Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
John S. Wisniewski
Sponsored
Became law2
Concerns contracts for asphalt work under the "Local Public Contracts Law."
Allows insurer to obtain certificates of ownership or salvage certificates of title for motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Vetoed2
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank and Energy Bank within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Passed the General Assembly5
Limits liability for insurers conducting boiler insurance inspections.
Expands education requirements for special learner's and examination permits.
Requires owner of autocab to provide proof of financial responsibility.
Designates salt water taffy as New Jersey State Candy.
Concerns temporary registration certificates for automobiles.*
Out of committee5
Exempts senior homeowners from municipal building permit fees.
Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property.*
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
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."
Establishes pilot program to allow certain counties and municipalities to use single firm for design and inspection services on certain transportation projects.
In committee53
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 elect
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.
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.
Establishes certain procedures for awarding design-build contracts.
Requires health insurers to disclose broker commissions to purchasers.
Concerns fair business practices at intermodal marine terminals.
Revises requirement that library tax be assessed against equalized value of property.
Provides for appointment of certain municipal court judges at the local or county level.
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.
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.
The "Family and Private Burial Grounds Preservation Act."
Appropriates $3,279,459 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to NJ Historic Trust for grant to Proprietary House Association for historic preservation purposes.
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.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to accommodate and relocate facilities when necessary for transportation infrastructure projects at direction of DOT.
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 special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
"New Jersey Disaster Victims' Bill of Rights"; authorizes $500 million emergency State bonds and appropriates money for municipal property tax relief program.
Requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to develop standard prior authorization form for prescription drug benefits for use by network providers.
Allows gross income taxpayers to use their gross income tax returns to make voluntary contributions to the Rutgers Oral History Archives.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Allows for sale of municipally owned preserved open space under certain circumstances to homeowners displaced as a result of severe repetitive loss events.
Prohibits operator of motor vehicle from engaging in distracted driving.
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.
Grants subpoena power to Office of Inspector General at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in furtherance of investigations.
Establishes right to immediate interlocutory appeal from determinations as to class certification in class action lawsuits.
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Permits manufacturer to temporarily sell motor vehicles to consumers under certain conditions.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain donations to the Rutgers University Foundation.
Requires transportation network companies to make certain disclosures and register with MVC.
Reforms PANYNJ.
Increases petroleum products gross receipts tax rate; dedicates revenue generated from tax to Transportation Trust Fund; provides gross income tax deduction for certain taxes paid on motor fuel.
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank Fund within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Provides that certain ethical standards will apply to Governor.
Adds two public members to NJT board.
Clarifies law concerning conduct of certain legislative investigations.
Establishes insurance and other requirements for transportation network companies and their drivers.
Requires DEP to offer to purchase and demolish certain contaminated residential property.
Reforms PANYNJ; requires appearance by PANYNJ before legislative committees.
Concerns hospital asset transformation program.
Enhances consideration of fire safety issues during review of development applications.
Amends State construction code for fire safety reasons.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
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."
Vetoed1
Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
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.
Directs New Jersey Turnpike Authority and South Jersey Transportation Authority to study and report on potential revenue generating services of rest areas and service plazas.*
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
Establishes procedure for consolidating fire districts.
Concerns property taxes due and owing on real property damaged or destroyed during, or as the result of, a natural disaster when a state of emergency is declared by the Governor. *
Requires MVC to allow submission of "Next-of-Kin Registry" information by mail.*
Designates State Highway 184 in Woodbridge Township as "Bruce Turcotte Memorial Highway."
Appropriates $88,592,361 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Requires warning sign to be posted at pontoon boat rental businesses; designated as "Christopher's Law."
Vetoed · 1
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Passed the General Assembly · 10
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."*
Requires driver's license examination to include questions on distracted driving; makes it a violation for motorists to talk or text on hand-held wireless devices while vehicle is temporarily stopped.
Prohibits automatic renewal of service contracts.
Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.*
Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
Establishes penalty for unlawfully using parking placard issued to person with qualifying disability.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education.*
Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays implementation of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system.
Out of committee · 19
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Requires high school driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include aggressive driving information.
Permits two or more candidates for school board member to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot for same term.
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age 17 for voting at next election occurring on or after 18th birthday.
Establishes "College Affordability Study Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance.**
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.
Provides standards for, and requires registration of, home elevation contractors.
Requires motor vehicle inspection stickers to notify drivers of penalty for texting while driving.
Establishes insurance and safety requirements for companies that use digital network or software application to match passengers with drivers.*
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.**
Criminalizes using drones to conduct surveillance of or fly over critical infrastructures; requires certain drones to be registered and insured.*
Appropriates $4,750,000 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Provides up to $25 million in tax credits under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program for certain infrastructure at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Requires notification of member or retiree of State-administered retirement system under certain circumstances when member or retiree requests change in beneficiary for group life insurance.
In committee · 53
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Requires all lamps and lighting devices on motor vehicles be kept in working order.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Exempts sales of county property from certain requirements under certain circumstances.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Creates new motor vehicle offense of engaging in a pattern of aggressive driving.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Increases penalties for failing to secure a child in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat while operating a motor vehicle.
Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires Secretary of State to establish secure Internet website for online voter registration; authorizes use of digitized signatures from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission's database.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Port Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River and Bay Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Authorizes award of attorney's fees and expenses in landlord-tenant actions under certain circumstances.
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."
Provides tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain costs incurred in purchase of equipment used by private facilities to conduct motor vehicle safety inspections.
"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
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
"State Authorities Reform Act."
Provides that toll revenue generated from PANYNJ bridges shall not exceed cost of maintenance, operation, and debt service of those bridges.
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.
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.
Clarifies that retention of unearned wages by a public servant is theft under certain circumstances.
Creates Task Force on Distracted Driving.
Concerns transfer of PANYNJ contracts related to marine terminals.
Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 annual compensation PERS retiree may earn in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment.
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.
"Blue Acres Floodplain Protection and Home Elevation Bond Act of 2013," authorizes bonds for $100 million, and appropriates $5,000.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Regulates advertising of manufacturer’s rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
Permits historic motor vehicles to be used for pleasure driving one day per week.
Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.
Permits certain motor vehicle offenders to apply for restricted use license.
Establishes strategic road salt reserve fund and strategic road salt reserve within DOT.
Requires State to make pension contribution payments quarterly; provides reduction in State employee contribution rate of 0.1% and penalty for State of 0.1% of payroll for each month State is in arrears for pension payment.
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
Allows for assessment of civil and criminal penalties for violations of "Uniform Securities Law (1967)" even if violations were not knowingly or recklessly committed.
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching disabled vehicles displaying warning lights.
"Commercial Motor Vehicle State Highway Parking Act."
Allows parent or guardian to be present during behind-the-wheel instruction of minor.
Reforms PANYNJ; "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015."
Provides transparency and accountability reforms at PANYNJ; modifies governance structure; provides legislative oversight of PANYNJ.
Establishes certain standards for health benefits plans with tiered network.
Requires health insurance carriers to comply with certain network adequacy requirements.
Places moratorium on implementation of certain tiered network health benefits plans until January 1, 2017.