Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
David C. Russo
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
Prohibits escrow agent evaluation services from charging escrow agents fees.
Exempts guide dogs and service dogs temporarily placed in foster homes from dog licensing and registration tag requirements.*
Out of committee3
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Authorizes youth camps to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit trained employees to administer epinephrine to camp members suffering from anaphylaxis.
Designates State Highway Route 17 in Waldwick Borough as "Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway."
In committee35
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Requires DEP and owners of reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures, and authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs in response to severe weather events.
Establishes a Special Medical Malpractice Part in the Superior Court.
Creates 12 additional Superior Court judgeships; establishes a Special Business Part in the Superior Court; provides for appropriations.
Establishes a Business Part in the Superior Court.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Conforms voter identification procedures to requirements of Statewide voter registration system; permits use of provisional ballots for voters who move to different counties; revises certain penalty provisions.
Creates a Business Court.
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.
Provides Student Population Density Aid to certain public school districts.
Applies certain conflicts of interest restrictions on legislators to county, municipal and local authority condemnation proceedings and project contracts funded directly or indirectly by State monies.
Requires Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards to maintain information on Internet; requires certain assistance to be provided to individuals filing complaints with the committee.
Exempts local governmental units from supplemental titling fees on passenger automobiles they purchase or lease.
Clarifies authority of municipalities to utilize zoning authority to regulate billboards or outdoor advertising bearing commercial advertisements.
Prohibits campaign contributions between county party committees; makes such contributions a third degree crime; increases to third degree crimes certain other campaign finance offenses.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Limits political contributions by certain government contractors; revises disclosure standards applicable to State officials; expands disclosure for lobbyists; prohibits certain types of dual office holding.
Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt regulations limiting political contributions by contractors.
Limits contributions to certain candidates and elected officials by certain public contractors; limits contributions by certain political party committees; repeals certain campaign contribution prohibitions.
Provides local governments may limit political contributions by business entities performing or seeking to perform public contracts; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Prohibits public entities from engaging certain governmental affairs agents.
Establishes certain ethical standards and financial control requirements for State authorities.
Protects employee rights to ownership and usage of employee inventions developed entirely on employee's own time and without using employer's resources.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
Allows Hurricane Sandy victims to claim gross income tax deduction for certain personal casualty losses.
Requires that certain information be redacted from motor vehicle accident reports submitted to the public.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements between municipalities within a 10-mile radius of each other for special needs housing; permits units transferred to be counted toward recipient municipality's fair share obligation.
Establishes certain requirements for use of physical restraint on students with disabilities in school districts and approved private schools for students with disabilities.
Establishes crime-fraud exception applicable to marital and civil union partnership privilege.
Prohibits student's individualized education program or 504 plan to include use of physical restraints or seclusion.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to place security freeze on consumer reports of protected consumers under certain circumstances.
Increases judicial salaries by set amount over multiple years, and thereafter provides for annual salary cost of living adjustment.
Eliminates requirement for forensic laboratory analysis of substance in cases involving distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute, imitation CDS.
Clarifies that "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991" covers elder abuse in domestic settings.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Authorizes youth camps to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit trained employees to administer epinephrine to camp members suffering from anaphylaxis.
Designates State Highway Route 17 in Waldwick Borough as "Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Amends law concerning county and municipal stream cleaning activities.
Permits holders of certain alcoholic beverage licenses to be issued amusement game license and updates definition of recognized amusement park.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates $88,592,361 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Out of committee · 4
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
Appropriates $22,463,000 in 2003 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
In committee · 27
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
"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.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Changes restrictions on certain county or municipal stream cleaning activities.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
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.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoir levels prior to certain severe weather events.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Upgrades the crime of invasion of privacy if it results in death or serious bodily injury to a crime of the second degree.
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.
Expands list of crimes with bail restriction to include gun related crimes with mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment under "Graves Act."
Allows courts to issue restraining orders prohibiting persons charged with firearms and gang related offenses from entering premises, locations, or areas where the offense occurred.
Replaces NJ Wine Industry Advisory Council with NJ Wine Board and establishes new duties and authorizes revenue-producing activities.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Prohibits school districts from declaring as absent child performers who meet certain criteria.
Permits holders of certain alcoholic beverage licenses to be issued amusement game license.
Permits certain individuals not appointed pursuant to will to control funeral and disposition of human remains of decedent and requires executor to provide notification of appointment and other information to appointee.
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.
Requires Passaic Valley Water Commission to obtain approval of certain municipalities before entering into certain contracts concerning open-air reservoirs.
Establishes practice driving requirements for examination and special learner's permit holders.
Bars domestic violence defendants from participation in Pretrial Intervention.
"Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act"; requires institutions of higher education to post information on student suicides and attempted suicides on website.
"Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act"; requires institutions of higher education to have health care professionals who focus on reducing student suicides and attempted suicides available 24 hours a day.