Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, Senate.
Diane B. Allen
Sponsored
Became law3
Provides victim of sexual assault with opportunity to consult with prosecutor on plea negotiations.
Amends "Three Strikes" law to clarify that it applies to crimes committed on separate occasions regardless of the dates of conviction.
Appropriates $12.475 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern New Jersey.
Passed the Senate13
Supplemental appropriation of $25,000 to Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to fund grant to Willingboro Township for veterans' memorial.
Increases to $15,000 amount that counties may contribute annually to volunteer fire companies.
Prohibits certain adverse employment actions against volunteer fire, ambulance, first aid or rescue personnel. *
Requires refunds of unearned property/casualty insurance premiums within certain time limits.
Allows Attorney General to prevent halfway house placement of murderers.
Requires Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group to include a representative of New Jersey State First Aid Council.
Requires restitution by theft of identity offenders; establishes a State Police Theft of Identity Crimes and Investigation Unit.
Requires State forensic laboratories to be accredited.
Updates statutory references from "persons with head injury" to "persons with brain injury" and revises definition of that term. *
Designates the Homestead Rebate Payment Protection Act; requires the payment of homestead rebates on or before July 31 annually.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of the global war on terror. *
Provides explicit statutory authority for a trust to own an account under the NJBEST Program.
Establishes the New Jersey Agroterrorism Commission.
Out of committee19
"Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans' Property Tax Refief Act of 2001."
Establishes the Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician Scholarship Program.
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002." *
Establishes a minimum per diem base pay of $100 for members of National Guard called to State active duty. *
Regulates Internet pharmacies and electronic prescriptions.
Requires law enforcement officers and DMV to notify U.S. Department of State when persons with diplomatic immunity are involved in certain traffic incidents.
Expands redevelopment agreement program to provide incentives for residential development of contaminated sites.
Provides for an attachment order to freeze certain funds or assets relating to terrorism.
Appropriates $500,000 from "Drought Management Fund" for repairs to Newark pumping station.
Requires DOT to conduct mosquito abatement on all storm water drainage facilities under DOT jurisdiction; appropriates $1.25 million.
Appropriates $100,000 to the N.J. Historical Commission for the Underground Railroad Project.
Allows qualified UEZ municipalilites to include UEZ funding assistance in order to be eligible for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Requires parents to secure certain children in restraint system or booster seat when riding in limousines. *
Creates "Statewide Tuition Waiver Program" for certain students under care and custody of DYFS.
Requires establishment of highly reflective roof coating program in DCA.
Permits use of reclaimed asphalt pavement on public highways maintained by local governments. *
Permits use of reclaimed asphalt pavement on public highways maintained by DOT and on the State's three toll roads. *
Modifies escheat law for bank accounts and eliminates certified mail requirement for notice concerning potential escheat. *
Adds Secretary of Agriculture and DEP Commissioner to Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force; and directs Secretary of Agriculture to advise task force concerning agriculture security issues. *
In committee155
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits to cover costs of contraceptives.
Provides volunteer EMTs, volunteer firefighters mileage reimbursement; makes appropriations.
Provides that EMT training of volunteer EMTs on paid squads and volunteer firefighters are eligible for reimbursement from EMT Training Fund.
Immunizes employers from civil liability for certain disclosures regarding employees and former employees.
Provides State tax credit allotments for wages paid to youths employed through the Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program.
Provides for DNA testing on certain evidence in murder cases and requires DNA testing if death sentence imposed if identity was at issue.
Requires the State to pay the cost of providing a thorough and efficient education for pupils in certain State facilities.
Allows adopted person access to his original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Establishes "The Project Exile and Operation Ceasefire Enforcement Act of 2000" to strengthen prosecution of firearms crimes; appropriates $5 million.
Provides grants to educational technology training centers to establish satellite facilities and maintain and upgrade equipment; appropriates $2.8 million.
Prohibits unsolicited telephone sales calls to certain consumers.
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to DHS for public awareness campaign concerning "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Appropriates $25,000 to DMVA for women veterans' memorial at the NJ veterans' cemetery at Arneytown.
Removes the New Jersey gross income limit on family eligibility for the New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit programs.
Eliminates automatic liens and removes financial liability for certain family members of patients in psychiatric facilities, developmental centers or receiving other residential functional service.
Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.
Exempts retail sale of personal computers during last week of July 2001 from sales tax; exempts all retail sales of tangible personal property on last day of that week from the tax.
Supplemental appropriation of $300,000 to DLPS for DNA testing of convicted criminals.
Exempts New Jersey teachers' purchase of qualified teaching materials from sales and use tax.
Provides that inner-city major teaching hospitals receive reimbursement of at least 80% of charity care costs.
Prohibits sale of snack food and cigarettes from same vending machine.
Repeals limit on increase in cash assistance benefits as the result of the birth of a child under Work First New Jersey program.
Requires board of education to provide course credit for certain courses.
Creates loan program for owners of row homes to install or replace certain fire walls.
Establishes the New Jersey Higher Education Internship Program; appropriates $5,000,000.
Renames and expands scope of Commission on Racism, Racial Violence and Religious Violence.
Requires school boards to offer instruction to acquaint students with the non-violence philosophy of certain leaders.
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.
Establishes Institute of Law and Mental Health.
Establishes the NJ Teacher-Youth Mentoring Matchmaker Program in the DOE.
Requires Department of Education in working with Center for Media Studies at Rutgers to assist school districts in teaching media literacy; appropriates $530,000.
Establishes "Higher Education Opportunity Incentive Grant Fund Program" in DHS.
Authorizes creation of 28th UEZ in Beverly City, Burlington County.
Establishes the "State Debt Reduction and Avoidance Act".
Allocates $75,000 from the Cancer Screening - Early Detection and Education Program for lung cancer in women activities.
Establishes diabetes public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $75,000.
Increases employer contribution in alternate benefit program for college faculty.
Prohibits delivery of unsolicited credit cards and limits recipients' liability for unauthorized use.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
Allows certain persons in active military service to receive stay of enforcement from certain obligations.
"Family Home Occupation Act;" classifies certain home-occupations as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing or retailing activities.
Regulates certain electronic mail solicitations.
Provides for full State funding of the special education costs of students who reside in foster homes.
Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies.
Requires health care provider participating in NJ KidCare program to provide all medically necessary health care services to eligible child which provider is qualified to provide.
Repeals hospital payment requirements for Health Care Subsidy Fund and Health Care Quality Monitoring Fund and per adjusted admission charge; substitutes tobacco settlement monies to pay for certain health care programs.
Requires school facilities projects to maintain the character of historic school facilities.
Provides additional State aid to certain sending school districts.
Allows senior and disabled homeowners to collect both the NJSAVER rebate and the homestead rebate.
Provides tax credits to certain employers that establish loan funds for eligible employees to acquire housing in this State.
Allows gross income tax deduction to certain self-employed business owners for one-half of their federal self-employment taxes.
Requires that NJ FamilyCare Program cover pediatric medical day care services for all children covered by program.
Establishes public awareness campaign to reduce tobacco use among young women; appropriates $75,000.
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $75,000.
Directs the Commissioner of Human Services to establish staffing level ratios for DYFS caseworkers; appropriates $12,000,000.
Directs DEP to establish additional chemical surface water quality monitoring stations and maintain existing chemical and biological stations; appropriates $800,000 over two fiscal years.
Increases Lifeline annual benefits to $300.
Mandates health insurance coverage for Lyme disease vaccination.
Requires adult Work First New Jersey recipients to complete secondary education under certain circumstances and receive life skills training.
Establishes placement trusts for persons with developmental disabilities.
Establishes Persons-at-Risk Registry in DHSS; appropriates $250,000.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions made for efforts in relief of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Provides for the convening of State constitutional convention to reform the system of property taxation for funding the public schools; appropriates $7 million.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to DHSS for grant to promote recruitment of first aid volunteers.
Classifies victim impact statements as confidential communications.
Increases penalties for lying about conduct of law enforcement officer.
Supplemental appropriation of $337,500 to DMAVA for personnel and equipment at the veterans memorial cemetery.
Concerns offenses related to unlawful use of means of identification.
Establishes special license plates for veterans of the Korean conflict.
Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Juvenile Justice Commission aftercare program.
Appropriates $204,514 to AOC for a Juvenile Central Registry.
Makes persons imprisoned for crimes against law enforcement officers ineligible for good time and work credits.
Appropriates $60,000 to AOC for an online database of juvenile services accessible to service providers and judicial staff.
Appropriates $2,431,028 to AOC to implement a program to identify and divert certain chronic juvenile offenders from court system to alternative dispositions.
Bars suits for damages by persons injured in a stolen motor vehicle.
Permits in any homicide prosecution the display of a photograph of the victim during trial.
Creates Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program; appropriates $25,000.
Broadens possible conditions of parole and probation to include certain Internet usage.
Requires destruction of firearms replaced by police; appropriates $300,000.
Requires certain candidates for elective public office to file copies of federal tax returns with ELEC.
Allows for immobilization of obligor's motor vehicle for nonpayment of child support.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to the Department of State for model youth programs.
Supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to fund station repair grants for Maple Shade Heavy Rescue Squad and Palmyra Ambulance Association.
Requires automobile insurance premium reductions for completion of certain driving courses.
Creates the Commission on the Status of Minorities; appropriates $200,000.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.
Establishes law enforcement officers bias crime training program; appropriates $75,000.
Amends eligibility for PAAD recipients.
Requires child support to continue past the age of majority if the child has a mental or physical disability which causes the child to be financially dependent on a parent.
Establishes an Office of Child Advocacy.
Exempts sales of certain aircraft from sales and use tax.
Incorporates balanced and restorative justice principles in juvenile justice system.
Requires public institutions of higher education to ensure that teaching assistants have effective teaching skills.
Provides certain protections to persons who purchase computers.
Appropriates $500,000 to DEP from "Drought Management Fund" for water supply interconnection study.
Provides that employees no longer must pay full cost of purchase of PERS, PFRS or TPAF credit for military service.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to be New Jersey resident.
Supplemental appropriation of $5,950 from General Fund to DMVA for grant to help construct Purple Heart Memorial in Willingboro Township.
Requires chairman of the Victims of Crime Compensation Board to be selected by Governor from lists submitted by victims' rights groups.
Requires bidder for State contract to enter into agreement with minority or female business when set-aside subcontract required.
Requires private contractors to suspend from duties involving contact with pupils school bus drivers charged with certain crimes or offenses.
Requires health insurers to cover medically necessary expenses for preventing infertility in women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Establishes the level of State school aid for 2002-2003 school year; establishes the Save Our Schools Fund to finance increased State aid.
Requires boards of education to include instruction in black history in the curriculum.
Allocates handicapped parking fines to Independent Living Centers.
Provides for expungement of certain records of victims of identity theft.
Requires nursing homes to have defibrillator on site and employee trained to use defibrillator.
Prevents abrogation of the reciprocal personal income tax agreement with Pennsylvania.
Prohibits penalizing pharmacist for dispensing fraudulent prescription approved by Medicaid, PAAD or Senior Gold.
Requires testing of school grounds for hazardous substances under certain circumstances.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood testing; permits use of reasonable force to obtain blood sample in certain cases.
Requires mandatory incarceration for motor vehicle theft offenses.
The "Home Ownership Assistance Act of 2002."
Designates September 11 each year as Hero's Day; establishes it as State holiday.
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment districts in certain municipalities.
Extends deadline for filing application for homestead property tax reimbursement to April 15, 2002.
Requires amount by which actual State General Fund revenue exceeds anticipated State General Fund revenue for a fiscal year to be appropriated as State school aid.
Allows the conditional hiring as a teacher under certain circumstances of persons who have made application for a certificate of eligibility to the State Board of Examiners.
Establishes 30-day grace period for consumer to cancel contract for cellular telephone service.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $6,460,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for the Teacher Quality Mentoring Program.
Provides in-network benefits to patient with disability for services provided by out-of-network provider under certain circumstances.
Establishes grant program to rehabilitate veterans' organizations posts; appropriates $300,000.
Establishes obstructing access to fire hydrant as disorderly persons offense.
Recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements.
Permits municipalities to place "stop" signs on certain intersections near schools, playgrounds and youth recreational facilities.
Expands the Good Samaritan Act to immunize doctors from civil liability for emergency care provided in a hospital.
Allows adopted person access to his original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Requires criminal background check for name change and prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from changing their name.
Provides for admissibility of results of single breathalyzer test if motor vehicle operator refuses to submit to subsequent test.
Limits use of restraints in individual habilitation plans for persons with developmental disabilities.
"The Motor Vehicle Public Service and Security Improvement Act."
Requires inventory of brownfields sites in the State.
Provides for automatic enrollment in PAAD and Senior Gold programs under certain circumstances.
Creates new motor vehicle offense of engaging in a pattern of aggressive driving.
Doubles fine for third conviction for same violation of municipal ordinance.
Prohibits sale, distribution or installation of nonoperational air bags.
Requires Director of DYFS to provide employees with access to motor vehicles, cellular telephones and computers.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Provides penalties for injuring or killing search and rescue dogs.
Provides that persons incarcerated for crimes against law enforcement officers are ineligible for good time and work credits.
Requires Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group to conduct mock exercise pertaining to agricultural bioterrorism; and appropriates $150,000 therefor from New Jersey Domestic Security Account.
Prohibits defendants serving mandatory minimum terms from serving any portion of those terms in halfway houses or related facilities.
Requires DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose sole caretaker is incarcerated.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Increases DCA's portion of divorce filing fee from $25 to $50; requires annual report describing DCA's disposition of fee revenue.
Clarifies that "entering" a public place for a drug deal is conduct included in C.2C:33-2.1.
Prohibits State aid to public institutions of higher education which divest in businesses that invest in Israel.
Criminalizes impersonation of law enforcement officer.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term for assaulting a law enforcement officer.
Requires DOC to give prosecutors certified notices of certain inmate releases; requires written affirmation by commissioner and facility administrator before inmate release.
Provides criminal penalty for transmission of certain unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages.
Authorizes air ambulance services to operate in New Jersey and directs DHSS to establish guidelines.
Establishes COLA for National Guard Members called to State active duty.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $25,000,000 for FY2004 to restore funding to statutory level for Homestead Property Tax Reimbursement program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 70
Authorizes establishment of State tax amnesty.
Repeals law creating State poet laureate. *
Directs BPU to provide for continuation of electrical service for certain residential customers during periods of excessive heat. **
Provides that disabled students at institutions of higher education are eligible for reasonable substitution of specific courses required for the completion of degree requirements.
The "School Integrated Pest Management Act". *
Disqualifies juvenile delinquents whose offenses involve use or possession of a weapon, explosive or destructive device from obtaining either a firearms purchaser identification card or a permit to purchase a handgun.
Provides for the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Authorizes beneficial reuse of dredged materials. *
Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.
Requires buildings with elevators to either utilize standardized fire recall keys or have installed therein elevator fire recall key lock boxes. *
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine.
Allows UEZ municipalities to include certain marketing, advertising and special event activities and other managerial and professional services as projects eligible for UEZ funding assistance. *
The Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act. *
Provides for instruction for elementary, middle, and high school students in the dynamics of domestic violence and child abuse.*
Exempts from the sales and use tax sales made at concession stands located in State-owned veterans' homes.
Establishes New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing. *
Clarifies that a court may require the posting of full cash bail in cases involving serious crimes.
Establishes Task Force on Workplace Violence.
Requires certain background checks for assisted living residence administrators and applicants for certificate of need.
Prohibits sale of products containing ephedrine alkaloids to minors under 18 years of age. **
Appropriates $40 million from Hazardous Discharge Fund of 1986 to Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund for cleanup of contaminated sites; cancels previous appropriation; replaces canceled appropriation with $40 million from 1996 Environmental Cleanu
Exempts rentals between closely related business entities from the sales and use tax.
Requires lessors of motor vehicles to notify lessees of any change in registration policies and procedures.
Authorizes leases of municipally owned or controlled real estate to not-for-profit corporations and associations.*
Establishes protection of water resources and flood-prone areas as high priorities under open space acquisition program. *
Establishes United We Stand license plate to support United States State Department's Rewards for Justice Program.
Prohibits electronic printing of certain information on certain sales receipts.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault at youth sports events.
Provides for notification to pregnant women about mercury health advisories in consumption of fish. *
Exempts election board work on election day from calculation of unemployment benefits.
Designated as the Senior Property Tax Freeze Protection Act; extends annual deadline for filing application for homestead property tax reimbursement to June 1. **
Revises New Jersey's computer crime law to incorporate recent technological changes.
Requires State payment of survivor's pension when volunteer fire fighter or emergency services worker suffers accidental death on duty.*
Eliminates remarriage prohibition for PFRS and SPRS accidental death benefits. *
Provides for mandatory participation in school breakfast program for certain schools. *
Requires reporting by certain persons of attemped or completed suicides by youth and establishes NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council. *
Terminates authority of counties to issue identification cards for purpose of purchasing alcoholic beverages. *
Grants certain rights, privileges and protections to investigators in the county prosecutor's offices.
Makes various changes to the "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Establishes Jewish Heritage Trail Study Commission.
Revises laws concerning siting of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility; repeals parts of the statutory law.
Provides for notification of charges pending for a disqualifying crime or offense against a public or nonpublic school employee or a school bus driver who has previously undergone a criminal history background check. *
Exempts certain investment clubs from certain partnership fee and payment requirements.
Establishes certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
Revises method of computing seniority for certain law enforcement officers transferred to the State Police.
Permits municipalities to enact ordinance to hold DUI arrestees in protective custody. *
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use transported remains of victims of September 11, 2001 from World Trade Center in a memorial.
Authorizes establishment of trusts for young beneficiaries providing deferred distribution of funds. ***
Requires DEP to not authorize transport of polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated material in coastal zone under certain circumstances. *
Directs DYFS to fingerprint and photograph certain children under its supervision. *
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in single and two-family homes upon initial occupancy or change of occupancy.
Clarifies the crime of soliciting or providing material support or resources for terrorism. *
Requires DEP to implement California Low Emission Vehicle program beginning on January 1, 2009 under certain circumstances; establishes review commission; and establishes incentive for purchase or lease of zero emission vehicle. ***
Prohibits municipal ordinances and homeowners' association rules from limiting display of American flag, yellow ribbons and signs supporting U.S. troops. **
Appropriates $1 million from 1996 Economic Development Site Fund for economic development grant to Gloucester City for waterfront infrastructure improvements; cancels previous appropriation of same amount.
Prohibits production of key based on motor vehicle identification number alone without certain identification. **
Appropriates $6,036,777 from the "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Requires long-term care facilities to provide list of certain services related to care of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Requires certain long-term care facilities to provide training in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Appropriates $51,282,300 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space aquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populate
Appropriates $12,377,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space aquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Appropriates $14,663,500 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $16,042,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Appropriates $16,038,250 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $400,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grant to Save Ellis Island, Inc. to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $64 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $45,220,823 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" and certain farmland preservation bond funds for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $44,031,468 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $38,445,876 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $3,000,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Passed the Senate · 80
Authorizes special emblem for license plates of disabled veterans.
Establishes the HOPE Scholarship Program Study Commission; appropriates $5,000.
Authorizes municipalities to provide free day care services to children of volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members.
Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force; appropriates $15,000.
Requires impact statement for any proposed regulation affecting volunteer ambulance squads and fire companies.
Designates September 11 in each year as "Red, White, and Blue Ribbon Day" in honor of victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.
Specifies definition of social worker employed in hospices.
Requires school districts to report to DOE certain information on students removed from school pursuant to "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act."
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate.
Prohibits certain deceptive written advertising concerning merchandise offered with a guarantee.
Authorizes special Distinguished Flying Cross license plates.
Authorizes special license plate for distinguished service medal recipients.
Provides that public school pupils may choose not to participate in certain experiments involving animals and requires schools to provide alternative education projects.
Classifies burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree.
Requires DCA to prepare and publish fire inspection handbook.
Upgrades simple assault committed against domestic violence victims to aggravated assault.
Permits school districts to exceed the aid-in-lieu-of transportation amount when accepting bids for nonpublic school transportation in the case of subscription busing.
Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.
Requires physician cultural competency training as a condition of licensure.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Law and Public Safety using infrared sensors to facilitate roadside truck safety inspections.
Requires county college board of trustees to provide certain notices of layoffs.
Permits local construction code official to inspect traveling carnival-amusement rides.
Provides for notification to Public Defender of address of indigent defendant owing reimbursement for services rendered.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain qualified employees.
Provides civil service preference to veterans of global war on terror. *
Provides SHBP coverage for certain services by marriage and family therapists and clinical social workers. **
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of armed services members.
Increases maximum death benefit of group life insurance policies paid for by fire district or municipality maintaining volunteer fire department.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group. *
Specifies additional pre-layoff actions to avoid civil service layoffs.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Establishes criminal penalty for Megan's Law registrant who gives false address; requires verification of address before registrant is released.
"Home Improvement Contractors' Registration Act."
Upgrades offenses involving use of false government documents.
Requires scheduled revisions to New Jersey Statewide Water Supply Plan; appropriates $1.5 million from "Water Supply Fund" therefor. *
Concerns cable television competition and urges the President and Congress to allow States to have certain regulatory power to create that competition. *
Provides that only citizens or persons authorized to work in the US pursuant to federal law may be employed in performing certain State contracts. *
Requires lobbyist or legislative agent seeking to influence awarding of public contracts to report such activities; requires greater disclosure to ELEC of political contributions made to candidates and committees.
Limits exchange of information between State officer or employee and bidders or prospective bidders prior to awarding of State or State authority contract.
Provides that total annual travel expenses of a board of education shall not exceed $3,000.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Expanding Health Care Coverage."
Modifies elements of the crime of stalking.
Requires independent contractors hired by the State to submit to background check. *
Requires humane treatment of calves raised for veal.
Requires coverage for certain nonprescription formulas under certain health benefits plans, including SHBP.
Concerns compensation for care and treatment of public safety workers exposed to communicable diseases.
Requires licensing and registration of energy use allocation systems according to procedures adopted by State Superintendent of Division of Weights and Measures.
Raises to $150,000 in gross contributions the threshold requiring charitable organizations to file audited financial statements under the "Charitable Registration and Investigation Act."
Imposes penalty upon political subdivision of State that unlawfully denies person military leave benefits.
Permits boards of education to establish prepaid lunch programs.
Requires managed care plans to deem valid referral for a covered health care service as satisfying requirements for prior notification. *
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime under certain circumstances. *
Establishes extended sentences for certain crimes involving eluding a police officer and clarifies elements of eluding aggravated manslaughter.
Establishes civil action for damages against organizations that support terrorism.
Permits certain lights and horns on emergency services volunteers' vehicles.
Provides civil immunity to public entities and public employees for acquisition, stockpiling, distribution and dispensing of certain drugs and vaccines to mitigate the effects of exposure to nuclear, chemical and biological agents. **
Allows counties and certain county bodies to provide funding assistance to constituent municipalities for purpose of eligibility for "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Authorizes digitized student identification program; appropriates $252,000.*
Directs DOE to develop guidelines for the teaching of child victimization prevention techniques for use by districts to establish comprehensive programs.
Provides for attachment of real property relating to terrorism.
Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 to the Morris County Organization For Hispanic Affairs for its community outreach program.
Establishes Inmate Education and Vocational Training Study Commission. *
Designates third Saturday in June of each year "Juneteenth Independence Day" in New Jersey.
Establishes optional will registry.
Authorizes exemption of certain alternative electrical energy systems from real property taxation. *
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DCA for a grant to ASPIRA. *
Grants immunity from civil liability to persons reporting information concerning crimes related to terrorism. *
Establishes hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. *
Provides that persons who participated in Nazi persecution shall be ineligible to receive State benefits.
Authorizes double fine for third conviction for same violation of municipal ordinance. *
Establishes the Commission on After-School Programs in DHS; appropriates $25,000. *
Provides dental and vision care insurance coverage to certain SPRS surviving spouses and dependents.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees. *
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with impact of rules on small businesses.
Provides funding mechanism for Fiscal Year 2004 business employment incentive program grants using certain unanticipated Fiscal Year 2003 State corporation business tax revenues.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term of two years for leaving the scene of a fatal accident.
Allows hunters, anglers, and trappers to cover over or mask Social Security Numbers displayed on hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.
Imposes certain ethical standards on members of the Governor-elect's transition staff. *
"Patient Safety Act"; establishes medical error reporting system and provides "Good Samaritan" protections to certain health care professionals.
Out of committee · 81
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Permits purchase of service credit in SPRS.
Permits children to obtain digital photo identification cards.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Waives $15 fee for Firefighters and First Aider special license plates for volunteers.
Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies. *
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers. *
Extends veteran's property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Extends senior citizen and handicapped citizen reduced fare program for regular route bus service to complementary paratransit bus service.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Extends eligibility for PAAD to persons disabled under certain federal programs.
Provides for mandatory terms of imprisonment for certain sexual assaults upon a minor; amends murder statute; requires lifetime parole supervision for certain sex offenders. *
Authorizes driver's license sticker to identify organ donor.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Requires the award of Outstanding Scholars Recruitment Program scholarships to home-schooled students and prohibits the denial of a scholarship due to a student's lack of class rank.
Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present.
Requires DHSS to establish list of animal control officers found guilty of or liable for violating any animal cruelty law; and prohibits persons on that list from being animal control officers for a municipality. *
Allows veteran to claim eligibility to receive veteran's property tax deduction after October 1 of pretax year.
Creates the "September 11th, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act." *
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Requires criminal history record background checks for health care professionals as condition of initial licensure.
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.
Specifies bona fide negotiations in eminent domain proceedings and clarifies establishment of compensation for business owners.
Requires health clubs to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator. *
Increases additional penalty assessment for drunk driving; dedicates revenue to VCCB.
Allows corporation business tax credit for 25% of the cost of purchasing portable defibrillators. *
Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.*
Establishes biological agent registry in DHSS.
Establishes "Amber's Plan" to broadcast public alerts concerning abducted children.
Requires certification of persons installing medical gas piping in licensed health care facilities.
Prohibits use of cell phone while driving school bus.
Allows groups authorized to conduct bingo or raffles to use proceeds for capital improvements in certain instances.
Cancels certain "Water Supply Fund" appropriations; creates "Drought Management Fund" in DEP; appropriates $2.1 million of canceled appropriations to "Drought Management Fund."
Appropriates $2.5 million to DEP from "Water Supply Fund" for water supply system interconnection study. *
Criminalizes defrauding administration of a drug test. *
Extends time to file complaint for drunk driving from 30 to 90 days.
Restricts surgical debarking or silencing of dogs.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Raises N.J. Environmental Infrastructure Trust's statutory debt ceiling to $1.6 billion.
Prohibits employment at certain airports of individuals convicted of certain crimes.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt core curriculum content standards for technology.
Requires persons convicted of certain child pornography crimes to register under Megan's Law.
Requires persons convicted of manufacturing or selling child pornography to register under Megan's Law.
Makes various changes to tenant security deposit laws.
Requires development of State and county mosquito control plans; appropriates $5 million.
Empowers Federal Reserve law enforcement officers to make arrests for certain violations of New Jersey law.
Allows release of AOC records concerning domestic violence to surrogate in adoption proceedings. *
Requires DOE to coordinate sharing of textbooks among school districts.
Authorizes Adjutant General to issue service medal to commemorate 50th anniversary of ending of Korean War; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
Allows problem gamblers to request placement on Racing Commission's list for self-excluded persons.
Establishes Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board in Department of Community Affairs.
Prohibits insurers from discriminating against insureds on the basis of domestic violence.
Revises law concerning possession and release into the environment of certain animals. *
Concerns workers' compensation benefits and certain volunteer emergency personnel.
Upgrades penalities for certain crimes involving children under 16 years of age.
Provides criminal penalties for unlawful solid waste disposal.
Permits cost of living adjustments for retired county employees and beneficiaries from certain county pension funds.
Creates the Office of Grant Assistance in DCA to assist counties and municipalities in applying for federal, State and private grants.
Establishes "Autism Medical Research and Treatment Fund." *
Establishes publicity program for senior and disabled citizens property tax freeze reimbursement program.
Upgrades motor vehicle and criminal penalties for leaving the scene of an accident.
Revises investment requirements for charitable gift annuity reserves.
Provides official State recognition of Powhatan Renape Nation, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey, Inc., and Ramapough Mountain Indians as American Indian Tribes for certain purposes.
Doubles the drug enforcement and demand reduction fines imposed for the possession or distribution of certain club drugs. *
Adds two members chosen by public employees' labor organizations to State Health Benefits Commission.
Protects certain helping dogs from discrimination.
Designates State office building in Asbury Park as "Thomas S. Smith, Sr. State Office Building."
Revises law concerning Council on Developmental Disabilities to conform with federal law.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to qualified handicapped persons at sheltered workshops.
Increases criminal and civil penalties for certain animal cruelty offenses; and increases penalty for certain repeat offenders.
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act." *
Expands responsibilities of "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect."
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. *
Requires DMVA and DOT to conduct study on feasibility of integrating Civil Air Patrol in State's homeland security initiatives. *
"Michael's Law;" imposes mandatory jail time and rehabilitation for third or subsequent drunk driving offenses. *
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to provide substantially same protections against discrimination as provided under "Federal Fair Housing Act."
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of National Guard members on State active duty from gross income under the gross income tax.
Specifies misconduct offense and penalities for local government officials transferring employees to "no-work" jobs.
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Provides consumers greater protection in the issuance of consumer credit reports.
Requires health insurers to establish guidelines for bone density tests and provide coverage in accordance with the guidelines.
Provides Corporation Business Tax credit for use of treated effluent in industrial facilities.
Death Tax Phase-Out Act; phases out the transfer inheritance tax over three years.
Makes certain changes with respect to employment discrimination.
Requires adoption of emissions portfolio standard under certain conditions.
Requires electric utilities to provide reduced rates to volunteer fire companies and volunteer first aid, rescue or emergency squads.
Requires Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to establish guidelines for placement of defibrillators in State buildings.
Increases voluntary municipal pension to survivors of volunteer firefighters or first aid squad members and extends payment to widowers of such persons.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Exempts sale of recreational safety helmets from sales and use tax.
Eliminates statute of limitations on prosecution on certain sexual offenses.
Eliminates statute of limitations in civil cases involving certain sexual offenses.
Supplemental appropriation of $360,000 to Division of Fire Safety in Department of Community Affairs for incident management training programs.
Imposes additional penalties on sex offenders; creates the "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" to provide counseling and treatment to sex crime victims and their families.
Upgrades crime of leaving the scene of a fatal accident to a crime of the second degree.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS to promote women's awareness about heart disease and stroke.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care expenses.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7.2 million from the General Fund for Inter-Departmental Account capital construction project costs of Battleship U.S.S. New Jersey refurbishment and Visitors Center.
Increases maximum death benefit of group life insurance policies paid for by fire district maintaining a volunteer fire department.
Authorizes 50% retail sales tax exemption in historic districts.
Allows county governments to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of electric generation service and electric related service.
Permits counties and municipalities to collect fees and penalties for weights and measures regulations.
Supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for grant to Burlington County Red Cross chapter for emergency response vehicle.
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Prohibits persons convicted of violent crimes from possessing body armor.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to compile and provide certain staffing and patient care information to the public.
Directs DHSS to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum nursing staff ratios for general hospitals and nursing facilities and sets limits on medical residents' hours.
Establishes the State Commission of Investigation as a permanent agency.
"Health Care Claims Payment Responsibility Act."
Permits students to satisfy high school graduation requirements by taking practical arts courses.
Requires disclosures by gubernatorial candidate's issue advocacy or other tax-exempt organization as condition of public financing.
Allows use of an emblem on a residential dwelling to identify persons with disabilities in an emergency.
Provides for access to certain energy customer information by municipal governments for municipal aggregation.
Supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DHS for Social Services for the Homeless grant program and $2 million to DMVA to assist homeless veterans.
Establishes an environmental testing laboratory in the Department of Environmental Protection; appropriates $3 million.
Prohibits removal of certain offenders from sex offender registry.
Directs DOE to provide to every public school a sign stating the national motto, "In God We Trust," and permits principals and teachers to display additional copies.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and alternative technology vehicles.
Establishes special license plates for World War II veterans.
"Veterans' Property Tax Relief Act of 2002."
Provides enhanced penalties for certain crimes when victim is 65 years of age or older, or disabled.
Requires health clubs to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Creates requirement and grant program for power-assisted door openers on certain public buildings; appropriates $600,000.
Appropriates $950,000 from "Drought Management Fund" to DEP for drought monitoring and telemetry system.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of the Treasury for a publicity program for the senior and disabled citizens property tax freeze reimbursement program.
Concerns overpayments to public utilities.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Permits medical malpractice liability insurance purchasing alliances among physicians.
Authorizes and directs Division of Aeronautics to oversee aerial application of sprays.
Provides $250,000 to reimburse Civil Air Patrol (CAP) for development of plan to use CAP for security at general aviation airports and for other homeland security initiatives.
Directs DMVA to submit to Governor and Legislature a report providing information on federal military bases in NJ and NJ's vulnerability to base closings in 2005.
Enacts the Interstate compact for Adult Offender Supervision.
Increases income eligibility limit for Homestead Property Tax Reimbursement Program beginning in tax year 2002.
Establishes "Rachael Alert" to broadcast alerts concerning abducted children.
Increases penalties for possession and release of certain invasive or potentially invasive animals into the environment.
Deletes language provision in FY 2003 annual appropriation act that delays State school aid payments and makes final aid payment at the option of the State Treasurer.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales communications to certain wireless telephones and pagers.
Establishes the National Board Certification Scholarship Program; appropriates $500,000.
Establishes the Excellence in Teaching Scholarship Program and appropriates $500,000.
Restores the phase-out of corporation business taxes on the regular income of subchapter S corporations.
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use transported remains of victims of September 11, 2001 from World Trade Center in a memorial.
Provides a senior and disabled citizens property tax deduction of $25 for installation of a home water conservation system to be reimbursed by State.
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS of $1,560,000 to provide grants for rodent control programs in municipalities with Abbott school districts.
Prohibits counties and municipalities from accepting and paying for employee's work outside the course of employment.
Prohibits provision of dual coverage for active public employee or retiree in SHBP.
Requires documentation of eligibility of dependent for SHBP coverage.
Provides that PERS member holding more than one position covered by PERS has to designate one position as the basis for enrollment.
Changes calculation of PERS retirement allowances for certain members who receive significant compensation enhancement within five years of retirement.
Limits payment for certain supplemental compensation and accumulated vacation leave upon retirement for certain local government employees.
Requires physicians to inform patients diagnosed with breast cancer of treatment options.
Revises laws concerning medical malpractice claims, procedures and liability insurance.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires publication of approved automobile insurance rate increases.
Establishes regional lead treatment centers in the State.
Excludes from taxation under Corporation Business Tax certain sales of land for open space and farmland preservation.
Requires State Board of Medical Examiners to suspend license of physician whose license has been revoked by another state, agency or authority.
Provides for regulation of certain call center communications by Division of Consumer Affairs.
Prohibits Governor from appearing in certain State-funded advertisements.
Establishes a procedure for the diagnosis of reading ability of kindergarten, first and second grade pupils.