Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
David P. Rible
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly2
Protects home addresses of law enforcement officers from being released by governmental entities.
Establishes "Blue Alert System."*
Out of committee1
Requires DOBI to provide notification of suspension or revocation of license or registration of third party administrators.
In committee54
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
Exempts military personnel receiving combat zone pay from the gross income tax.
Establishes penalties for manufacture, purchase or possession of certain keys.
Upgrades lewdness to fourth degree crime if committed in public rest room.
Establishes training wage.
Clarifies powers of public safety directors.
Requires all new State buildings to have solar or geothermal energy systems, where feasible.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Permits municipality to use proceeds of beach access fees for areas near beach facilities that are significantly affected by beach tourism; requires municipality to provide explanation of expenditures on website.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of lymphedema.
Establishes fourth degree crime of possessing firearms locator application; enhances penalty if such application is used in theft of firearm.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments not required under State or federal law.
Allows parent, guardian, or adult student to prevent disclosure of student information to certain entities.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop lists of approved testing vendors and commercially-developed standardized assessments for use by public school districts.
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching disabled vehicles displaying warning lights.
Establishes Office of Tourism Research; requires specific measures concerning tourism advertising, marketing, research, and tourism-related business training.
Authorizes creation of Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation license plates.
Establishes "Superstorm Sandy Homeowners Protection Act."
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."
Requires printed advertisements to bear the word "advertisement."
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Eliminates imposition of sales and use tax on charges for initiation fees, membership fees, or dues for access to or use of certain health and fitness clubs and organizations.
Requires electric public utilities to file with BPU and implement distribution infrastructure protection plans; prohibits rate increase pending implementation of plans.
Requires disclosure of all campaign contributions received and expenditures made by school board candidates.
Increases threshold value of surplus State-owned real property and easements above which legislative review and approval is required before sale.
Provides that videotaping of aggravated assault is a third degree crime.
Prohibits plea bargain if sex offender who committed Megan's Law offense would not be required to register.
Concerns attorney fees for workers' compensation awards.
Upgrades certain types of assault against sports officials to aggravated assault.
Clarifies police powers of railroad police officers and imposes training requirements.
Directs Commissioner of Education to study safety of school bus passengers in emergencies.
Establishes "County Career Technical Education Annual Recognition Awards" to annually recognize best programs implemented by county vocational school districts.
Requires criminal background check for name change and prohibits persons convicted of certain crimes from changing their name.
Establishes "Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards" to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
Extends certain benefits to family members of military members who died while in service.
Provides for automatic appointment of State legislators as notaries public.
"Addi's Law"; makes parent's conviction for murder of child's other parent grounds for termination of parental rights.
Permits issuance of nine alcoholic beverage licenses in three host municipalities located in Fort Monmouth redevelopment area.
Requires public and nonpublic school to provide student with more information about NJ STARS Program and improve notification of potenial eligibilty.
Exempts from reenrollment certain PERS retirees employed by boards of education.
Prohibits release of police internal investigation information under State's open public records law.
Requires driver education course to include instruction on interacting with law enforcement officer during traffic stop.
Requires DCA to collect information about State residents seeking affordable housing in State and provide that information to COAH.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
Provides that State contract for non-commercial sustaining announcements will be awarded as single contract for all State agencies without public advertising for bids.
Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Provides gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.
Revises certain Class Three special law enforcement officer appointment qualifications.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act"; establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank within NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; renames NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public and private assets in this State.*
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
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.
Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**
Establishes Military and Defense Economic Ombudsman in DMVA.*
"Secure Schools for All Children Act"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students.
Expands list of retired law enforcement officers eligible to carry handgun.
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Extends expiration date of certain permits for one year in Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties.
Permits animal facilities to use artificial turf in outdoor enclosures.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
Authorizes certain benefits for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Appropriates $2,900,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $32.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $7,500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Vetoed · 2
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Establishes an apprenticeship requirement to qualify for an electrical contractor's license.
Passed the General Assembly · 9
Eliminates certain sales restrictions on recreational vehicles.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.
Directs Commissioner of Education to encourage implementation of Natural High Drug Prevention Program in school districts.*
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Out of committee · 25
Requires health insurance coverage for treatment of substance use disorders; places certain restrictions on the prescription of opioid and certain other drugs; concerns continuing education related thereto.
Transfers management of PFRS to Board of Trustees of PFRS.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Provides PERS or PFRS member who continues to be volunteer firefighter or emergency services worker after retirement with employer from whom member retires has bona fide severance for compliance with State and federal law.*
Requires board of education to enter into agreement with law enforcement authorities regarding access to live video streams of public school buildings.
Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.
Requires 9-1-1 service facilities be equipped with Next Generation 9-1-1 system and provides funding for that purpose; makes texting the 9-1-1 emergency system without purpose of reporting need for 9-1-1 service a fourth degree crime.
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
Concerns employment status of certain truck operators.*
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 the New Jersey Film and Television Project and Employment Incentive Program.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Requires testing for infectious disease for certain persons who have been administered opioid antidote by first responder.
Establishes compensation program for law enforcement officers and certain other employees injured while performing official duties. *
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.
Allows filing of birth certificate to be delayed for religious reasons, for up to 15 days after birth, in order to allow for naming of child.
Establishes three-year nonpublic school pupil transportation pilot program in Lakewood School District to provide funding to consortium of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for district's mandated nonpublic school busing.
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Modifies State's solar renewable energy portfolio standards.*
Establishes pilot program appointing third party vendors to administer commercial driver license testing.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY 2017 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaison.
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for Gold Star families.
Allows hospice care programs to accept unused prescription medications for disposal under certain circumstances.
In committee · 127
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Authorizes Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to calculate affordable housing obligations.
Directs COAH to use growth share methodology to calculate fair share affordable housing need.
Establishes a grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Makes it unlawful for a private citizen to record a communication unless all parties to the communication have previously consented.
Establishes "Government Crowdfunding Act" to allow government entities to conduct fundraising for certain government projects.
Provides assistance to manufacturing businesses by having certain State agencies promote economic development and identify credentials needed for careers in modern manufacturing.
Provides that Secretary of State, as leader of tourism and economic development, will have authority to designate and prepare special commemorative day, week, month, or year for the State.
Appropriates $10 million to the DEP for Black Creek and Wreck Pond dredging.
Upgrades theft to a crime of the first degree if amount involved is $500,000 or more.
Appropriates $2 million in constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for hazardous substance discharge remediation to DEP for White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site cleanup in Monmouth County.
Allows siblings who share and equally co-own a primary residence to claim a joint homestead property tax reimbursement.
Changes State assistance to urban enterprise zones over seven years by increasing reduced sales tax in enterprise zones and dedicating increase to zone municipalities.
Permits demonstration county to terminate its participation in the "Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program."
Refines five-month window established by Supreme Court begins after trial court establishes standards.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Permits certain retired law enforcement officers to possess hollow nose ammunition.
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
Prohibits the unauthorized photographing or videotaping of a child.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Establishes publicly accessible Internet registry of offenders who cause bodily harm, or property theft or damage, against disabled persons, senior citizens, or veterans.
Amends and repeals certain parts of New Jersey firearm statutes.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Requires that sexual abuse against a child be reported to law enforcement officials.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Increases penalties for violations committed by provisional driver's license holder.
Permits voter registration up to 29 days before an election; reduces polling place hours by one hour in the morning.
Imposes criminal penalties for discharges of untreated sewage from containment devices installed on watercraft.
Clarifies enforcement responsibility of State Housing Code concerning multiple dwellings from municipalities to the State under the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law."
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Allows physicians to jointly negotiate with carriers over contractual terms and conditions.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain donated vehicles.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Clarifies law on ethical conduct of board of education members and school administrators and provides specific requirements for boards invoking doctrine of necessity.
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain seasonal employers.
Repeals the New Jersey estate tax.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights and Property Tax Reduction Act."
Increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $5 million over period of five years.
Exempts transfers of property to Class C beneficiaries from transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount under estate tax to $5,000,000 over five-year period.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools.
Establishes criminal penalties for unlawful control over weapons of any law enforcement officer and interference with equipment or duties of law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel.
Requires criminal history record background checks on certain volunteer sports personnel.
Exempts certain volunteer emergency service organizations from charitable contribution filing fees.
Provides that person who impersonates law enforcement officer and commits crime is guilty of third degree crime.
Designates portion of New Jersey Route No. 34 in Wall Township as the "Duncan Thecker Memorial Highway."
Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.
Revises "Contractors' Registration Act" to include water remediation services.
Makes revisions to the "Contractors' Registration Act."
Grants full police status to special agents in the Department of the Treasury; authorizes special agents to carry firearms at all times.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Increases filing threshold and the applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Provides for issuance of a uniform identification card for all law enforcement officers.
Requires disclosure of original purchase price for land to be sold to a county, county agriculture development board, or municipality for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Permits water supply service and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.
Requires municipal governing bodies and boards of education to provide sufficient time for all requested public comment at open public meetings.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Clarifies that chief of police or Superintendent of State Police has burden of proving applicant's disqualification for permit to purchase handgun or firearms purchaser identification card.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Prohibits dual elective office holding and holding of elective office and public office or position.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Removes requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal; requires certain novice drivers submit motor vehicle information to chief administrator.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimate ranges, specifies grounds for rejection of all bids, and requires 50% guaranty on bids; designated as the Fairness in Bidding Act.
Revises law concerning the rights and responsibilities of motor vehicle franchisees and franchisors.
Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Directs poison control and drug information program to establish clearinghouse of drug overdose information, report on trends, and provide education on safe storage and disposal of medications; appropriates $500,000.
Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.
Provides additional State school aid to county vocational school districts in which enrollment increases by more than 10%.
Provides State aid for certain adult education programs.
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Repeals statutory requirement of annual or biennial dog census.
Concerns Superstorm Sandy recovery.
Permits use of electronic smoking devices in vapor retail establishments.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.
Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders.
Eliminates statute of limitations in civil cases involving certain sexual offenses.
Prohibits public school fund-raising activities which include unsupervised door-to-door sales by students.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Allows planning and zoning board members to satisfy training requirements on Internet.
Permits municipalities to charge a fee to cover ancillary costs of traffic control; limits fee.
Requires law enforcement agency to issue retired law enforcement officer identification card to certain qualified retirees.
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.
Permits entry on adjoining property to make improvements or repairs in certain situations.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Requires tenure charges be filed against any public school employee found to have bullied a student and requires the employment of any nontenured public school employee be terminated for such activity.
Permits certain off-duty law enforcement officers to carry firearms on State property.
Clarifies that retired campus police officers are eligible for handgun carry permit.
Authorizes certain law enforcement officers and corrections officers to possess and use stun guns while on duty.
Increases exclusion amount under New Jersey estate tax; phases out estate tax over five years.
Regulates assignment and use of State vehicles.
Provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain crimes of domestic violence.
Requires school district that includes grades kindergarten through six to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.
Requires certain law enforcement officers to present identification while on-duty.
Establishes reasonableness standard for persons lawfully transporting firearm who deviate from course of travel.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Authorizes affordable housing obligation reduction in exchange for lead hazard remediation fund deposit.
Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property.
Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.
Requires Attorney General to provide assistance to public schools in legal proceedings related to reduction in federal aid in certain cases if school is compliant with NJ Law Against Discrimination.
Prohibits performance of revaluation in county by firm in which tax assessor has interest if assessor serves in the county.
Permits contracting units to disqualify local public contract bidder with whom any contracting unit had prior negative experience; establishes prior negative experience database.
Permits local contracting units to disqualify local public contract bidder for creating conflict of interest with respect to prior contract.
Permits issuance of additional alcoholic beverage licenses in municipalities located in certain project areas.
Increases fines for failing to have required markings on commercial vehicles.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Establishes fourth degree crime of providing locksmithing services without license under certain circumstances.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes "Ethanol Study Commission."
Limits amount of real property that may be exempt from property taxation under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law."
Authorizes Commissioner of Transportation to allow painting of blue line between double yellow centerline marking on public roads.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who donate organs.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who provide blood donations.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2.125 million to Howell Township in Monmouth County for drinking water infrastructure project.
Filed · 4
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of each year, beginning July 1, 2017.
Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $71,700,224 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.