Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
John S. Wisniewski
Sponsored
Became law8
Requires Director of Division of Fire Safety to review preparation of local fire mutual aid plans and determine necessity of designated fire command structure.*
Concerns the sale of portable electronics insurance and licensing of limited lines insurance producers for that purpose.
Removes requirement for one and two-family residences to be equipped with a portable fire extinguisher.
Requires Department of Transportation to update and maintain certain information on its website.*
"New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act."
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
"Nikki's Law"; requires DOT Commissioner to erect signs and use variable message signs to inform motorists of State law prohibiting texting while driving.*
Exempts certain persons from all-terrain vehicle use restrictions.
Vetoed3
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Requires Financial Policy Review Board to issue quarterly reports and create and maintain website.
Passed the General Assembly12
Requires written security plan when school is polling place and open to students; provides that schools may be used as polling places only under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elec
Concerns time frames for establishing or enforcing property rights related to adverse possession.**
Limits liability for insurers conducting boiler insurance inspections.
Provides for appointment of certain municipal court judges at the local or county level.
Expands education requirements for special learner's and examination permits.
The "Family and Private Burial Grounds Preservation Act."
Requires owner of autocab to provide proof of financial responsibility.
Requires Legislative approval of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey minutes.
Requires DOT Commissioner to develop public awareness programs and use variable message signs to inform motorists about State's "move over" law. *
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Allows gross income taxpayers to use their gross income tax returns to make voluntary contributions to the Rutgers Oral History Archives.
Out of committee11
Establishes certain procedures for awarding design-build projects.*
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell certain surplus real properties located in Township of Woodbridge, Middlesex County.
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank and Energy Bank within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.*
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain land and improvements now part of East Jersey Prison to Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County for a restricted use.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.*
Requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to develop standard prior authorization form for prescription drug benefits for use by network providers.
Designates State Highway Route No. 71 bridge between Borough of Belmar and Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea as "Robert A. Briant, Sr. Memorial Bridge." *
Provides standards for home elevation contractors.
Requires use of headlights on motor vehicles when motor vehicle is operated in an area of highway construction or repair.
Prohibits operator of motor vehicle from engaging in distracted driving.
In committee36
Permits transcript or videotape of testimony before local issuing authority to be admissible in ABC appeal.
Exempts senior homeowners from municipal building permit fees.
Requires causes of driver inattention to be noted in traffic accidents.
Exempts experienced firefighters from certification requirement.
Concerns eligible municipalities under the urban transit hub credit.
Requires State firewarden to consult with local fire department commander upon arrival at scene of wildfire.
Amends expiration date of P.L.2005, c.234, which concerns a systematic maintenance check program for intermodal chasis.
Permits municipalities to recover certain costs and fees from alcoholic beverage licensees charged with violations.
Allows homestead property tax reimbursement program participants who lose income eligibility due to an IRA withdraw for certain purposes to maintain base year upon requalification.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Requires health insurers to disclose broker commissions to purchasers.
Concerns fair business practices at intermodal marine terminals.
Revises allocation of fees for certain NJPDES permits.
Revises requirement that library tax be assessed against equalized value of property.
Permits retail dealer of motor fuel to sell motor fuel at price below retail dealer's net cost to meet competition.
Allows State agency to pay subcontractor directly for work performed in certain situations.
Establishes standards for commercial insurers and Medicaid program implementing electronic prescribing systems.
Requires information concerning certain public employees be made public.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to accommodate and relocate facilities and pay costs thereof when necessary for infrastructure projects.
Permits voter registration at polling place on days of municipal, primary, and general elections.
Requires party bidding on, or performing, a State contract to provide employee health care benefits.
Permits water and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings.
Requires health insurance coverage by health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP for expenses incurred in connection with prophylactic mastectomies and other mastectomy-related procedures.
Appropriates $3,279,459 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to NJ Historic Trust for grant to Proprietary House Association for historic preservation purposes.
"Flood Control, Mitigation, and Prevention Bond Act of 2012," authorizes bonds for up to $2 billion, and appropriates $5,000.
Provides that certain paratransit vehicles that weigh less than 30,000 pounds are not autobuses.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to accommodate and relocate facilities when necessary for transportation infrastructure projects at direction of DOT.
"New Jersey Disaster Victims' Bill of Rights"; authorizes $500 million emergency State bonds and appropriates money for municipal property tax relief program.
Lengthens yellow light at traffic signal with red light camera; sets penalty for failing to stop before turning right on red when detected by camera; implements one second delay for red light camera violations.
Revises laws concerning traffic control signals and traffic control signal monitoring systems.
"The Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $1 billion to support State's ongoing relief and recovery efforts and makes an appropriation to cover issuing costs.
Designates salt water taffy as New Jersey State Candy.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Concerns contracts for asphalt work under the "Local Public Contracts Law."
Allows for sale of municipally owned preserved open space under certain circumstances to homeowners displaced as a result of severe repetitive loss events.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain land and improvements now part of East Jersey Prison to Woodbridge Township in Middlesex County for a restricted use.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell certain surplus real properties located in Township of Woodbridge, Middlesex County.
Vetoed3
Establishes State Transportation Infrastucture Bank and Energy Bank within New Jersey Enviromental Infrastructure Trust.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Provides standards for, and requires registration of, home elevation contractors.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Authorizes deployment of integrity oversight monitors in implementation of certain recovery and rebuilding projects.*
Requires all lamps and lighting devices on motor vehicles be kept in working order.
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month."
Requires a review of corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit programs for payments to interns.*
"Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act."
"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.*
Prohibits imposition of corporation business tax on certain foreign corporations carrying passengers into and out of State in motor vehicle or motorbus.
"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.**
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 temporary nurse licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
Allows certain military spouses with out-of-State teaching license to receive temporary instructional certificate in New Jersey.
Amends "Administrative Procedure Act" to require State agencies to use various electronic technologies in rule-making procedures.
Protects minors by prohibiting attempts to change sexual orientation.
Provides for temporary professional or occupational licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Vetoed · 4
Directs NJTA to study and report on potential revenue generating services of NJTA rest areas and service plazas.
Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Passed the General Assembly · 18
Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages.
Regulates advertising of manufacturer's rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
Prohibits automatic renewal of service contracts.
Increases penalties for failing to secure a child in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat while operating a motor vehicle.
Restricts health insurers from limiting access to pain medication.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to designation as charter school district of residence or expansion of a charter school.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act"; provides expedited process for foreclosing abandoned residential properties.
Invalidates consumer contracts which require a waiver of right to file a consumer complaint.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Requires Secretary of State to establish secure Internet website for online voter registration; authorizes use of digitized signature from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission database.*
Concerns hospital asset transformation program.
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.*
Exempts sales of county property from certain requirements under certain circumstances.
Establishes workplace training program for unemployment compensation recipients; makes an appropriation.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Out of committee · 30
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
Prohibits drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing.
Prohibits first responders from photographing persons being assisted or disclosing photographs of such persons without their consent.
Establishes right to immediate interlocutory appeal from determinations as to class certification in class action lawsuits.
"PANYNJTransparency and Accountability Act." *
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Requires NJMVC to implement procedures for issuing nondriver identification cards to persons rendered immobile by disabilities.
Revises the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Provides immunity to institutions of higher education for food donations.
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Requires all State firefighter training to be accredited.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
"Blue Acres Floodplain Protection and Home Elevation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $100 million, and appropriates $5,000.*
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
"New Jersey Health Benefit Exchange Act."
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 $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.
Concerns occupational safety and health for public employees of certain interstate authorities.
Authorizes award of attorney's fees and expenses in landlord-tenant actions under certain circumstances.*
Rescinds recommendation of the Task Force on the Closure of State Developmental Centers and creates new task force.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Makes certain changes to NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program.
Establishes "College Affordability Study Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey.*
In committee · 41
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires public parking facilities at NJ Transit stations to be open to public on weekends and other occasions; permits reasonable fee for use of parking facility.
Provides enhanced penalties for drunk drivers with blood alcohol concentration of 0.17% or greater.
Expands parity between certain State-chartered financial institutions, and permits interstate banking by such institutions through de novo branching or expanded authority to acquire existing branches or institutions.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Exempts senior citizens, disabled persons, and veterans from E-ZPass account monthly service charge.
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Requires certain motor vehicle reinspections be conducted at licensed private inspection facilities.
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age 17 for voting at next election occurring on or after 18th birthday.
Provides immunity from liability for persons who install or inspect child restraint systems.
Clarifies functioning high-mounted rear stop lamp is required under State law.
Concerns transfer of PANYNJ contracts related to marine terminals.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from selling from ice cream trucks.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Clarifies that retention of unearned wages by a public servant is theft under certain circumstances.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts.
Creates new motor vehicle offense of engaging in a pattern of aggressive driving.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Revises "lemon law" refund formula for consumers of certain new motor vehicles.
Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 annual compensation PERS retiree may earn in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment.
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
Excludes from PAAD income eligibility withdrawals from an IRA.
Provides that settlement agents are not responsible for transmitting estimated gross income tax payment and forms for certain nonresident real estate transactions unless so responsible pursuant to contract.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
"Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act"; doubles State survivor pension amounts for beneficiaries of certain deceased volunteer emergency service providers; requires municipal life insurance and burial expenses for volunteer firefighters; permits fire
Clarifies that insurance broker transparency requirement only applies to sale of health benefits plans.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to NJ Alliance for Children Youth and Families.
Creates "State Infrastructure Financing Authority;" appropriates $20,000,000.
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
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.
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
Authorizes dedicated National Association for the Advancement of Colored People license plate.
Permits boards of education to establish donated leave programs for their employees as an alternative to the sick leave banks which are currently permitted by law.
Establishes the "Superstorm Sandy Victims' Bill of Rights."