Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Sheila Y. Oliver
Sponsored
Became law2
Authorizes deployment of integrity oversight monitors in implementation of certain recovery and rebuilding projects.*
Requires that certain HIV testing be performed within 48 hours of request by victim.
Vetoed3
Imposes oversight upon Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2012.
Passed the General Assembly6
Authorizes institutions of higher education to grant college credit to high school students who complete the Jersey Boys State or Jersey Girls State program.
Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force.
Establishes the Workforce Shortage Loan Redemption Program.
Establishes workplace training program for unemployment compensation recipients; makes an appropriation.
Concerns enforcement, penalties, and procedures for law regarding failure to pay wages.
Requires oversight reporting on Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Out of committee4
"Building Our Future Bond Act"; authorizes the issuance of $750,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance higher educational capital projects for increasing of academic capacity; appropriates $5,000.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2013.
Expands Medicaid eligibility pursuant to federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
Prohibits certain advertising on real property and related structures without prior permission of owner.
In committee10
Increases gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 for taxable year 2010.
Expands wrongful death act to allow recovery for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of society and loss of companionship.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
Establishes the "Private Investment in Public Education Fund."
Restores benefit under State earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal credit beginning in Tax Year 2011.
Requires certain financial training for school board members.
Requires mandatory drug addiction assessments and participation in "drug court" program under special probation statute for certain offenders.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Provides unemployment benefits to certain college and university adjunct faculty members.
Requires Motor Vehicle Commission to automatically transmit information of potentially eligible voters to Secretary of State for voter registration purposes; requires public agencies and voter registration agencies to file change of residence notices.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Prohibits certain advertising on real property and related structures without prior permission of owner.
"Building Our Future Bond Act"; authorizes the issuance of $750,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance higher educational capital projects for increasing of academic capacity; appropriates $5,000.
Vetoed2
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2013.
Expands Medicaid eligibility pursuant to federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Establishes study of technology for the tracking of domestic violence offenders; designated as "Lisa's Law."***
Passed the General Assembly · 8
Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools and public facilities.
Regulates advertising of manufacturer's rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Provides for termination of parental rights of certain persons convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the birth of a child.*
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
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.
Out of committee · 12
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Requires corporations qualifying for State development subsidy grants to repay entire grant amount if corporation fails to uphold grant terms.
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Creates cause of action for failure to maintain certain vacant properties; requires out-of-state creditors to designate in-State representative.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.*
Designates State Highway Route 53 as "Alex DeCroce Memorial Highway."
Enhances penalties for certain firearms offenses; designated as Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013.*
Establishes State pension fund preference for certain in-State infrastructure investment.
Requires mortgage lenders to maintain vacant, age-restricted dwelling units during foreclosure.
In committee · 38
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Authorizes county colleges and county vocational school districts to establish aviation related job certification, training, and internship programs and provides a corporation business tax credit for funds donated to support such programs.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides voter registration assistance to persons completing parole, probation, and criminal sentences.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Increases personal needs allowance to $55 for low income persons residing in certain facilities.
Prohibits businesses that outsource jobs overseas from receiving State contracts or grants; prohibits investment of State funds in such businesses.
Establishes "New Jersey Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns.
Includes nonpublic schools and incidents occurring off school grounds in school bullying law and provides greater protections for victims of bullying.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Provides that sales by UEZ retailers of items delivered to location outside of the UEZ shall not qualify for partial exemption from the sales tax.
The "Smart Container Act."
Prohibits certain sex offenders from selling from ice cream trucks.
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
Allows adoptees access to nonidentifying family medical history information.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Eliminates award of attorneys' fees, filing fees and costs of suit for technical violation of the consumer fraud act.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges.
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 DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
Requires members of governing boards of public institutions of higher education to complete a training program developed by the Commission on Higher Education.
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
Requires MVC to issue driving privilege cards to persons who cannot prove lawful presence in the country.
Requires boards of education to adopt policies to make schools asthma-friendly.
Establishes task force to study the relationships among video games, mental health, and violence.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Makes crime of firearms trafficking subject to No Early Release Act.
Enhances penalty for failure to report loss or theft of firearm that subsequently is used in a crime.
Establishes enhanced penalties for licensed firearms dealers under certain circumstance.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Recognizes same-sex marriages entered into outside the State.
Establishes "New Jersey Works Dual Enrollment Option Program."