,000 from Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to DHSS to develop Palliative Care Network for Children and Youth.
Establishes Health Care Professional Regulation Study Commission and requires certain State professional licensing boards to take certain actions. *
Limits expansion or extension of airport runways under certain circumstances.
Establishes the transport of firearms into State for purposes of an unlawful sale or transfer as a crime of the second degree.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Establishes New Jersey Health Care Worker Pension Policy Commission.
Requires State to offer surplus State police vehicles to volunteer fire companies.
Requires public school district to provide paid time off when certain volunteer emergency aid workers are called to alarm during work hours.
Concerns penalties for passing a school bus.
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines and lengthens time to provide proof of insurance.
Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools. *
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3% surplus for 2006-2007
"New Jersey Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act."
Concerns tax preparation services for certain clients.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act of 2005.
Revises and updates statutes governing compensation for victims of crime.
Authorizes special license emblems for Fraternal Order of Police members.
"Rail Special Transportation District Act."
Out of committee · 65
Prohibits solicitation and making of political contributions on State property by certain persons.
Requires certain campaign and organizational treasurers to be trained by ELEC. *
Requires candidates seeking office of Governor or member of Legislature to disclose prior conviction for criminal offense.
Establishes "Polling Place Accessibility Fund"; promotes polling place accessibility for elderly and individuals with disabilities.
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Concerns notice of worker rights under the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act" to certain employees. *
Establishes Child Labor Law Enforcement Fund.
Requires HMOs that contract with DHS to reimburse hospitals for emergency services based on cost of those services.
Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain small business employers that provide health care benefits to employees.
Provides tax credit for certain taxpayers that provide health care benefits to employees. *
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from estate recovery under Medicaid.
The "Pesticide Use Reduction Recognition Act."
Permits certain minors to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS. *
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Requires DEP Commissioner to establish list of environmentally responsible companies and recognition and grant program for certain exemplary companies; requires companies on list be given preference whenever possible in the awarding of State contracts. *
"New Jersey Identity Theft Prevention Act".
Requires DEP to classify certain reservoirs and reservoir feeder streams as category one waters. *
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Regulates operation of motorized scooters and motorcycles. *
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
"The Dunphy Family's Law"; establishes "ALS Research Fund."
Revises pilotage laws.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Requires services under State contracts to be performed in the United States. *
"Patient Surgical Safety Act."
"Patient Safety Act"; establishes medical error reporting system.
Requires certain persons to report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation against vulnerable adults. *
Authorizes the State, with prior approval by the State House Commission, to use eminent domain power to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes provided lands are protective of drinking water sources.
Permits the use of project labor agreements in certain public works projects other than projects involving buildings.
Establishes transportation planning district for Meadowlands District and permits fees to be assessed for transportation purposes. *
Reorganzies the State's workforce development system and redesignates the Department of Labor as the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. *
The "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act"; creates Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council; and dedicates a portion of realty transfer fee revenue annually for certain State aid purposes in Highlands Region and the pinelands area. **
Establishes a demonstration program for veterans home health care; appropriates $2 million.
Eliminates various mandates imposed on public school districts.
Requires hospital and satellite emergency departments to provide care to sexual assault victims and information about emergency contraception and the contraceptives upon request.*
Extends responsibilities of tow truck operators responding to calls for assistance from motorists.
Expands duties performed by advanced practice nurses.
Revises laws concerning financial assistance for contaminated site remediation.
Appropriates $50,000 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for Felician College.
Concerns eviction proceedings; establishes penalties for forcible entry or detainer of residential property and damage to rental premises. *
Modifies trigger to end additional UI benefits during training.
Deters State unemployment tax avoidance by penalizing knowing avoidance of unemployment tax payment. *
Requires DHSS to review standard of care at health care facilities in which 40% or more of direct patient care nursing staff are temporary hires.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $1,000,000. *
Increases membership of Main Street New Jersey Advisory Board from 19 to 23 members. **
Creates credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons.
"Emergency Health Powers Act."
Requires State to contract with pharmaceutical companies to purchase influenza vaccine for high-risk persons and their care providers.
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
Concerns rental assistance grants and employment and training services and makes an appropriation. *
"Family Health Care Coverage Act"; reestablishes NJ FamilyCare Program, expands eligibility for Medicaid program for parents and adults without dependent children and provides for pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for GA program. *
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces.
"Social Services Student Loan Redemption Program Act. " *
Increases the minimum wage; creates New Jersey Minimum Wage Advisory Commission.
"New Jersey Advance Directives for Mental Health Care Act."
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Expands public membership on Motion Picture and Television Development Commission.
Changes reimbursement structure for various transportation services provided to Medicaid recipients.
Authorizes State Medical Examiner to participate in research concerning sudden death in infancy and early childhood.
Changes criteria for continued receipt of NJ STARS scholarship after first year of enrollment in a county college.
Establishes additional requirements for licensed debt adjusters; increases penalties for licensing law violations.
Permits law enforcement officers, including county sheriff and corrections officers, to participate in intergovernmental transfer program; permits waive of accumulated sick leave and seniority privileges by such officers.
In committee · 68
Designated the "Clean Indoor Air Act."
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Designates the Department of Education Building as the "Matthew Feldman Building."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Revises provisions of the "Coastal Area Facility Review Act."
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
"Pharmacy Benefits Management Company Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Provides non-forfeitable right to post-retirement medical benefits provided by law to certain public employees with 25 years of service.
"The New Jersey Living Wage Act"; sets minimum wage and benefit standards for businesses contracting with or assisted by public bodies.
Establishes "weapons free" school zones.
Allows PAAD recipents margin of error in estimating income.
Authorizes leave for parents and guardians of children with special needs.
Amends "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act" to address terrorist and criminal acts.
Requires the Commission on Higher Education to develop an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree program for foreign medical school graduates.
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes certain penalties for transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail.
Allows deduction from gross income for cash contributions to municipalities for open space and farmland preservation purposes.
Authorizes municipalities to require conformity with traffic performance objectives as a condition of subdivision or site plan approval.
Authorizes adoption of timed-growth ordinances by municipalities.
Establishes special license plates for World War II veterans.
Establishes Nursing Student Support Program.
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Directs DEP to develop and implement plan for 20 percent reduction of emissions from diesel-powered vehicles over the next seven years; directs appropriate departments and MVC adopt regulations necessary for implementation of DEP plan.
Permits local governments to restrict smoking in public places.
Permits a board of education to adopt a salary policy in excess of three years and requires the payment of increments pursuant to an expired policy in certain circumstances.
Directs school nurse to develop individual health care plans to ensure safety of students with diabetes.
Prohibits black bear hunting, creates black bear study commission, authorizes issuance and sale of NJ Black Bear Stamp, establishes NJ Black Bear Stamp Account.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Changes composition and revises authority of Fish and Game Council; creates nonlethal alternative committee within council.
Requires certain NJ Transit Corporation employees to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.
Requires prequalification by State officials of prospective bidders for local public works contracts in same manner as prequalification of prospective bidders for State contracts.
Creates requirement and grant program for power-assisted door openers on certain public buildings; appropriates $600,000.
Supplemental appropriation of $390,000 to UMDNJ for women's reproductive health care.
"The Development Subsidy Job Goals Accountability Act."
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Exempts reimbursements from Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare and allows deduction for charity care in calculation of gross receipts for purposes of assessment on ambulatory care facilities.
Revises school district budget cap adjustments for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, and provides adjustment for utility costs.
Provides for regional economic impact report and review by affected municipalities for certain proposed large scale retail developments.
Concerns civil actions for recovery of unpaid minimum wages and overtime compensation.
"Light Rail Transportation Enterprise Zone Act," encourages light rail construction through certain municipalities.
Requires SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for prostate cancer.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" concerning gender identity or expression discrimination.
Requires State budget to include funds for annual cost-of-living adjustment to certain contracted providers of services.
Authorizes NJ Transit to construct Northern Branch Extension to Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line using EDA bond proceeds to finance such construction.
Provides for temporary voluntary deduction from compensation of State employees for donation to American Red Cross for disaster relief in Southeast Asia.
Creates yellow and blue Fraternal Order of Police plates.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
Requires certain employers to make charity care payments under certain circumstances.
Prohibits requirement by landlord of payment by tenant of any advanced fee other than security deposit.
Prevents tenants' property tax rebate reductions due to effects of revaluation, reassessment, or tax appeal.
Requires all municipal court administrators to be certified and provides for interim municipal court administrator appointments under certain circumstances.
Permits each municipality to set amount of dog license fee.
Removes monk parakeet from list of potentially dangerous species.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not amend its permitting laws to conform to the Compact of 1905.
Requires reporting and review of insurance carriers' health care claims processing and payment histories.
Requires managed care companies to pay health care claims based on assignment of benefits and disclosed fee schedules; requires coverage under certain conditions; authorizes civil actions against violators.
Requires certain disclosures from carriers; establishes new health care claims payment and appeals process; limits use of utilization management under certain circumstances.
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology without a license and prohibits certain unlicensed employees of nonprofit community agencies from using title of psychologist.
Filed · 1
Authorizes DHSS to reallocate flu vaccine to high-risk persons.