Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Diane B. Allen
Sponsored
Became law3
Authorizes marriage and entry into a civil union by proxy for certain persons serving overseas in the Armed Forces or National Guard. *
Clarifies that sexual assault victims are not responsible for any costs of forensic sexual assault examinations or related services.
Provides for certain requirements concerning Independent Health Care Appeals Program.
Passed the Senate5
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of National Guard members.
Requires guards at gated communities and multi-unit complexes to allow the service of process. *
Requires Domestic Security Preparedness Planning Group to include a representative of New Jersey State First Aid Council.
Provides civil service preference to veterans of Operation "Noble Eagle."
Requires school districts to report to DOE certain information on students removed from school pursuant to "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act."
Out of committee5
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month." *
Disqualifies member of board of education for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation.
Exempts electric vehicle charging systems from real property taxation. *
Lengthens service life of certain school buses to 15 years.
Provides for increase in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
In committee73
Requires "just compensation" for condemnation of single-family residence to be based on cost of comparable relocation properties.
Prohibits municipal officers and employees serving on redevelopment or housing agencies from voting to condemn property.
Places temporary moratorium on use of eminent domain; creates Eminent Domain Study Commission to examine its use Statewide.
"Jessica Lunsford Act;" concerns sentencing of sex offenders and persons who harbor them; requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders and creates child protection zones.
Provides that a homestead owner who is 65 years of age or older or disabled shall not receive a homestead rebate of less than $1,440.
Provides for a mandatory minimum term for assaulting a law enforcement officer.
Creates "Green E-ZPass" discounts for certain fuel-efficient vehicles.
Immunizes employers from civil liability for certain disclosures regarding employees and former employees.
Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to or use of certain health and fitness clubs and organizations.
Requires municipal court to hear certain violations of animal cruelty statutes within 14 days of the summons date.
Provides that records of convictions for carjacking, promoting prostitution of a child and certain child endangerment crimes shall not be expunged.
Clarifies that responsibility for investment of assets under management of Division of Investment vests in State Investment Council.
Provides for increase in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Requires payment of certain attorney's fees, expenses and costs in identity theft cases; adds debit card numbers to definition of "personal identifying information".
Requires insurers, Medicaid, and NJ FamilyCare to reimburse for childhood immunizations at levels specified by regulation.
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
"New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act"; requires each four-year public institution of higher education to provide on its website certain information regarding its costs, faculty, and graduation rates.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.
Clarifies that "entering" a public place for a drug deal is conduct included in C.2C:33-2.1.
Concerns free access to certain job training courses for employees affected by plant closings, mass layoffs or transfer of operations.
Authorizes the AG or the Commissioner of DOLWD to obtain expedited injunction for violations of law requiring prenotification of certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs.
Exempts sales of methane gas fuel conversion machinery and equipment from sales and use taxes.
Requires BPU to conduct pilot program to allow free parking for alternative fuel vehicles and alternative technology vehicles.
Requires school facilities projects to maintain the character of historic school facilities.
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Establishes the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate.
Excludes certain federal employee retirement fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Relieves municipalities and counties along light rail lines of civil liability in Quiet Zones under certain circumstances.
Increases penalty for illegal firearms' sale within 1,000 feet of school.
Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.
Allows refundable gross income tax credit for certain unreimbursed hearing aid expenses.
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.
Exempts certain materials and labor used to convert traditional motor vehicles into plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles from sales and use tax.
Codifies the "At Home Downtown Program"; requires "Main Street New Jersey" Program and "At Home Downtown Program" to be administered by HMFA.
Allows persons affected by certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs to receive one year suspension of payment of interest on mortgage loan.
Allows exclusion of certain alternative energy and energy conservation patent income under the gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Exempts certain New Jersey teachers' purchase of qualified teaching materials from sales and use tax.
Requires Division of Property Management and Construction to conduct analysis of State buildings to determine energy and cost savings through use of renewable energy equipment or technology.
Allows identity theft victims to petition for judicial determination of factual innocence.
Revises child pornography law.
Affords emergency services peer counselors confidentiality privileges.
Creates special fallen firefighter plates with proceeds to children of fallen firefighters.
Allows Attorney General to prevent halfway house placement of murderers.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Utility Sub-metering.
Recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements.
Revises procedures for the use of eminent domain and compensation for loss of business in municipal redevelopment programs.
Exempts storage facility space furnished to active duty military personnel from the sales and use tax.
Upgrades offense of simple assault to aggravated assault when victim is employee of DHS and clearly engaged in duties conducting investigation.
Authorizes awards to State and local government employees for suggestions to save taxpayers money through sharing and consolidation.
Provides PFRS member in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Moves "Main Street New Jersey Program" from Department of Community Affairs to Deparment of State.
Allows Council on Local Mandates to authorize certain organizations to file complaints.
Includes transportation costs in the calculation of extraordinary special education costs incurred by public school districts.
Provides for full State funding of the special education costs of students who reside in resource family homes.
Reorganizes the provisions in Title 18A regarding public and nonpublic school pupil transportation.
Establishes a regional transportation coordinator unit in each office of the executive county superintendent to improve the coordination of pupil transportation services within the county.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
"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.
Requires State toll road authorities to give preference in awarding service station contracts to bidders offering to dispense certain alternative fuels on State's toll roads.
Requires adult Work First New Jersey recipients to complete secondary education under certain circumstances and receive life skills training.
Requires municipalities accepting long-term tax exemption Payment In Lieu Of Taxes to distribute portion of payments to county and other taxing districts; limits Payment In Lieu Of Tax agreements to 15-20 years.
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.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to study need for placement trusts for persons with developmental disabilities.
Shortens term of municipal court judges from three years to one year.
Provides affirmative defense to prostitution charge for persons under 16.
Repeals early release program for certain inmates established under P.L.2009, c.330.
Requires school districts and child care centers to distribute information on Megan's Law and instructions on how to access the Megan's Law sex offender registry website.
Exempts certain medically appropriate tattooing services from the sales and use tax.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $6.3 million to DHSS for certain grants to counties for women's health services.
Expands civil rights protections to include pregnancy and breast-feeding; requires employers to provide daily break to breast-feeding mothers.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $6.3 million to DHSS for certain grants to counties for women's health services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 30
Establishes NJ Alzheimer's Disease Study Commission.
Permits certain patient data to be reported to DHSS under "Health Care Facility-Associated Infection Reporting and Prevention Act".
Requires signs posted by retail motor fuel dealers to indicate motor fuel prices for cash and credit card customers; establishes additional $1,000 penalty for violations.
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans' Hospital Task Force."
Establishes task force to study treatment of veterans diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder in judicial proceedings.
Provides for minor and her child to remain together as family unit in DYFS placement.
Concerns gender equity in the workplace. *
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS.
Requires health insurers to cover oral anticancer medications on no less favorable basis than intravenous anticancer medications.*
Appropriates $1,279,941 from various historic preservation funds to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Establishes New Jersey Epilepsy Task Force.
Establishes New Jersey Aphasia Study Commission.
"Emma's Law"; provides for screening newborn infants for lysosomal storage disorders.
Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."
Authorizes special Gold Star Family motor vehicle license plates for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty. *
Allows certain organizations to file complaints with Council on Local Mandates in certain circumstances.
Prohibits drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing.
Requires services be provided for sexually exploited juveniles charged with certain offenses; creates an affirmative defense regarding prostitution.*
Repeals obsolete statutes concerning the status of women.
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $14,818,787 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust 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.
Appropriates $8.831 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $23,588,760 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $10,250,780 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund and 2007 Historic Preservation Fund to provide grants for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriates $600,000 from "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" for associated administrative
Repeals requirement that public employers provide certain health benefit plans to public employees.*
Restores eligibility of New Jersey Health ACCESS recipients for NJ FamilyCare effective August 1, 2011.
Establishes Small Business Loan Program in EDA allowing certain small businesses to be eligible for low interest rate loans of up to $250,000 to expand their businesses.
Vetoed · 3
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Establishes NJ Center for Oral Health at UMDNJ Dental School.
Requires Governor notify local government to fly United States and State flags at half-staff upon death of member of Armed Forces of United States or National Guard who was State resident.*
Passed the Senate · 18
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund. *
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Establishes "New Jersey Commission on Government Efficiency and Cost Control" to recommend measures for efficiency and cost reduction in State government.
Concerns penalties for illegally passing school bus.
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Expands authority of emergency management departments in requesting assistance outside normal territorial jurisdictions.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Clarifies that non-credit courses are eligible courses under the volunteer tuition credit program.
Authorizes party to a final divorce judgment or judgment for the dissolution of a civil union to request name change without notifying opposing party.
Establishes Interagency Council on Preventing and Reducing Homelessness. *
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Provides partial sales tax exemption for energy and utility service to certain manufacturers. *
Allows gross income tax refunds to be credited against a taxpayer's delinquent local property taxes and adjusts administration of setoffs against gross income tax refunds and homestead rebates or credits. *
Creates "New Jersey Senior Labor Task Force."
Requires school buses transporting certain disabled persons to use flashing lights and establishes penalties for drivers who fail to yield.
Establishes task force to study various issues related to improving special education programs and services for public school students.
Permits county clerk to create identification cards for certain veterans for certain purposes.
Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center. *
Out of committee · 31
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Directs Attorney General to publicize information about human trafficking hotlines; mandates law enforcement training on responding to the needs of victims of the crime of human trafficking.
Requires DCF to provide information on home visitation resources and shaken baby syndrome to parents of newborn infants. **
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Clarifies failure to provide minimum care to an animal constitutes animal cruelty.
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish green job certification programs.
Creates New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.
Repeals law allowing PERS member to retire with PERS pension and continue to receive salary for current PERS-covered elective office.
Permits certain members of Junior Firemen's Auxiliaries to perform non-hazardous support duties at fire sites.
Requires DHSS to post on website information concerning hospital emergency department staffing and services for pediatric patients. *
Jaden's Law; requires DHSS to prepare online brochure about the option to donate bone marrow.
Requires investigating law enforcement officer to contact next of kin of unconscious motor vehicle accident victim who has been transported to hospital emergency room.
Directs the Department of Education to develop a school district dating violence policy and requires school districts to provide dating violence education in the health curriculum.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by veterans.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers, and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.*
Imposes certain bail restrictions on persons charged with violating domestic violence restraining orders.
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Authorizes Department of Agriculture to implement mobile fresh produce markets for residents of urban "food desert" communities.
Revises definition of class I renewable energy to include energy produced by certain geothermal heat pumps.*
Requires certain qualifications for employment as a surgical technologist.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Permits use of rebates, allowances, concessions, or benefits for motor fuel purchases on credit, debit or rewards cards.
Requires certain health care facilities to offer, and health care workers to receive, annual influenza vaccination.*
Creates Veterans Haven Council.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support the Girl Scouts councils in New Jersey.
Requires DOE to include cheerleaders in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Prohibits municipal library trustees from transferring donated funds to municipality.
Clarifies and extends law concerning labeling of farm products; increases penalties for violations; repeals R.S.4:10-15.
In committee · 38
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Decreases membership of county boards of taxation to 2004 level.
Clarifies blight criteria under "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," and prevents use of condemnation to acquire code compliant residential property under that law.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Revises Special Municipal Aid program.
Establishes Task Force on Hospital Technology to recommend incentives to encourage hospitals to integrate technology to improve patient care and safety.
Provides support for obstetric services by certain health care facilities.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Classifies burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act"; increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Permits local government units to grant Length of Service Award Program points to certain activated military members.
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain veterans.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Extends veteran's property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Imposes mandatory minimum terms of incarceration on juveniles who use guns to commit acts which, if committed by adults, would constitute serious crimes.
Establishes civil action for damages against organizations that support terrorism.
Grants immunity from civil liability to persons reporting information concerning crimes related to terrorism.
Limits amount of contribution to legal defense fund of holder of elective public office and requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Requires health insurers to cover medically necessary expenses for preventing infertility in women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Makes various statutory changes to "Child Care Licensing Act."
Concerns custody and parenting time issues for military parents.
Creates a civil "rape shield" law.
Requires notification of law enforcement for furlough or discharge of certain patients from State psychiatric hospitals.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for justices, judges, administrative law judges, county prosecutors, and workers' compensation judges from 70 to 75.
Transfers all probation functions and employees to Bureau of Probation in State Parole Board.
Specifies that certain images generated by body scans violate State statutes prohibiting invasion of privacy, pornography, and endangerment of child welfare under certain circumstances.
Makes certain body searches third degree crime of sexual assault under certain circumstances.
Prohibits use of body imaging scanners to screen passengers and airline crew members.
Upgrades the disorderly persons offense of desecration of a venerated object to a crime of the third degree if the object desecrated is a military monument.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.
"Caylee's Law," establishes penalties for failing to report to authorities or otherwise concealing death or disappearance of a child.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.