Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, Senate.
Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr.
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
"Drew's Law"; allows counties and municipalities to establish, or request DOT to establish, 15 miles per hour speed limit in or near certain parks and to set increased penalty for violating speed limit.*
Authorizes installation of automatic standby generators in certain residences without zoning or planning board approval.
Out of committee2
Authorizes hunting of game animals every day of the week during hunting season.
Requires tuition bills of public institutions of higher education to include details on student fees and opt-out provision for student-managed entertainment fees, and requires certain institutions' websites to include student fee information.
In committee22
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to study impact of State business income taxes on business out-migration, business formation, and employment.
Establishes the New Jersey State Commission on Education Reform to develop academic outcome-based per pupil public school funding amounts.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Abolishes legislative leadership committees; reduces contributions to State political party committees to $12,500 per year, to county committees to $10,000 per year and to municipal committees to $5,000 per year.
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements and to approve school district collective negotiations agreements prior to execution of agreement.
"Parent Empowerment and Choice Act"; enables parents to initiate reform in low performing schools through a petition process.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
The "Family and Private Burial Grounds Preservation Act."
Limits use and supplemental compensation for certain leave.
Authorizes installation of residential automatic standby generator without zoning or planning board approval.
Expands definition of "acquisition," for purposes of county and municipal open space trust funds, to include demolition, removal of debris, and restoration of lands being acquired.
"Direct Tax Relief for New Jersey Families Act"; Establishes the New Jersey Direct Property Tax Relief Program; increases the renter's gross income tax credit for property taxes; and increases the earned income tax credit.
Strengthens rights of certain sexual assault victims to sole custody; allows victim to place child for adoption without notice to person who committed sexual assault resulting in birth of the child.
Expands definitions of "abused child" or "abused or neglected child" to include prenatal exposure of child to controlled substances.
Permits minors to engage in certain construction work for nonprofit organizations.
Clarifies DHS authority to license and regulate sober living homes.
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
"School Children First Act"; establishes factors for determining compensation; requires principal consent for teacher placement; eliminates certain seniority rights.
Requires State arts, historical, and cultural grant recipients to offer information on food and lodging in vicinity of event funded.
Provides county vocational school districts with the authority to name themselves in a manner that more accurately reflects their mission.
Authorizes establishment of regional economic development partnerships.
Restricts State and municipal government employee health plans to gold level and directs related savings to property tax relief.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network, and updates crime of animal fighting; amends RICO concerning dog fighting.*
Designates Black Swallowtail butterfly as State Butterfly.
Provides standards for, and requires registration of, home elevation contractors.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Partially repeals prohibitions, permits, licenses, and authorizations concerning wagers on professional, collegiate, or amateur sport contests or athletic events.
Requires DOE to conduct study on options and benefits of instituting later school start time in middle school and high school.
Designates State Highway Route 15 in Sussex County as "Senator Robert E. Littell Memorial Highway."
Prohibits Division of Developmental Disabilities from compelling transfers of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State facilities unless certain exceptions apply.
Vetoed · 1
Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.
Passed the Senate · 6
Provides certain small businesses impacted by Hurricane Sandy a corporation business tax or gross income tax credit for certain reinvestment in shore municipalities.
Eliminates requirement that at least one of two licenses issued under small-scale and staged casino facility pilot program must be staged casino facility license; permits these facilities to be located in renovated buildings.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Establishes Task Force on School District Regionalization.
Designates Thomas Alva Edison as State Inventor.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Out of committee · 13
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act"; imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances. *
Establishes durational limits and enumerates certain factors concerning modification and termination of alimony; establishes "open durational" alimony."*
Provides certain offers and sales of securities from registration.*
Revises law concerning the rights and responsibilities of motor vehicle franchisees and franchisors.**
Establishes Equipment Loan Program in NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; changes submission and approval requirements for financial plan.
Requires New Jersey School Report Card to include indicators of student career readiness.
Limits certain unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; limits sick leave use by new public employees before retirement.
Prohibits existing child care subsidy recipient from being treated as a new applicant for subsidy after moving to a new county of residence.
Requires pharmacies and prescribers to notify patients about how to ensure proper and safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
"Water Infrastructure Protection Act."
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Extends for one year expiration date of certain permits pursuant to "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Provides an excused absence on Veterans Day for pupil who participates in certain activities for veterans or active duty members of United States Armed Forces or New Jersey National Guard.
In committee · 28
Encourages sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Requires Department of Agriculture to publish on its website information concerning wineries and community supported agriculture entities in NJ.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with non-copper-based landline or wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Concerns access to information maintained by Prescription Monitoring Program.
Authorizes use of retail coupons for purchase of milk by consumers.
Establishes governance structure for county administrative school districts.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Revises law concerning the rights and responsibilities of motor vehicle franchisees and franchisors.
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective and appointive positions.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Repeals the New Jersey estate tax.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Requires Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study financial impact of all enacted mandated health benefits.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Lifts moratorium on new Business Employment Incentive Program grant awards and establishes "New Jersey Business Employment Incentive Program Task Force."
Ends the estate tax and increases the gross income tax's retirement income exclusions.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; reinstates moratorium on Statewide non-residential development fees until January 2015.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Allows businesses due to receive grant under Business Employment Incentive Program to elect to receive corporate or gross income tax credit if grant funds are not available.
Establishes "Superstorm Sandy Homeowners Protection Act."
Regulates tethering of, and outdoor shelter for, dogs.