Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, Senate.
Donald Norcross
Sponsored
Became law4
Enhances penalties for false incrimination and making fictitious reports.*
Requires State Agricultural Development Committee to establish pilot program permitting special occasion events to be conducted on preserved farmland at wineries under certain circumstances.*
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of boating accident.
Implements constitutional amendment providing for pretrial detention of certain criminal defendants; establishes non-monetary bail alternatives for release; authorizes Judiciary to revise fees for certain legal programs and services.*
Passed the Senate1
Renames Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility as "William H. Fauver Youth Correctional Facility."
Out of committee9
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
"Government Energy Reliability and Savings Public-Private Partnership Act."
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act"; provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans and certain family members living in New Jersey.
Requires certain police vehicles to be equipped with cameras.
Extends economic recovery term under "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act."
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of certain access points used by persons with disabilities.
Creates cidery and meadery license.
In committee22
Enacts "Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
"Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act"; doubles State survivor pension amounts for beneficiaries of certain deceased volunteer emergency service providers; requires municipal life insurance and burial expenses for volunteer firefighters; permits fire
Waives commercial driver's license fees for certain volunteer firefighters.
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
"Drug Dealer Accountability Act;" increases penalties for distribution of phencyclidine; establishes criminal liability for drug dealers under certain circumstances; imposes civil and criminal penalties for combinations of controlled dangerous substances.
Requires workers employed in certain public works to have completed a registered apprenticeship program.
Provides that certain funds in Casino Simulcasting Special Fund will be paid to Atlantic City Racetrack and prescribes use thereof with certain amounts remaining paid to other racetracks.
Requires all temporary emergency shelters be equipped with alternative emergency power generators; designated the "Safe Shelter Act."
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Requires that sexual abuse against a child be reported to law enforcement officials.
Establishes judicial criteria for determining pretrial detention of persons charged with first degree crimes; establishes statutory bail alternatives for non-violent offenders.
Authorizes gradation of certain drug dealing offenses by "units" of controlled dangerous substances.
Requires emblems be placed on certain structures to notify firefighters of solar panels; requires that certain solar panel information be filed with local fire department.
Permits new cigar bar or cigar lounge to be opened under certain circumstances.
Grants prescriptive authority to certain psychologists.
Concerns occupational safety and health for public employees of certain interstate authorities.
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.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a private citizen to use a tracking device to track another person without that person's consent.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Requires certain law enforcement officers to wear cameras.
Authorizes limited brewery licensee to operate restaurant under certain circumstances.
Creates Construction Trades Licensing Board for licensing and regulation of several construction professions; creates new division for homeowner protection in Department of Law and Public Safety.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law1
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act"; provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans and certain family members living in New Jersey.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Establishes apprentice firearm hunting license and apprentice bow and arrow license.*
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age17 for voting at next election occurring on or after18th birthday.
Vetoed · 6
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance.**
Requires Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires Delaware River and Bay Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires PANYNJ to use certain products manufactured in US.
Requires DRPA to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions quarterly on July 15, October 15, January 15 and April 15.
Passed the Senate · 1
Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.
Out of committee · 15
Requires government records to be made available on the Internet and permits custodian to advise requester of the record to obtain record directly from Internet.*
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Requires voter registration forms be available when applying for hunting, fishing, or trapping license; requires display and collection of completed application if the applicant wishes to register at public agency.
"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. *
"The New Jersey Social Innovation Act"; establishes social innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Revises law concerning the purchase of scrap metal.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities.
Prohibits charging fee to stop publishing personal identifying information obtained through the criminal justice system.*
Concerns rights of Delaware River and Bay Authority employees.
Prohibits certain agencies from establishing checkpoints limited to specific vehicle types.*
Concerns authority of DOLWD to inspect prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.
"The Opportunity to Compete Act;" establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal record.
In committee · 17
Provides that Good Samaritans are not required to pay for ambulance service if injured while rendering emergency care.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing surcharges on consumer credit card purchases.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
Increases penalties for certain motor vehicle right-of-way violations and requires attendance at Driver Improvement Program.
Creates Task Force on Distracted Driving.
Requires presumption that any bail paid by defendant charged with certain weapons offenses will be in the form of full cash.
Establishes temperature control guidelines and standards for school facilities.
Prohibits use of certain fishing gear at artificial reef sites.
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.
Requires surgical practices to be licensed by DHS as ambulatory care facilities.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
"The Opportunity to Compete Act;" establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
Concerns access to records of wages for prevailing wage public work projects.
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program in Camden County; appropriates $250,000.
Revises scope of public employee collective negotiations.