Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, Senate.
Raymond J. Lesniak
Sponsored
Became law8
Provides for creation of special permits to serve alcoholic beverages in certain qualifying development projects.
Clarifies treatment of two tier annuity products under the "Indexed Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Individual Deferred Annuities."
Eliminates the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances. *
Requires certain continuing education for newly licensed accountants.
Revises and clarifies assessment funding mechanism for Division of Banking; provides certain uniform reporting and licensing requirements for regulated entities.
Transfers Division of Elections from Department of Law and Public Safety to Department of State; designates Secretary of State as chief election official.
Expands purposes of hospital asset transformation program in Health Care Facilities Financing Authority.
Clarifies that certain political contribution disclosures that must be made annually to ELEC and prior to entering into certain public contracts apply only to for-profit business entities and not to nonprofit entities.
Passed the Senate2
Creates offense of animal incapacitation and increases and revises certain animal cruelty penalties.
Creates motor vehicle offense of smoking in motor vehicle with a child present and dedicates penalties to "Smoking Cessation Fund." *
Out of committee14
Increases investment options for domestic property and casualty insurance companies' capital, surplus and other funds.
Authorizes access to abandoned properties by electric and gas public utilities to disconnect utility service.
Changes various provisions of "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
Regulates vehicle protection products.
Authorizes a competitive system-wide franchise for certain providers of cable television service.
Establishes one-time supplemental registration fee on new luxury and fuel inefficient passenger automobiles.
Raises cigarette tax rate 17 1/2 cents per pack, changes tobacco products wholesale sales tax on moist snuff to weight-based tax and increases revenue dedication for Health Care Subsidy Fund. *
Permits oaths, affirmations and affidavits to be taken by certified court reporters.
Amends "Waterfront Commission Act" to clarify grounds for denial of license applications and revocation of licenses, and provides for postponement of certain hearings.
Increases civil penalties for safety violations with respect to certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facilities.
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
Regulates dormancy fees for money orders.
Appropriates $30,660,000 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland acquisitions, and appropriates certain bond funds for soil and water conservation grants.
Prohibits regulation of certain aspects of Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol-enabled services.
In committee37
Prohibits smoking in restaurants and bars.
Provides that only physicians may perform needle electromyography or interpret nerve conduction studies and evoked potentials.
Permits voter registration at polling place on days of municipal primary and general elections.
Abolishes death penalty in New Jersey; provides for resentencing for persons sentenced to death.
Increases compensation for jurors.
Excludes from income that portion of annuity distribution that is return on initial investment for purposes of PAAD and Senior Gold income eligibility.
Regulates service contracts; provides consumer protections; establishes record keeping and financial assurance requirements.
Makes certain changes to requirements related to gross receipts assessment on health care facilities.
Appropriates $2,250,000 to DOT for aid to the City of Linden and Roselle Borough for the St. Georges Avenue Streetscapes Infrastructure Project.
Permits the New Jersey Real Estate Commission to recover for administrative costs of investigating and prosecuting violations.
Provides for Workers Compensation Judges Part membership in PERS for certain workers compensation judges.
Clarifies test for determining when personal property is not a taxable fixture attached to real property.
Requires that adoption of an initial model code constitutes adoption of subsequent edition year publications of that model code.
"Judy's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger.
Clarifies charitable role of health service corporation, and establishes appointment and election procedures, and terms, for board of directors.
Permits local employers in SHBP to negotiate benefits and cost sharing with employees; permits local employers to offer incentives to employees for waivers of SHBP coverage; requires annual independent review of SHBP.
Permits title insurance companies and agents to offer certain inducements in connection with the business of title insurance.
Expands circumstances under which Commissioner of Education may appoint State monitor to provide oversight of public school district.
Eliminates the role of the State Board of Education in the appeal of Commissioner of Education decisions in disputes arising under the State school laws.
Provides that the Department of Education will enter into any contract with preschool providers for Abbott district students.
Amends and supplements the "New Jersey Parentage Act;" requires blood and genetic testing under certain circumstances.
Exempts academic employees at public institutions of higher education from prohibition against accepting honorarium and reimbursement for travel expenses under "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law."
Prohibits smoking in motor vehicle with child present.
Permits in-person wagering at casinos on results of professional sports events, subject to voter approval.
Permits State Treasurer to enter into a public-private partnership providing certain concession rights to private parties or a public-public partnership under same terms and conditions; directs that proceeds of this transaction be used for reduction of S
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
Changes statutory provisions regarding who may intrepret and perform evoked potentials or nerve conduction studies.
Modifies graduated drivers' license law.
Prohibits organized delivery systems from denying participation in network to imaging centers willing to meet terms of contract.
Increases role of Commission on Higher Education in the planning and development of higher education in the State.
Designates "Who says you can't go home," by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, as State song.
Establishes "Victim-Witness Scholarship Fund;" establishes "Witness Protection Fund;" and concerns State forfeiture funds.
Upgrades penalties for tampering with witnesses and informants.
Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law.
Allows certified public accountants licensed in other states to practice public accountancy and attest services in this State under certain circumstances.
Revises vicious and potentially dangerous dog law; designated Congo's Law.
Establishes Distressed Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Exempts members of fraternal benefit societies from insurance producer licensing requirements in certain circumstances.
Adds new causes of action for divorce based on irreconcilable differences.
Appropriates $3 million in federal funds for the Asian Longhorn Beetle Program.
Appropriates $750,000 in federal funds for the Gypsy Moth Program.
Revises laws concerning hate crimes and bullying; establishes Commission on Bullying in Schools.
Passed the Senate · 2
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.
Prohibits certain interactions and arrangements between student lending institutions and institutions of higher education.
Out of committee · 6
Permits certain for-profit entities to manage or operate cemeteries.
Lowers to 62 statutory qualifying age for low-income senior citizen State rental assistance grants.
Prohibits sale, use, and burning of creosote or creosote-treated products. *
Excludes certain commercial lines insurance risks from provisions of standard fire policy.
Extends TDI to provide family leave benefits for workers caring for sick family members, newborn and newly adopted children.
Enacts the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote."
In committee · 31
Provides that repayment of liquid assets by certain former constituent districts of dissolved limited purpose regional district be made over ten-year period.
Establishes advocacy pilot program for mentally ill offenders.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Expands certain powers of New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to establish and develop professional football league training facilities.
Requires the Governor's annual budget recommendations to establish the State share of public school costs at 50 percent by dedicating growth in certain State revenues.
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces.
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces, except casino floors and simulcasting facilities.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Allows certain undocumented aliens to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Newark City's plane crash costs.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Increases pension benefits for certain retirees in certain municipal retirement systems.
Increases PFRS disability, accidental death and special retirement benefits; increases members' contribution rate.
The "Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006."
Caps supplemental compensation for unused sick leave for school administrators at $15,000.
Permits appointment of municipal emergency management coordinator from contiguous or adjoining municipality.
Authorizes colorized stickers for Rutgers Alumni license plates.
The "New Jersey Consumers Terrorism Protection Insurance Coverage Act;" establishes minimum terrorism insurance policy provisions.
Establishes pilot program to provide tax credits for contributions to entities which provide tuition scholarships to children residing in Camden, Newark, Orange, Trenton, Elizabeth, Paterson and Lakewood or fund innovative public school programs.
Permits direct shipping of alcoholic beverages from out of State to New Jersey consumers under certain conditions.
Changes date of all primary elections to first Tuesday after first Monday in February in years presidential election is held.
Requires licensing of mortgage solicitors; revises "New Jersey Licensed Lenders Act."
Requires policy on use of alternative dispute resolution for State agencies; expands duties of Dispute Settlement Office of Department of Public Advocate.
Provides that practice of chiropractic includes diagnosis and adjustment of articulations of spinal column and other joints.
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Enacts the "Civil Marriage and Religious Protection Act."
Establishes the "Healthy New Jersey Labor-Management" demonstration program.