Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Robert M. Gordon
Sponsored
Became law2
Prohibits PANYNJ from imposing cargo facility charge in certain instances.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Vetoed4
Supplemental appropriation to DOT of $10,000,000 as State contribution towards resolution of flooding issues at Marsellus Street Bridge in Bergen County.
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
Establishes State Transportation Infrastucture Bank and Energy Bank within New Jersey Enviromental Infrastructure Trust.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Passed the Senate3
Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities to implement a municipal consolidation.
Concerns importation and delivery of motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Out of committee19
Requires owner of building advised of structural safety concern during private inspection to notify municipal code official and DCA; provides for emergency inspection.
Prohibits drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing.
Provides purchasing preference to local and environmentally responsible businesses in the awarding of State contracts.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
"Innovative Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act."
Requires Financial Policy Review Board to issue quarterly reports and create and maintain website.
"Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Transparency and Accountability Act."
Requires direct deposit for all State employee compensation on and after July 1, 2014; allows county, county college, municipality,and local school district to opt for mandatory direct deposit for all employee compensation on or after July 1, 2014.*
Requires Financial Policy Review Board to issue certain reports and create and maintain website.
Allows corporation business tax or gross income tax credits to developers for certain capital investments for repurposing qualified health care facilities.**
Amends "Flood Hazard Area Control Act" to require DEP to take certain actions concerning delineations of flood hazard areas and floodways.
Authorizes placement of horse racing wagers using mobile gaming devices at in-State racetracks subject to commission rules and regulations.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.*
Requires development of a diabetes action plan by DOH.
Provides that participation by New Jersey residents in contests of skill does not constitute unlawful gambling.
Increases flexibility, clarity, and available tools of optional municipal consolidation process.
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, of permit applications for green building projects. *
Establishes "Collaborative Mental Health Care Pilot Program" in DOH; appropriates $750,000.
Allows nonpublic schools to participate in joint purchasing agreements entered into by two or more school districts.
In committee40
Provides exception to local cap law for purchases of fuel efficient vehicles and permits loans by New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust for those purchases.
Imposes two-year moratorium on certain new outpatient radiation oncology services and establishes Outpatient Radiation Oncology Services Task Force in DHSS.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Requires carriers to classify medically necessary procedures as covered benefits and remit certain payments to hospitals for services rendered.
Establishes moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for purpose of natural gas exploration or production until certain conditions are met.
Establishes standards for commercial insurers and Medicaid program implementing electronic prescribing systems.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations.
Exempts from real property taxation during construction any building, or portion thereof, to be used for a property tax-exempt purpose.
Increases penalties for repeated violations of Predatory Towing Prevention Act.
Establishes loan redemption program for persons with Master's Degree in Business Administration or other business-related fields of study or Juris Doctorate and provide consulting or legal services to small business and legal services clients.
Provides sales and use tax rebates for certain purchases made by victims of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
"Emergency Transportation and Water Infrastructure Recovery Bond Act of 2011;" authorizes bonds for $100,000,000.
Establishes a Health Facility Reuse and Community Revitalization program.
Creates Meadowlands Economic Development Trust; provides for sharing of tax revenues generated by developments of regional economic significance to improve local quality of life.
Provides additional enforcement provisions under "Health Care Quality Act"; allows certain private causes of action for violations; expands administrative remedies; establishes enforcement fund.
Requires use of direct deposit and Internet for State, local government, and school district employee compensation and certain retirement payments and information.
Provides tax relief for certain non-residential property owners and tenants in consolidated municipalities.
Increases New Jersey Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association payment cap to $250,000 for certain annuities.
"Blue Acres Floodplain Protection Bond Act of 2012," authorizes bonds for $100 million, and appropriates $5,000.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services to foreign country.
Allows corporation business tax credits to developers for specified capital investments for repurposing qualified health care facilities.
Provides "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" exemption for artificial turf field construction by local government units.
Permits counties to charge a fee to fund infrastructure through voter approval.
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.
Authorizes seizure and impoundment of a dog believed to have attacked, severely injured, or killed another domestic animal.
Requires residential community release programs to install cameras in certain facilities and provide telephone access to ombudsperson; requires ombudsperson to investigate reports.
Sets forth procedures for transporting inmates housed in residential community release programs.
Requires DOC oversight of placement of pre-trial county inmates in halfway houses.
Requires residential community release programs to file certain financial disclosure documents with DOC.
Requires DOC to report certain information concerning halfway houses.
Clarifies DOC authority to directly contract with private for-profit entities to provide inmate services in halfway houses.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by natural disasters.
Establishes "Study Commission on E-Licensing."
Exempts certain personal information from State's open public records law; bars attorney's fees award in denial of access proceeding in certain circumstances.
Establishes a limited license for threading within the practice of cosmetology and hairstyling.
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.
Permits municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places.
Provides that nonpublic school nursing services may include nursing services for a preschool pupil in the event of an emergency.
Establishes Behavioral Health Insurance Claims Advocacy Program.
Stipulates that retail motor fuel dealers shall not be responsible for certain fees associated with credit, debit and rewards cards.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 45
Exempts from sales tax cosmetic makeup services provided in conjunction with reconstructive breast surgery; designated as "Jen's Law." *
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
The "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act"; concerns shared service agreements and joint contracts, in certain municipalities, for certain tenured local employees under "Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act."**
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
"Tara's Law"; provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities residing in community care residences and for investigations of abuse of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Requires Commissioner of Health to review State hospital financial reporting requirements, report recommendations to Governor.*
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.***
Permits affordable housing occupancy preferences for veterans through municipal agreements with developer.*
Provides immunity from civil liability to certain individuals who acquire or use an automated external defibrillator.
Regulates certain service contracts to perform maintenance, repair, replacement, or service of property used for personal, family, or household purposes.
Requires all State firefighter training to be accredited.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran. *
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Requires cemetery companies to file annual financial report.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit persons with mental illness unless they pose danger.
Prohibits emergency shelters for the homeless from refusing to provide services for minimum time frame unless shelters are at maximum capacity.
Designates portion of U.S. Route 206 bypass in Hillsborough Township as "Peter J. Biondi Bypass."
Permits local units to enter into joint agreements to purchase fire equipment.
Establishes "Veterans Higher Education Commission."
Authorizes award of attorney's fees and expenses in landlord-tenant actions under certain circumstances.*
Establishes bill of rights for continuing care retirement community residents.
The "Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act."
Lieutenant Scott Jenkin's Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from cargo carriers; amends theft statute.*
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.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Clarifies that a single State college may enter into a joint purchasing agreement with other contracting units.*
Requires home improvement contractors to display State-issued identification badge; requires surrender in certain circumstances; imposes penalty for improper display of badge.*
"Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act"; provides student-athletes, parents, and coaches with information on sudden cardiac arrest and establishes protocol concerning removal-from-play for athletes exhibiting symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
Declares violence a public health crisis. and establishes "Study Commission on Violence."*
Authorizes impoundment of motor vehicles for certain crimes and offenses.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education.***
"Building Our Future Bond Act"; authorizes the issuance of $750,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance higher educational capital projects for increasing of academic capacity; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes new public-private partnership agreement option for construction of State and county college facilities and changes reference from "Commission on Higher Education" to "Secretary of Higher Education" in higher education construction Educationa
Concerns assessment of penalties for certain fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and requires recovered penalties deposited into unemployment compensation fund.
Makes certain changes to NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
"Autumn Joy Stillbirth Research and Dignity Act"; requires DOH to establish protocols for stillbirths, establishes stillbirth research data base.
Provides for development and implementation of State trauma system.
"Angelie's Law"; regulates the operation of certain autobuses.*
Vetoed · 19
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State four years.*
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial services employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher education institutions
Requires SHBP and SHEBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.*
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.*
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Prohibits Medicaid managed care organizations from reducing certain provider reimbursement rates without approval from DHS.*
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Concerns occupational safety and health for public employees of certain interstate authorities.
Excludes certain conveyances of graves, crypts and niches from 15% fee charged by cemetery company.
Expands Medicaid eligibility pursuant to federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Establishes "College Affordability Study Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey.*
Provides standards for, and requires registration of, home elevation contractors.*
Passed the Senate · 17
Requires Commissioner of DHSS to convene a strategic planning summit to analyze the State's physician workforce supply.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Requires executive county superintendent to designate a county special services school district, jointure commission, or educational services commission as the county education services agency to assist local school districts in sharing services.
Revises statutes concerning permissible length of time between certain public questions in certain municipalities.
Concerns special needs trusts for persons with developmental disabilities.*
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 35 as "Chosin Few Memorial Highway."
Permits health care providers to report certain patient health problems to MVC.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority to hold regular meetings in various counties in the State.*
Requires hospital to notify patient admitted for observation of possible increased prescription charges and allow patient to use patient's own medication.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Requires New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to provide natural gas refueling, propane refueling and electric vehicle recharging stations at certain rest areas on New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic
Permits compressed natural gas as fuel source to power school buses.
Requires constitutionally dedicated moneys be used to provide grants toward the replacement of certain diesel vehicles and diesel equipment with lower emission vehicles and equipment.**
Requires annual physical examination of child under 19 years of age include certain questions related to cardiac health.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing surcharges on consumer credit card purchases.
Establishes prescription drug donation repository program.
Permits adoptees and certain others to obtain adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.
Out of committee · 75
Creates crime of threatening the life of certain animals; designated as Dano and Valder's Law.**
Prohibits health care facilities from discharging prescription medications into sewer or septic systems in certain circumstances. **
Establishes pilot program in DEP for chemical cleanouts in schools.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools to have automated external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events.*
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers.
Requires private entity primarily engaged in business of providing transportation for passengers in wheelchairs to secure passengers in wheelchairs using four-point securement system and to secure unoccupied wheelchairs.
Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
Increases and revises membership of New Jersey Cemetery Board.
"Ocean County Stormwater Management System Demonstration Act."
Authorizes Ocean County Planning Board and municipal planning boards in Ocean County to take certain measures to control stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution in Barnegat Bay watershed.
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
"Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act"; eliminates criminal liability for persons who seek medical assistance in response to drug overdose.*
Extends burial of indigent veterans to those who did not serve in time of war; clarifies role of DMVA in identifying deceased veterans; provides additional funding, subject to availability, for burial of indigent veterans.*
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Allows corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit for certain wages paid to qualified interns in tax years 2013 and 2014. *
"New Jersey Health Benefit Exchange Act."
Requires plans, specifications, and bid proposal documents for certain local public contracts to address soil contamination, and requires contracting unit to approve change order under certain circumstances related thereto.*
"New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program Act;" establishes New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program and allows voluntary contributions on gross income tax returns to support homeless veterans.**
Permits chief administrator of MVC to waive CDL skills test for certain applicants with military experience operating commercial motor vehicles.*
Provides that 20% of fee charged for initial certified copy of birth certificate shall be used to support certain activities of NJ Cord Blood Bank.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain ex-service members.
Establishes program in DOE to address State's shortage of mathematics and science teachers.
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Reappropriates $3 million from "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" to fund State flood control projects.
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.*
Concerns adding names of certain veterans to certain civil service eligibility lists.
Increases distributions to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore aid reductions; extends "poison pill" protection to total formula aid provided to each municipality.
Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
Provides for temporary nurse licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Prohibits requirement to disclose user name, password, or other means for accessing account or service through electronic communications device by employers.
Prohibits requirement to disclose user name, password, or other means for accessing account or service through electronic communications devices by institutions of higher education.
Allows certain military spouses with out-of-State teaching license to receive temporary instructional certificate in New Jersey.
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Directs State Board of Education to promulgate regulations requiring school districts to develop a plan to establish stability in special education programming.
Directs Board of Nursing to encourage nursing schools to give academic credit to students for training received in US military as corpsmen and medics.
Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as an official State flag.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Requires professional boards to provide waivers or exemptions from requirements for licensure for veterans with substantially equivalent training.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation of $789,000,000 to Homestead Benefit Program and amends budget language provisions to provide for significantly enhanced property tax relief payments to beleaguered homeowners and tenants.
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Changes pejorative terminology referring to mental capacity of individuals.
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Requires mandatory imprisonment for child luring and requires certain information about Megan's Law to be provided to sex offenders annually.
Requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in black bear habitat under certain circumstances, including garbage collection, and prohibits certain actions that would result in feeding of black bears.
Allows person with diabetes to voluntarily make notation on driver's license.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Disqualifies person named on federal Terrorist Watchlist from obtaining firearms identification card or permit to purchase handgun.
Requires each State agency to review permits issued by the agency and make necessary changes to expedite and facilitate permitting.
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.
Authorizes deployment of integrity monitors in implementation of certain Hurricane Sandy recovery and rebuilding projects.
Allows monies statutorily dedicated to standardbred or thoroughbred horse racing purses to be used for benefit of horse racing industry, subject to agreement between permitholder and representative horsemen's organization.*
Provides for temporary professional or occupational licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
"Common Interest Community Manager Licensing Act."
"New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013."**
Rescinds recommendation of the Task Force on the Closure of State Developmental Centers and creates new task force.*
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Authorizes municipalities to finance water conservation, storm shelter construction, and flood and hurricane resistance projects.*
Requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to establish public awareness campaign about new federally required health insurance exchange.
"The New Jersey Social Innovation Act"; establishes social innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.*
Establishes a School Security Task Force.
Expands Sire Stakes Program to include newly-established Standardbred Development Program; allocates funds from Sire Stakes Program.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires disposition of remains of active duty service member of Armed Forces of United States pursuant to Department of Defense form completed by service member.*
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or supplement fees, subject to limitations, to fund Legal Services of New Jersey and e-court information system; requires review and reporting on fees and expenditures of such fees.
Permits counties and municipalities to use snow removal reserve funds for clearance of debris following declaration of emergency by President or Governor.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit, select, and train veterans for school security positions in school districts.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Grants immunity from liability for certain professional services rendered during emergencies under certain circumstances.
In committee · 30
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Changes restrictions on certain county or municipal stream cleaning activities.
Creates bistate commission to coordinate management and flood prevention of waterways flowing between Bergen County, NJ and Rockland County, NY.
Requires MVC to notify Medicaid if driver's license of medical transportation services provider is suspended or revoked.
Implements recommendations of State Comptroller's report analyzing the on-line transparency of local authorities and commissions.
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Requires video cameras at certain ATMs.
Exempts from sales tax for two years certain highly fuel efficient vehicles and energy efficient appliances.
Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
Requires Police Training Commission to develop accelerated training course for certain corrections officers.
Phases out cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Excludes appropriations to reserve for uncollected taxes in excess of two percent from calculations of municipal adjusted tax levy.
Revises "Notaries Public Act of 1979."
Eliminates 15% fee charged by cemetery company on transfer of graves, crypts and niches.
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
Requires additional public participation and health impact study as conditions of conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer; dissolves the Health Service Corporation Conversion Temporary Advisory Commission.
Authorizes county to establish county hospital authority; amends title of "Municipal Hospital Authority Law."
Requires State Board of Education to promulgate policy regarding outside employment of superintendents of schools.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
"New Jersey Health Benefit Exchange Act"
"Flood Control, Mitigation, and Prevention Bond Act of 2012," authorizes bonds for up to $2 billion, and appropriates $5,000.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Allows gross income tax deduction for first $200,000 earned by certain new physicians and dentists in first seven taxable years of practice in NJ.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
Provides unemployment benefits to certain college and university adjunct faculty members.
Reduces lawful maximum capacity of certain ammunition magazines in New Jersey.
Amends Offshore Wind Economic Development Act concerning offshore wind energy facilities and wind energy zones.
The "Emergency Disaster Relief Act of 2013"; appropriates $100 million.