Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Raymond J. Lesniak
Sponsored
Became law8
Permits liquor licensees to employ certain ex-offenders in certain positions without a special permit.
Eliminates prosecutorial objection to admission to drug court program; expands eligibility and provides for phased in mandatory drug court program.***
Extends for 18 months application submission deadline to EDA for review and approval of certain construction projects involving public institutions of higher education.
Establishes summary action to foreclose mortgages on vacant and abandoned residential property.
"New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Provider Demonstration Project Act."
Declares violence a public health crisis. and establishes "Study Commission on Violence."*
Exempts certain veterinary students from compliance with veterinary practice licensure laws.
Requires DOE to prepare and distribute informational pamphlets on how parents can limit a child's exposure to media violence.
Vetoed8
Imposes certain registration and reporting requirements to prevent illegal trade of tigers.
Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial services employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher education institutions
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act"; provides expedited process for foreclosing abandoned residential properties.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires HMFA to expand participation in the NJ HomeKeeper Program.
Extends moratorium on the imposition of Statewide non-residential development fees until 2016; establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."**
Out of committee14
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Eliminates requirement to mail general, primary and school election sample ballots to voters who register to vote by mail.
Authorizes Internet gaming at Atlantic City casinos under certain circumstances.*
Prohibits slaughter of horses and sale of horse flesh for human consumption.
Concerns regulation of grease recycling industry.
Revises definition of destructive device to include weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
Reduces number of voters for whom person can serve as messenger; limits to three number of voted mail-in ballots transmittable by bearer; modifies conviction standard under vote by mail law.
Concerns certain appeals of unemployment benefits determinations.
Clarifies that the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act" applies to real estate transactions.
Protects minors by prohibiting counseling attempts to change sexual orientation.
Requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in black bear habitat under certain circumstances, including garbage collection, and prohibits certain actions that would result in feeding of black bears.
"New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013."**
Permits charter school to limit admission to students with a substance abuse or dependence disorder.
"New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act II of 2013."
In committee28
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act;" alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV Companies.
Prohibits public and private employers from automatically disqualifying ex-offenders from employment.
Revises sales and use tax to enumerate certain persons deemed to be sellers responsible for collection of sales and use tax and to clarify tax collection responsibilities of certain other persons and agents.
Requires parole board under certain circumstances to release inmates not convicted of a violent crime under the No Early Release Act at the time of parole eligibility.
Establishes the "New Jersey Foreclosure to Affordable Housing Transformation Act."
Concerns regulation of solid waste, hazardous waste, and recycling industries.
Provides for awarding of certain incentives to persons making certain investments and creating certain jobs and revises sales and use tax to enumerate certain persons presumed to be sellers; makes an appropriation.
Provides temporary deferral of certain sales and use tax collection responsibilities of certain persons making certain investments and creating certain jobs.
Requires police to provide certain reports free of charge to crime victims.
Provides for issuance of certificate of rehabilitation to certain offenders with substance abuse disorders.
Establishes process to bar certain health care providers from receiving reimbursement under PIP.
Prohibits the sale and possession of shark fins.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to fund mandatory drug court.
Removes limit on amount or value of bingo prizes.
Requires Division of Addiction Services to grant residential drug treatment program licenses to certain programs operating in State correctional facilities and county jails.
Clarifies responsibility of Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund for pedestrian personal injury protection claims.
Requires electric and gas public utilities to file maps and information concerning utility infrastructure with municipal emergency management personnel.
"Public Utility Reliability Investment Act"; requires public utilities to file infrastructure improvement plans to increase service reliability with BPU.
Provides three years of partial funding to urban enterprise zone assistance fund for Hurricane Sandy relief.
Establishes Job Opportunity Benefit Program to provide tax credits to certain businesses having large number of employees in the State.
Establishes alternatives to monetary bail for certain criminal offenders.
Permits charter schools to establish an enrollment preference for certain student populations and requires a uniform application for admission to a charter school which will be prescribed by the Commissioner of Education.
Requires veterinarians to provide written prescriptions and certain notifications.
Recognizes same-sex marriages entered into outside the State.
Establishes $800,000,000 program of tax credits for qualified residential projects; restricts $200,000,000 for 100 percent-dedicated affordable housing.
Restricts coverage of opioid drugs under workers' compensation system and personal injury protection coverage under automobile insurance.
Prohibits sale and possession of shark fins; and allows in NJ the processing or sale of wild striped bass caught outside of NJ.
Authorizes licensing of operators to provide restricted foreign Internet wagering under certain circumstances.
Filed1
Requires BPU, under certain circumstances, to issue a decision within 180 days after receipt of petition by public utilities to sell certain real property.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Provides immunity from civil liability to certain individuals who acquire or use an automated external defibrillator.
Increases compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Increases amount of tax credits authorized to be issued under Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program and extends application deadline.*
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Authorizes award of attorney's fees and expenses in landlord-tenant actions under certain circumstances.*
The "Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act."
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education.***
Vetoed · 2
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Out of committee · 16
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
"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 treatment, discharge, disposal, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
Alex DeCroce's Law, enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." *
"Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act"; eliminates criminal liability for persons who seek medical assistance in response to drug overdose.*
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
"Kulesh, Kubert's, and Bolis' Law; " establishes violation of hands-free cell phone law as reckless under vehicular homicide and assault by auto statutes.*
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and in State tuition rate.
"New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act."
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters.*
Requires submission of certain mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Permits two or more candidates for school board member to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot for same term.
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.
In committee · 24
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Permits farm wineries to create alternating proprietorship for production of wine.
Increases the penalty for hindering the apprehension or prosecution of an offender.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Requires court to consider gang affiliation when making bail determinations.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Increases penalties for counterfeiting if the offense creates risk of bodily injury, serious bodily injury or death; creates new offense within Criminal Code of counterfeiting products related to health.
Extends Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Premium Assistance Fund and collection of annual surcharges for 5 years.
Revises sales and use tax to specify certain persons deemed to be sellers and to clarify tax collection responsibilities of certain other persons and agents.
Requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified material.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites.
Revises penalties for drunk driving offenses and creates restricted use driver's license.
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 debt collectors, in certain circumstances, to cease debt collections against certain victims of identity theft.
Requires liability insurance for permit to possess certain dangerous animals.
Permits automatic expungement for certain persons completing a sentence to drug court under the special probation statute.
Directs BPU to adopt best practices and standards for public utility disaster response.
Allows certain undocumented aliens to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education.
"The Opportunity to Compete Act"; establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
Concerns earned sick leave.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Provides certain issuers of securities with exemption from registration.
The "Marriage Equality Act"; recognizes same-sex marriage.