Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Gail Phoebus
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Extends protections of the new vehicle "lemon law" to new farm tractors purchased or leased in New Jersey.*
"New Jersey Rural Microenterprise Act." *
Concerns authority of DOLWD to inspect prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.
Amends law concerning county and municipal stream cleaning activities.
Establishes program to provide assistance to qualified veterans in in-patient and out-patient treatment programs to travel to medical counseling in State.*
Requires warning sign to be posted at pontoon boat rental businesses; designated as "Christopher's Law."
Vetoed · 2
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to review construction work on public utilities.*
Passed the General Assembly · 1
Extends post-military service protection against mortgage foreclosure.
Out of committee · 17
Authorizes Sunday bow hunting on federal military installations and William J. Hughes Technical Center.*
Establishes DOT roadside memorial program for fallen police officers, sheriff's officers, EMS workers, and firefighters; designated as "Patrolman Joseph Wargo's Law.**
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Designates State Route 173 between Clinton and Phillipsburg as "173rd Airborne Brigade Highway."
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Exempts board of education and local government payments to entities under BPU jurisdiction from certain certification requirements.*
Permits high performing school districts to be monitored by the DOE under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) every seven years rather than every three years.
Requires certain information regarding Down syndrome be provided to certain parents and families.
Requires nursing homes to obtain form designating beneficiary of personal needs allowance accounts from incoming and current residents.
Increases monetary amounts for transfer of estate assets without administration and for exemption from debts of the deceased.*
Permits unregulated solicitation to perform snow shoveling within 24 hours of predicted snowstorm.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
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.
Allows businesses due to receive grant under Business Employment Incentive Program to receive tax credit instead of grant.
Requires school district or charter school to provide notification to parent or guardian of enrolled student on upcoming administration of State assessments or commercially-developed standardized assessments.
Requires DOE on its website to link to Department of Treasury's website where list is maintained of all third party individuals and vendors employed or retained for work associated with State assessments.
In committee · 98
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Prohibits State departments and agencies from considering or requiring compliance by Highlands planning area municipalities with Highlands regional master plan in certain circumstances.
Clarifies that licensed dealers may provide firearms for display at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.
Sunsets "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" five years after date of enactment unless certain conditions are met.
Requires physicians to provide patients opportunity to undergo obstetrical ultrasound or sonogram within 48 hours of performing abortion.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Requires public referendum prior to issuance of general obligation bonds by local units.
Requires proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain certain benefits.
Repeals certain restrictions on future retail sales of handguns.
Requires certain public entities to issue requests for proposals for purchase of certain insurance products and services; requires disclosure of commissions paid.
Provides for direct property tax relief from Highlands Property Tax Stabilization Fund.
Increases filing threshold and the applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Permits county correctional facilities to seek reimbursement from inmate welfare fund for certain medical services provided in county jails.
Repeals "Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act."
Authorizes municipalities that petition for or receive substantive certification pursuant to the "Fair Housing Act" to make certain affordable housing units available on a preferential basis to certain eligible persons.
Provides that no more than four of the seven public members appointed to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council may be of the same political party.
Allows for exclusion of certain properties from Highlands preservation area.
Repeals sections of law pertaining to transfer of civil service and non-civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency.
Concerns hazardous waste transporter fee.
Eliminates expansion of preschool education programs in "School Funding Reform Act of 2008."
Exempts contaminated and industrially-zoned sites from affordable housing rules.
Prohibits the imposition of affordable housing need and related fees upon the local transfer or move of a business.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 7% to 6%.
Increases membership of Fish and Game Council and clarifies it has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Eliminates seniority in Civil Service and other jurisdictions for reductions in force in certain circumstances.
Requires women incarcerated in county correctional facilities to cover full cost of abortion.
Provides for drug testing of adult recipients of Work First New Jersey program benefits.
Expands range of local units eligible to join an insurance fund established by a municipality or county under certain circumstances.
Replaces references to Civil Service Commission with chairperson of commission to clarify duties and responsibilities of chairperson.
Expands scope of review of Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission.
Provides that certain absentee ballots will be counted if received within ten days of election.
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee and one percent fee on transfers of certain commercial real estate and tax on sale of controlling interests in certain commercial real property.
Establishes motor vehicle registration for street rods and custom motor vehicles.
Exempts employees and school board members of federal impact aid districts from certain out-of-state travel restrictions.
Repeals requirement for general hospitals and State psychiatric hospitals to hold annual public meetings.
Restricts use of electronic benefit cards by cash assistance recipients.
Concerns alternate methods of wage payment.
Requires access to law enforcement guidelines for processing firearms permit applications upon public records request.
Directs AG to enter into agreement with U.S. Attorney General to empower certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
Requires eligibility checklist and audit for enrollment in PERS of certain public employees who provide professional services; imposes fine on certifying officer or supervisor for ineligible enrollments.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Allows gross income tax refunds to be credited against a taxpayer's delinquent local property taxes.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
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.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to accommodate and relocate facilities when necessary for transportation infrastructure projects at direction of DOT.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Authorizes issuance of duplicate firearms purchaser identification cards for change of address with certain proof.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Provides for no net loss of DEP lands for fishing, hunting, and trapping purposes.
Concerns proof of workers' compensation coverage with certain legally required annual reports of employers.
Requires voter registration forms be made available when applying for hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
Prohibits use of public funds for embryonic stem cell research.
Repeals the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote."
Provides "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" exemption, and clarifies municipal planning or zoning authority, for certain development along commercial corridors in Highlands Region.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Provides municipality with affordable housing credit toward its municipal fair share housing obligation for funds transferred to the New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund pursuant to P.L.2008, c.46.
Provides procedures for crediting certain dwellings used by agricultural workers in determination of municipality's fair share housing obligation.
"Property Assessment Appeal Transparency Act"; revises content of required annual notification of real property assessment.
Eliminates prohibition against purchasing more than one handgun in calendar month.
Prohibits release of illegal immigrants from correctional facilities.
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Authorizes Governor to enter into interstate compact to clarify Fourteenth Amendment.
Prohibits DOT from putting tolls on I-78 and I-80 and from transferring jurisdiction to independent authority or entity.
Allows county sheriffs to issue firearms identification cards and permits to purchase handguns; authorizes county sheriffs to accept applications for permits to carry handguns.
Authorizes chiefs of part-time municipal police forces to issue firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.
Revises "Administrative Procedure Act" concerning socio-economic impact statements for proposed rule-making.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren Counties, and requires existing bus stops to be used.
Amends and repeals certain parts of New Jersey firearm statutes.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Revises procedure for transferring motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Requires certain documentation as proof of voter identity to vote; updates procedures for challenging voters regarding proof of identity.
Requires preschool tuition rates equal actual cost per pupil.
Directs Secretary of State to work with chief elections official in other states to identify and eliminate duplicate voter registration records.
Establishes 80 as maximum age for issuing special handgun carry permits to retired police officers.
Requires State to recognize permits to carry handguns issued to certain New Jersey residents by other states.
Allows qualifying counties and municipalities to become "agriculture development counties" and "agriculture development municipalities" and provides certain associated resulting benefits therefrom to encourage, protect, and preserve agriculture and relate
Declares the rights of a parent to be fundamental and not subject to infringement by the State absent compelling need.
Revises definition of "antique firearm" to include handguns.
Designates "Franklinite" as official mineral of State of NJ.
Establishes State Transportation Cost Analysis Task Force.
Requires legislative approval of changes to core curriculum content standards and Statewide assessments.
The "School Safety and Security Act"; establishes penalties for certain criminal acts committed on school property.
Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Prohibits municipal ordinance to create sanctuary city; Establishes State and local employee ethics violation upon noncompliance with federal immigration enforcement request.
"Empower the Principal Act"; eliminates local school superintendents and prohibits schools from having more than one assitant or vice-principal.
Permits individuals to possess pepper spray in larger quantities for purpose of repelling aggressive bears.