Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Kevin J. O'Toole
Sponsored
Became law2
Revises statutes and enhances penalties for offenses involving child pornography; makes crime of causing a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act subject to "No Early Release Act."
Extends time in which DOBI may waive limit of liability exposure for mortgage guaranty insurance companies.
Passed the Senate1
Allows victims and relatives to witness parole hearings.
Out of committee7
Requires private entity primarily engaged in business of providing transportation for passengers in wheelchairs to secure passengers in wheelchairs using four-point securement system and to secure unoccupied wheelchairs.
Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
"Tabitha's Law"; requires parent or guardian to notify school administrators if pupil will be absent; requires school to notify parent in event of unexcused pupil absence.
Directs hospitals to establish protocols for dispatch and patient transport by specialty care transportation units used for inter-facility transfers.
Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as an official State flag.
Transfers New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority from DCA to Department of State.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from permitting direct solicitation of students for credit card accounts.
In committee41
Prohibits posting of certain personal information on the Internet or misrepresentation of identity on the Internet for the purpose of harassment of a minor child.
Exempts certain lake association membership fees and dues from imposition of sales and use tax.
Prohibits candidates and elected public officials charged with crimes from using campaign contributions for their legal defense.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment on persons convicted of certain sex crimes against minors.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Prohibits sale of caffeinated alcoholic beverages.
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances.
Upgrades the crime of invasion of privacy if it results in death or serious bodily injury to a crime of the second degree.
Requires counties to fix curbs and surrounding areas when damaged during county road projects.
Prohibits the unauthorized photographing or videotaping of a child.
Requires certain commissions to maintain meeting minutes; establishes Governor's authority to approve or veto the minutes of those commissions.
Makes supplemental appropriations of $5.5 million from the General Fund to the Office of Information Technology for Network Infrastructure, IT Modernization and Information Security special purpose accounts.
Provides for automatic waiver of juvenile case to adult court for repeat juvenile offenders.
Requires health insurance coverage by health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP for expenses incurred in connection with prophylactic mastectomies and other mastectomy-related procedures.
Exempts local governmental units from supplemental titling fees on passenger automobiles they purchase or lease.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
Creates the "Local Unit Audit Teams" program in the Department of the Treasury.
Exempts military personnel receiving combat zone pay from the gross income tax.
Requires ELEC to provide ethics training for governmental affairs agents.
Prohibits requirement to provide information for access to account on social networking website by employer.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from using social networking websites and requires certain identifying information.
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
Excludes from gross income tax value of prizes or awards won in athletic competition in Olympic Games.
Authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoir levels prior to certain severe weather events.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
"New Jersey Residents' Power Protection Act"; requires use of emergency power generators by various facilities and businesses; provides related tax incentives.
Provides for certain limits on rates sewerage facilities may charge for processing diverted wastewater from other sewerage facilities when damaged by a natural disaster or other emergent event.
Requires electric public utilities to provide training, equipment, indemnity, and reimbursement to certain municipal employees for moving and securing detached, above-ground distribution lines impeding vehicular traffic during lengthy power outages.
Prohibits notaries public from falsely representing themselves as attorneys in advertisements.
Allows Hurricane Sandy victims to claim gross income tax deduction for certain personal casualty losses.
Provides exceptions to garnish exemption against benefits from State-administered pension systems for certain financial claims under State law.
Upgrades motor vehicle theft to a crime of the second degree.
Limits law enforcement officers' civil and criminal liability for injuries occurring during motor vehicle pursuits.
Requires independent State authority member to disclose contractual relationship between authority and authority member's relatives.
Establishes grant program for school districts to develop in-district and collaborative special education programs and services to reduce need to place classified students out-of-district.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.
Regulates certain activities of religious corporations operating cemeteries.
Prohibits escrow agent evaluation services from charging escrow agents fees.
Clarifies "knockout game" assault as third-degree aggravated assault; provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for such assault.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
"Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act."
"Children's Sudden Cardiac Events Reporting Act."
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property, known as Eagle Manor, located in Township of Fairfield in Cumberland County.
Establishes bill of rights for continuing care retirement community residents.
Provides for screening newborn infants for adrenoleukodystrophy.
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Requires home improvement contractors to display State-issued identification badge; requires surrender in certain circumstances; imposes penalty for improper display of badge.*
Clarifies charitable contributions are not a factor in determining where person is domiciled under New Jersey gross income tax.
Revises certain provisions of Megan's Law and imposes monthly penalty on sex offenders to fund their monitoring and supervision by the parole board.
Permits contractor in certain construction contracts with State college to choose between a retainage deduction from monthly progress payments or depositing a bond; allows 2% retainage deduction of amount due on each partial payment.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Appropriates $715,706,303 from the "Building Our Future Bond Act" to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for public and private institutions of higher education.
Appropriates $32,976,962,000 in State funds and $13,427,159,762 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2013-2014.
Vetoed · 1
Permits real estate licensees to prepare broker price opinions and comparative market analyses.
Passed the Senate · 6
Encourages sharing of services; makes appropriations.*
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.**
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Permits licensed dealers to display and auction firearms at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.
Codifies Lyme disease reporting requirements.
Transfers various personnel management functions from Department of Treasury to Civil Service Commission; transfers Division of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action from Department of Treasury to Civil Service Commission.
Out of committee · 8
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Reappropriates $3 million from "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" to fund State flood control projects.
Prohibits requirement to disclose user name, password, or other means for accessing account or service through electronic communications device by employers.
Establishes conditional dismissal program in municipal court; alters eligibility requirements and increases fees for existing conditional discharge and supervisory treatment programs.
Appropriates $24,290,379 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $38.5 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Replaces NJ Wine Industry Advisory Council with NJ Wine Board and establishes new duties and authorizes revenue-producing activities.
In committee · 43
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Creates bistate commission to coordinate management and flood prevention of waterways flowing between Bergen County, NJ and Rockland County, NY.
Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized use of images or likeness of minors and establishes civil action.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Requires prosecutors to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Permits qualified retired law enforcement officers who were employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State to carry firearms.
Provides for no net loss of DEP lands for fishing, hunting, and trapping purposes.
Clarifies that Fish and Game Council has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Prohibits State departments and agencies from considering or requiring compliance by Highlands planning area municipalities with Highlands regional master plan in certain circumstances.
"Zero-Based Budget Act;" requires State Treasurer to develop and integrate certain zero-based budgeting practices and procedures in preparation and submission of Governor's annual budget message.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 7% to 6%.
Provides for reduced sales tax imposition on certain sales in certain Highlands Region Preservation Area municipalities.
Requires sex offenders in satellite-based monitoring program to pay for certain equipment and monitoring costs.
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective and appointive positions.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Establishes the "Corrupt Gains Restitution Act."
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Permits a waiver for high-performing school districts from the State system for monitoring school districts.
Establishes a 1,000 foot drug free zone around playgrounds and other public parks, buildings and housing facilities.
Requires each general hospital that accepts public funds to hold quarterly board meetings that include time for public participation.
Requires Police Training Commission to develop accelerated training course for certain corrections officers.
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Establishes "Bleeding Disorders Treatment Fund."
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Requires forfeiture of public office, position or employment upon conviction of certain offenses.
Establishes measures to improve transparency and accountability of regional authorities of this State; enhances oversight of those authorities by Governor and State Comptroller.
Prohibits DOT from putting tolls on I-78 and I-80 and from transferring jurisdiction to independent authority or entity.
Allows for exclusion of certain properties from Highlands preservation area.
Renames the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights" act the "Alex DeCroce Crime Victim's Bill of Rights" act.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
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.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Requires State oversight of budgets of joint meetings.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
"Compounding Pharmacy Quality Assurance Act"; requires accreditation of compounding pharmacies.
Directs BPU to coordinate with PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. concerning development of offshore transmission infrastructure.
Requires PANYNJ to conduct noise and land use compatibility survey.
Authorizes municipalities to regulate use of certain explosives.
Reinstates moratorium on imposition of Statewide non-residential development fees until January 2015.
Filed · 1
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special permits for horse racing on beach and for steeplechase race meeting; allows wagering on such races.