Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
L. Grace Spencer
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly6
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options.
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.
Requires criminal history record check of school district volunteers.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Establishes crime of entering into certain restricted airport areas.
Allows licensing authorities to grant a license to certain child support obligors under certain circumstances.*
Out of committee7
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain minimum three foot safety distance when overtaking bicycles.
Authorizes court to waive certain fees, offer mediation as sentence; authorizes defendant information in presentence report; reduces certain expungement waiting periods; requires benefits be considered in juvenile plan. *
Authorizes waiver of license revocation process for certain child support obligors.*
Requires holder of rental security deposit account to provide second notice before account is deemed abandoned under the "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act."
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Requires services be provided for sexually exploited juveniles charged with certain offenses; creates an affirmative defense regarding prostitution.*
Establishes NJ Advisory Council on End-of-Life Care in DHSS.
In committee32
Establishes a gross income tax credit for enrollment at a New Jersey college or university.
Modifies elements of the crime of stalking.
Requires readings at two separate meetings before final passage of a policy by a board of education.
Requires non-custodial parent to purchase health benefits coverage for child.
Requires social studies teachers to complete training in African-American studies.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Establishes Distressed Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Fund.
Increases minimum wage.
Establishes Office of Minority Teacher Recruitment in Department of Education.
Authorizes educational service providers to provide in-district special education instructional programs.
Provides enhanced penalties for drunk drivers with blood alcohol concentration of 0.17% or greater.
Establishes the California fine particle standard as State standard.
Provides enhanced penalties for certain crimes when victim is 65 years of age or older, or disabled.
Allows persons on parole and probation to vote; provides registration assistance to persons on probation, parolees, and persons completing sentences.
Clarifies intent of Legislature to protect certain senior tenants; aligns housing age restrictions with federal law.
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Revises approval process for rate changes applicable to medical malpractice liability insurance.
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Clarifies definition of "managerial executives" and "confidential employees" in the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act."
Requires boards of education to calculate body mass index for students in first, fourth, seventh, and tenth grades.
Reduces waiting period to expunge disorderly and petty disorderly persons offenses from five to two years.
Requires HIV testing for offense of engaging in prostitution.
Provides for automatic expungement of records of certain juveniles adjudicated delinquent for engaging in prostitution.
Requires persons who transport, store, or sell secondhand mattresses to encase mattresses with protective materials.
Provides that when Lieutenant Governor also serves as Secretary of State election-related cases will be decided by administrative law judge whose decision will not be reviewable by Secretary of State.
Prohibits sex offenders from being placed in family homeless shelters.
Permits and regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
Prohibits imposition of sewerage service connection fee by regional sewerage authorities and public utilities upon certain municipalities and boards of education.
Establishes additional consumer protections in health club services contracts.
Permits health care professionals licensed in another state or territory but not NJ to provide health care services on voluntary basis in NJ under certain circumstances.
Requires health benefits coverage for telemedicine services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Makes certain requirements concerning downhill skiing.
Establishes NJ Advisory Council on End-of-Life Care in DHSS.
Requires services be provided for sexually exploited juveniles charged with certain offenses; creates an affirmative defense regarding prostitution.*
Vetoed1
Authorizes waiver of license revocation process for certain child support obligors. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Permits hiring of certain laid off law enforcement officers without utilizing Civil Service lists. *
Establishes a permanent Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Disqualifies member of board of education or member of charter school board of trustees for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation. *
Includes midwives within definition of "licensed person" for purposes of affidavits of merit in certain actions filed on or after effective date.
The "Banking Development District Act."
Imposes certain bail restrictions on persons charged with violating domestic violence restraining orders.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Requires DCF to provide information on home visitation resources and shaken baby syndrome to parents of newborn infants. *
Modifies procedures available under the Drug Offender Restraining Order Act.
Streamlines process for State and local agency business permits related to economic development projects.
Authorizes sale and lease of unneeded public property to certain nonprofits for gardening and urban farming and exempts such urban farms from property taxation.
Establishes State Mental Health Facilities Evaluation Task Force.
Requires Department of State to create uniform application form for use by small businesses to apply for certain State financial assistance programs.*
Provides corporation with right to renounce corporate opportunity doctrine.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by veterans.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Revises provisions of "Franchise Practices Act" relating to motor vehicle franchises.
Requires certain qualifications for employment as a surgical technologist.
Vetoed · 12
Creates Juvenile Transfer Task Force.
Provides single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula and establishes airline-specific sales fraction.
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.
Requires AG to study and report on graduated driver's license program. *
Amends Fiscal Year 2011 annual appropriations act to require filing of application for expansion of Medicaid coverage for family planning services.
Establishes the Workforce Shortage Loan Redemption Program.
Creates "Back to Work NJ Program"; makes an appropriation.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
Revises definition of class I renewable energy to include energy produced by certain geothermal heat pumps. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Increase gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 for taxable years 2011 and 2012 and expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers beginning in 2011.
Passed the General Assembly · 11
Prohibits application of certain temporary tattoos. *
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Permits surety companies to issue blanket bonds for municipal treasurers and tax collectors, and municipal court judges and administrators.
Provides State recognition of certain Indian tribes for certain limited purposes, establishes process for future recognition of tribes and revises membership and duties of New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs.
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
Extends suspension of Statewide non-residential development fee to October 30, 2010.
Establishes a civil cause of action for gender-motivated violence.
Requires carriers to clarify whether medically necessary procedures are covered benefits and remit certain payments to hospitals for services rendered.
Maintains right of corporate directors and officers to indemnification under certain circumstances.
Transfers $5,000,000 of unexpended balance from Purchase of Service for Inmates Incarcerated in County Penal Facilities account in Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Appropriations Act and appropriates that amount for Women's Health and Family Planning Services.
"Healthcare Transparency and Disclosure Act." *
Out of committee · 34
Establishes new motorcycle safety provisions.
Concerns priority of claims against certain insured tortfeasors as between insurer paying PIP benefits and injured party.
Establishes program for directing motorists to agricultural tourism establishments.*
Permits limited pharmacy sales of syringes and needles without a prescription.
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Authorizes credit unions to serve as depositories of public funds; requires credit unions to provide certain funds for financial literacy education.*
Allows students with disabilities to bring service animal to school.*
Expands jurisdiction of municipal arson investigators.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family motor vehicle license plates for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.*
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
Requires the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to biannually compile information on school facilities project contracts awarded to minority and female contractors.
Delays effective date of provision authorizing certain inmates to be released on parole six months early.
Requires local unit or authority to provide director of the Division of Local Government Services with report concerning law suits to which it is a party before budget is approved.
Permits sale of motorcycles on Sunday.
Authorizes any local unit to adopt an ordinance authorizing special emergency appropriations for the payment of contractually required severance liabilities, resulting from the layoff or retirement of employees, over 5 years.
Requires inmates be provided with medical discharge summary before release.*
Provides for development of searchable "Bulletin NJ" local public bidding and employment database.
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
Increases workers' compensation for loss of hand or foot.
Revises financial assistance under Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant Program; repeals requirement to study implementation.
Provides for minor and her child to remain together as family unit in DYFS placement.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
Designates March 13 of each year as "K9 Veterans Day."
Allows for unemployment insurance beneficiaries to file, reopen, cancel or close claims online.
Permits small, women or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
Removes statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands categories of defendants liable in such actions.*
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS.
Appropriates $14,818,787 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Requires certain disclosures by health care professionals.
Revises the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Establishes Grow New Jersey Assistance Program to provide tax credits to certain businesses; changes eligibility and certain other requirements for other business assistance programs; authorizes transfer of certain real property.*
Revises law concerning certain professional and occupational licenses.
Extends expiration date of certain permits pursuant to the "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
In committee · 75
Requires DHSS to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Requires insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer.
Requires certain cities of the second class to establish a Second Chance Council to develop a plan to increase jobs for released criminals and high school dropouts.
Establishes timeframes for certain stages in interest arbitration procedures.
Extends time period for renewal of lapsed alcoholic beverage retail licenses.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Makes various changes to the "Law Against Discrimination"; repeals section 4 of P.L.1985, c.73.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Establishes permissive inferences related to conduct that serves as predicate to sex offenses against minors.
Upgrades certain sex crimes against minors.
Authorizes the court to credit an indigent person under certain circumstances.
Requires staff of shelters for victims of domestic violence and emergency shelters for homeless to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Changes title of animal cruelty investigator to "municipal humane law enforcement officer" and defines term in statute.
Prohibits businesses that outsource jobs overseas from receiving State contracts or grants; prohibits investment of State funds in such businesses.
Provides for automatic expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances.
Provides for attachment of real property relating to terrorism.
Extends eligibility for certain benefits to veterans who performed active service in U.S. Armed Forces during Cold War.
Includes security fraud as violation of consumer fraud act.
Establishes Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education.
Modifies laws concerning inmate income and complaints; creates uniform identification cards for attorneys to enter State correctional facilities.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Upgrades lewdness to fourth degree crime if committed in public rest room.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Requires public bodies to provide funds for outreach and training programs for minority group members and women in connection with certain construction contracts.
Requires ATM facilities to be equipped with access to emergency telephone service.
Requires ATM operators to disclose balance inquiry fees.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Increases amount of Transportation Trust Fund monies that may be used for salaries and overhead of DOT and NJT.
Establishes standardized energy audit and training program.
Eliminates 15% fee charged by cemetery company on transfer of graves, crypts and niches.
Permits direct shipping of wine to New Jersey consumers.
Creates eight additional judgeships; increases certain court fees to fund judgeships and to supplement funding for Legal Services of New Jersey.
Removes confidential employee status of certain Casino Control Commission employees.
Exempts sales to homeowner assistance and recovery programs from realty transfer fees.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
The "Abandoned Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Act."
Permits municipalities to defer 100% of payment of property taxes owed by senior citizen homeowners enrolled in PAAD.
The "Debt-Management Services Act of New Jersey."
Requires municipalities to include unique identifier on signs at certain handicapped parking spots.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Requires training for constables.
Changes "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner" in new sections of law and revisions to current law; requires counties to change terms on website.
Requires MVC to notify Medicaid if driver's license of medical transportation services provider is suspended or revoked.
Establishes 180 day prohibition on purchase of handgun for certain individuals who fail to report loss or theft of firearm.
Designates walking as New Jersey State Exercise.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools and public facilities.
Establishes five-year tax credit program to support expansion of preschool in school districts.
Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized use of images or likeness of minors and establishes civil action.
Establishes NJ Animal Abuser Registry.
Expands category of lists from which a single juror source list is compiled to include recipients of cash assistance or food stamps.
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network; amends RICO to add leader of a dog fighting network.
Requires all personal audio players distributed in New Jersey to contain warning about volume and hearing loss.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Permits appointment of certain nonpermanent firefighters laid off for reasons of economy to vacant paid positions.
Provides for termination of child support obligation upon certain conditions.
Establishes "Blue Ribbon Panel to Review New Jersey's Driver License Suspension Laws."
Amends law concerning conversion of age-restricted communities to define substantial detriment and makes other clarifications.
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.
"New Jersey Healthcare Exchange Act."
Directs NJTA to reduce tolls no longer required for payment of Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project.
Authorizes donation of forfeited bicycles to charities.
Requires ignition interlock device to be installed on vehicle owned or leased by drunk driver only after period of driver's license suspension.
Clarifies that conviction of refusal to submit to breathalyzer constitutes prior conviction for sentencing purposes under drunk driving law.
Increases gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 and dedicates revenue from tax rate increase for direct real property tax relief for taxpayers.
Requires court appearance for certain motor vehicle offenses that occur in school zone.
Permits direct shipping by wineries and creates Out-of-State Winery license.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana.
Extends limited protection from certain penalties if medical assistance is sought for drug overdose victim in certain cases.
Filed · 1
Phases-in single sales fraction for corporation business tax income allocation formula over three years and establishes airline-specific sales fraction.