Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
L. Grace Spencer
Sponsored
Became law1
Changes submission and notice requirements for short-term and long-term financing for environmental infrastructure projects.
Passed the General Assembly2
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options.
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.
Out of committee12
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings.* .
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.
Requires video cameras at certain ATMs.
Establishes Study Commission on Gender Pay Discrimination.
Exempts person who remediates property in environmental opportunity zone from remediation funding source requirement.
Authorizes additional $90 million worth of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program tax credits.*
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Establishes restricted use driver's license endorsement for certain motor vehicle offenders with suspended license.
Appropriates $20 million from societal benefits charge to DEP for drinking water infrastructure improvements and lead abatement in City of Newark.
Establishes fee on single-use carryout bags used in certain stores and dedicates fee revenue to "Healthy Schools and Community Lead Abatement Fund."*
Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll.
In committee57
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Establishes Distressed Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Fund.
Increases minimum wage.
Provides enhanced penalties for certain crimes when victim is 65 years of age or older, or disabled.
Requires criminal history record check of school district volunteers.
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Concerns regulation of solid waste, hazardous waste, and recycling industries.
Concerns combined sewer overflows; establishes Combined Sewer Overflow Solutions Fund; exempts improvements thereto from 2% property tax cap; and appropriates $5 million.
Authorizes creation of stormwater utilities for certain local government entities.
Requires owner or operator of industrial establishment applying for de minimis exemption from "Industrial Site Recovery Act" to certify as to no actual knowledge of contamination exceeding remediation standards.
"Comprehensive Regulated Grease Recycling Act."
Provides certain exemptions from sales and use tax for hybrid electric vehicles, compressed natural gas vehicles, and equipment used for refueling or recharging certain vehicles.
Requires DEP to update Shore Protection Master Plan.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge expelled from a public sewer system or public sewage treatment plant are not hazardous substances for purposes of "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Requires use of constitutionally dedicated moneys to fund conversion of certain diesel vehicles to compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or electric vehicles.
Increases penalties for careless driving when violation results in injury or death to pedestrian.
The "Preserve New Jersey Act of 2013"; implements constitutional dedication of sales tax revenue for open space, including flood prone areas, farmland, and historic preservation purposes.
Imposes water consumption and diversion user fees to fund open space and farmland preservation projects.
Concerns environmental permits in burdened communities.
Requires consideration of increased property value due to dune construction in determining compensation provided for condemned beachfront property.
Permits fifth and sixth class counties to assume control and responsibility for operation and maintenance of beaches bordering Atlantic Ocean unless control and responsibility are reserved by a municipality.
Repeals law providing CAFRA permit exemption for certain grading or excavation of a dune.
Provides exemption for commercial and institutional solid waste generators from source separation requirements of municipal recycling ordinances if recyclable materials are otherwise recycled pursuant to certain conditions and requirements.
The "Emergency Disaster Relief Act of 2013"; appropriates $100 million.
Establishes "Environmental Justice Advisory Council."
Requires PANYNJ to conduct noise and land use compatibility survey.
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2014," authorizes bonds for $200 million; appropriates $5,000.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Establishes an animal abuser registration system.
Makes various changes to the "Law Against Discrimination"; repeals section 4 of P.L.1985, c.73.
Provides for 30-day period for filing notice of appeal on matters adjudicated in municipal courts.
"Equitable Permit Extension Act of 2014."
Clarifies that certain offenders who drive during periods of license suspension are eligible for certain alternatives to incarceration.
Requires training for constables.
Provides enhanced penalties for drunk drivers with blood alcohol concentration of 0.17% or greater.
Provides for notification of next-of-kin in event of death of senior citizen in senior housing facility.
Increases penalty for operating motor vehicle equipped with television located or positioned so screen is visible to the driver.
Authorizes waiver of license revocation process for certain child support obligors.
Requires certain school buses to be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts.
Concerns conveyance of certain State-owned lands.
Prohibits contribution action against local public entity for cleanup and removal costs or any other damages associated with discharge of hazardous substances.
The "Adopt a Stormwater Management Basin Act."
Allows persons on parole and probation to vote; provides registration assistance to persons on probation, parolees, and persons completing sentences.
Authorizes educational service providers to provide in-district special education instructional programs.
Requires composting or recycling of food waste by large volume generators.
Removes anhydrous ammonia used for refrigeration as substance regulated by "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act"; eliminates DOLWD licensing for operators of refrigerating plants using anhydrous ammonia.
Requires certain coaches to successfully complete youth football league training course; requires DOH to approve course.
Allows defendant to apply for expungement of more than one crime under certain circumstances.
Provides that county prosecutors receive annual salaries in amount equal to annual salary of full time Superior Court Assignment Judge.
Concerns random drug testing of certain inmates.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for enrollment at a New Jersey college or university.
Includes boarding of guard dogs in definition of kennel; increases license fees for kennels and pet shops.
Requires parents of children receiving subsidized child care services or enrolled in preschool to complete nutrition education classes.
Authorizes court to waive certain fees, offer mediation as sentence; authorizes defendant information in presentence report; requires benefits be considered in juvenile plan.
Establishes bed bug inspection requirements for certain residential rental property.
Requires DCA to issue regulations and conduct inspections for bed bugs; provides loan forgiveness for remediation of bed bug infestations in certain properties.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
Exempts person who remediates property in environmental opportunity zone from remediation funding source requirement.
Requires report on status of lead-safe program in DCA.*
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in certain housing facilities.*
Authorizes additional $90 million worth of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program tax credits.*
Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll.
Vetoed1
Establishes restricted use driver's license endorsement for certain motor vehicle offenders with suspended license.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Prohibits installation and sale of wheel weights containing lead or mercury; prohibits sale of new motor vehicles equipped with wheel weights containing lead or mercury.
Ensures project deadline fairness, enhances transparency, and establishes foreclosure protection and mortgage relief program for Superstorm Sandy- impacted victims.*
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Concerns Code Blue alert plans to shelter at-risk individuals. *
Permits a victim or witness of any age to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances in prosecutions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and certain other crimes.*
Requires local governments and authorities to obtain financing cost estimate from NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust for certain projects.*
Requires DLPS to establish and make available to law enforcement agencies cultural diversity training materials and online tutorial.*
Establishes Chief Diversity Officer to monitor participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.*
Requires AG and county prosecutor to provide notification on website concerning persons indicted or prosecuted for crimes under certain circumstances.*
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
Makes changes to funding provisions for financial assistance and grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*
Establishes hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold on international airport property.
Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant.
Provides diamondback terrapins protection as nongame indigenous species.
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Requires Internet-connected baby monitors to include security features.
Permits smoking in certain facilities for purpose of medical or health-related scientific research.
Vetoed · 4
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program.*
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Passed the General Assembly · 19
Increases New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit to 40 percent of federal benefit amount beginning in Tax Year 2016.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.*
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
Amends law concerning application, sale, and use of fertilizer to exempt organic fertilizer from certain requirements.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.
Authorizes municipalities to establish program for public or private financing of certain energy, water and storm resiliency projects under PACE program through use of voluntary special assessments for certain property owners.*
Requires posting of signs warning of presence of, and potential danger caused by, duckweed on water bodies in public parks.
"Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act"; permits qualified terminally ill patient to self-administer medication to end life in humane and dignified manner.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Prohibits juror disqualification based on gender identity or sexual orientation; codifies procedures when discriminatory use of peremptory challenges is alleged.*
Out of committee · 35
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Implements 2014 constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for certain environmental purposes; revises State's open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Revises treatment requirements for convicted drug offenders receiving general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.*
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Requires corporations qualifying for certain State development subsidy grants to repay entire grant amount if corporation fails to uphold grant terms.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.
"Lactation Consultants Licensing Act."
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million.
Authorizes Drinking Water Quality Institute to study and recommend maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane to DEP.
Imposes certain requirements on use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement agencies.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.
Establishes a small business job creation and preservation account program to incentivize small business workforce expansion in New Jersey with income tax exclusions for interest.
The "Smart Container Act."
Requires Public Health Council to promulgate rules and regulations for use of quality control programs in bio-analytical and clinical laboratories.
Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.
Increases flexibility, clarity, and available tools of optional municipal consolidation process.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Requires DOH regulations regarding elevated blood lead levels in children, and appropriate responses thereto, to be consistent with latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Removes black bear from list of game species.
Creates public awareness campaign concerning risks associated with unsecured, Internet-connected baby monitors.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
Establishes "New Jersey Investing in You Promise Neighborhood Commission"; appropriates $2 million.
Requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover; establishes educational program on lead hazards.
Requires racial and ethnic impact statement for certain bills and regulations affecting sentencing.
In committee · 73
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Permits appointment of certain nonpermanent firefighters laid off for reasons of economy to vacant paid positions.
Requires certain entities to be equipped with generators and allows those entities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate for child born in New Jersey to active duty service member.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses which employ eligible apprentices.
Makes various changes to tenure of faculty and other professional staff at State and county colleges.
Prohibits "gay panic" defense for murder; prevents reduction of murder charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion under certain circumstances.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Requires State Auditor to conduct audit of fees charged by public institutions of higher education.
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online a
Requires all elected or appointed local government officers to receive ethics training.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Establishes insurance and safety requirements for companies that use digital network or software application to match passengers with drivers.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Extends statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands the categories of potentially liable defendants; and revives certain actions.
Removes statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands categories of defendants liable in such actions.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
Permits municipalities to enact ordinance prohibiting operation of drones under certain circumstances.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Requires water purveyors to notify municipalities they service regarding water supply and water quality issues.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Increases age for helmet requirement for bicycling, roller skating, and skateboarding to 17 and younger; extends helmet requirement to ice skaters and operators of non-motorized scooters.
Upgrades lewdness to fourth degree crime if committed in public rest room.
Criminalizes purchase or possession of firearms ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes.
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.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Requires insurers writing homeowners insurance policies in the State to offer certain coverage for heating oil tanks.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.
Removes plenary retail distribution license limit for certain stores.
Requires report and public hearing prior to DEP recommendation of site for inclusion on Superfund list.
Establishes renewable energy portfolio standards.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Clarifies procedures for restoration of driver's license after suspension; authorizes the court to waive imprisonment under certain circumstances.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank Fund and Clean Energy and Infrastructure Modernization Fund within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Authorizes water supply public-private partnerships.
"Port Support Zone Act of 2015.
Requires that school district's request for permission to use unrecognized position title include list of abolished positions and positions in which there have been layoffs and detailed job descriptions for them.
Requires registration, inspection, testing, cleaning, and disinfection of cooling towers to control outbreaks of Legionnaire's Disease.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
Allows corporation business tax or gross income tax credits to developers for certain capital investments for repurposing qualified health care facilities.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood and urine testing.
Authorizes Attorney General to impose fine against institution of higher education that fails to appropriately respond to a student's allegation of sexual assault by another student.
Permits court to order involuntary outpatient treatment in any county; concerns patient compliance with taking medication.
Requires insurance coverage for magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer.
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.
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
Creates Office of Sustainability.
Establishes civil penalty for certain unlawful conduct.
Establishes microgrid pilot program.
Requires DOH to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Eliminates 15% fee charged by cemetery company on transfer of graves, crypts and niches.
"Healthcare Disclosure and Transparency Act."
Codifies AG recommendations for issuing Amber Alert when family member abducts child.
Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires employees of private entity with access to student information under contract with DOE, school districts, or charter schools to undergo criminal background check.
Requires nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to a local law enforcement.
Requires public and nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Eliminates partial and full State intervention under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum.
Authorizes medical marijuana for treatment of dysmenorrhea.
Requires electronic prescribing systems to default to three-day supply of opioid drugs, with ability for prescribers to issue prescriptions in any authorized quantity deemed medically appropriate.
Requires child care centers to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Filed · 1
Revises State's open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs; implements 2014 constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for certain environmental purposes.