Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, General Assembly.
Mary Pat Angelini
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires DCF to develop and adopt Statewide youth suicide prevention plan.
Out of committee1
Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."
In committee44
Provides that campaign contributions received from certain persons convicted of crimes will be forfeited and paid to ELEC for enforcement purposes.
Permits all municipalities to adopt ordinances requiring bond from seasonal rental landlords in certain circumstances and increases penalties for subsequent offenses.
Prohibits requiring school and county college employees to search for or handle explosive devices.
Prohibits sale of products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.
Revises classification of certain malt beverages for alcoholic beverage tax purposes.
Requires notification of law enforcement for furlough of certain patients from State psychiatric hospitals.
Establishes New Jersey Borough Enterprise Zone Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Prohibits certain alcoholic beverage advertisements within 300 feet of a school, church, or public park.
Gives judge discretion to revoke boating privileges for third or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Modifies penalty for operating an aircraft while impaired, establishes blood alcohol content offense level and requires report of violation to FAA.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits, employer unemployment tax rebates, sales tax exemption, property tax freeze and employee skill training program as incentives for business revitalization in distressed shopping centers.
Provides that tuition assistance or additional compensation for graduate degree provided under employment contracts for certain school district administrators may only be provided if degree is conferred by accredited institution.
Requires DHS to prepare annual reports on State psychiatric hospitals.
Makes various statutory changes to "Child Care Licensing Act."
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
Requires Attorney General to seize campaign funds of convicted candidates; prohibits convicted criminal offenders from making contributions to candidates and committees.
Prohibits sale of candy that resembles a tobacco product.
Regulates assignment and use of State vehicles.
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Regulates assignment and use of vehicles owned or leased by State authorities.
Requires NJ Commission on Science and Technology to establish a science and technology business assistance service.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for the purchase price of monthly passes used for commuting to work by train, bus or ferry.
Requires display of State vehicle abuse hotline bumper stickers on all State vehicles.
Clarifies criteria for issuing Amber Alert when child abducted by family member.
Creates new taxable category of alcoholic beverages called flavored malt beverages, imposes separate rate of taxation on new category pursuant to alcoholic beverages tax and allocates associated revenue.
Adds certain cannabis-like chemical substances to list of controlled dangerous substances.
Requires collection of photo ID for sale of alcoholic beverages if purchaser appears under age 35.
Prohibits all persons under 18 from using tanning facilities.
Bars sales of aerosol dusters to persons under the age of 18.
Permits certain applicants to submit personal statement of veteran status, in lieu of determination of veteran status, prior to issuance of civil service eligible list; requires submission of determination of status prior to employment.
Provides for satellite-based monitoring of homeless registered sex offenders.
Upgrades harassment under certain circumstances; restricts cyberbullying offenders' access to the Internet.
Eliminates tenure rights accrued by certain superintendents of schools in other administrative positions previously held in the district.
Prohibits sale of alcoholic energy drinks.
Makes harassment by electronic means a crime of the fourth degree.
Prohibits possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on private property by persons under 21 years of age.
Requires that drivers involved in accident submit to road test in certain instances.
Establishes that refusal conviction constitutes prior conviction when imposing drunk driving sentence.
Establishes per se standard for driving under the influence of drugs.
Prohibits sale of baked products containing supplemental melatonin.
Regulates massage therapy advertising.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses owned by a school bus contractor and requires sharing of the advertising revenue with school districts.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Disqualifies member of board of education or member of charter school board of trustees for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to the "American Red Cross-NJ Fund".
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Requires DCF to provide information on home visitation resources and shaken baby syndrome to parents of newborn infants. *
Concerns contracting and licensing procedures for certain organizations under contract with DHS and DCF.
Requires development of interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program; requires certain measures to protect student athletes with concussions; and requires continuing education for athletic trainers.*
Eliminates various inactive boards, commissions, committees, councils, and task forces.
Prohibits certain private transfer fees and imposes disclosure requirements.
Establishes State Mental Health Facilities Evaluation Task Force.
Directs the Department of Education to develop a school district dating violence policy and requires school districts to provide dating violence education in the health curriculum.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
The "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
Vetoed · 1
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Establishes "New Jersey Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns. *
Requires DOE to develop and distribute information regarding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and expands role and membership of New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act," alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Out of committee · 25
Establishes NJ Alzheimer's Disease Study Commission.
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline.
Provides that 20% of fee charged for initial certified copy of birth certificate shall be used to support certain activities of NJ Cord Blood Bank. *
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Provides for certain requirements concerning Independent Health Care Appeals Program.
Requires certain conditions be met in order for school districts to provide their employees with tuition assistance for coursework or additional compensation upon acquisition of academic credits or completion of a degree program.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family motor vehicle license plates for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.*
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to active military and NJ National Guard personnel.
Reduces number of reports and publications printed by State; provides for most to be available primarily on Internet; requires notice of availability of reports and publications.*
Requires health insurers to cover oral anticancer medications on no less favorable basis than intravenous anticancer medications.*
Reduces number of printed copies of each State report or publication required to be filed with State Library; provides for State Library liaison at each State office.
Changes references of "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" or "developmental disability" and uses person-first language for persons with disabilities.
Appropriates $1,279,941 from various historic preservation funds to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Prohibits minors under 18 years of age from using indoor tanning beds.
Allows for five years corporation business tax and gross income tax deductions for net interest amount received on loans to certain qualified UEZ businesses.
Establishes Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project in DHS.
"Pamela's law;" criminalizes possession and sale of mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, commonly known as "bath salts."*
Requires that Board of Pharmacy compile and publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs and that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug. *
Appropriates $84,495,199 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $39 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $23 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $8.831 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Extends for three years application submission deadline to EDA for review and approval of certain construction projects involving public institutions of higher education.
In committee · 115
Abolishes Council on Affordable Housing for failure to comply with legislative directives.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Clarifies certain standards for regulation of recreational vehicles as housing.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
Requires newly hired State employees be New Jersey residents.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT.
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.
Provides that municipalities with minimum amounts of developable land may file certification with the Council on Affordabe Housing, even if no petition for substantive certification is filed.
Creates offense of impairing communications, which would constitute domestic violence in certain circumstances.
Allows vendors to retain 1% of sales tax collected as consideration for collecting and promptly remitting the tax.
Provides sales tax exemption for sales of prepared foods.
Creates "New Jersey Senior Labor Task Force."
Prohibits certain relatives of legislators from being employed or assigned in certain positions.
Requires all elected officials and candidates and certain other public officials to file financial disclosure statement.
Clarifies that certain ethical standards apply to Governor and Governor's staff.
Establishes new standard and procedure for forfeiture of elective public office for accepting illegal contributions; removes illegal contribution threshold for such forfeiture.
Prohibits member of Legislature from performing certain no-bid contracts.
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Requires suspension of State officer or employee indicted for certain offenses that, upon conviction, require forfeiture of office or position.
Increases penalties for underage drinking.
Limits payment to certain public employees for accumulated sick leave upon retirement; requires fine and reprimand or termination for violation of sick leave by public employee.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Prohibits candidates and elected public officials charged with crimes from using campaign contributions for their legal defense.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides that limitation on lawsuit option does not apply in accident caused by drunk driver.
Eliminates provision that permits current members of Legislature who hold more than one elective public office on February 1, 2008 to continue to do so if service is continuous.
Criminalizes driving under the influence with person 17 years of age or younger in vehicle.
Eliminates downgrading of DWI offenses that occur more than 10 years after previous conviction.
Increases certain penalties for vehicular homicides involving intoxicated drivers; designated "Josh's and Craig's Law."
Increases civil penalties for medical waste violations and intentional ocean pollution.
Increases penalties for underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Requires BPU to consider certain revenue-raising limitations when determining whether to approve increases in public utility rates, fares or charges that may be assessed to municipalities.
Requires the State and local contracting units to purchase biodiesel or biodiesel blended fuel manufactured in NJ.
Requires specific reduction of sulfur content in heating oil, and scheduled increase of blending biofuels therein after July 1, 2011, unless requirements are waived by Governor pursuant to Executive Order.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Establishes Task Force on Underage Drinking in Higher Education.
Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Restricts conveyance of National Guard Training Center in Borough of Sea Girt, Monmouth County; requires study and public hearings before conveyance.
Upgrades lewdness to fourth degree crime if committed in public rest room.
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.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Provides partial tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for cost of renewable energy property.
Permits municipalities to satisfy fair share housing obligation by a 15 percent set aside of new residential development; defines municipal fair share as a portion of prospective regional housing need.
Repeals law providing benefits for family temporary disability leave.
Delays implementation of paid family leave for two years.
Establishes special license plates supporting autism awareness.
Revises and expands duties and responsibilities of State Auditor in performance of certain audits and reviews.
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of a boating accident.
Requires each school district to adopt a dating violence policy to prevent and address incidents involving dating violence.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
"Family Home Occupation Act;" classifies certain home-occupations as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing or retailing activities.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
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.
Prohibits public school fund-raising activities which include unsupervised door-to-door sales by students.
Requires local unit public employers to maintain and preserve retiree health benefits of PFRS retirees at least at the same level as provided at employee retirement.
Requires State and local government employers to adopt maternity policy.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Prohibits simultaneous holding of certain State, county and municipal elective and appointive positions.
Provides for mandatory imprisonment and forfeiture of retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes.
Clarifies that retention of unearned wages by a public servant is theft under certain circumstances.
Makes members of county boards of taxation ineligible for membership in State-administered retirement system or for health care benefits coverage under plan for public employees.
Requires newly licensed registered professional nurse to attain baccalaureate degree in nursing within 10 years of initial licensure.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires newly hired State employees be New Jersey residents.
Establishes guidelines for operating authorized emergency vehicles in emergency situations.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Child Protection Zone Act."
Provides immunity from civil liability to anyone who in good faith uses an automated external defibrillator in an emergency.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Excludes certain federal employee Thrift Savings Fund contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Amends the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Requires State Treasurer to issue cost benefit analysis and security report for conversion of military housing to civilian housing at Earle Naval Weapons Station and places moratorium on issuance of certain State permits and plan approvals.
Prohibits annual bonuses for perfect attendance and the non-use of sick leave.
Clarifies the intent of the Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
Requires certain elected officials and appointed officers eligible for dual health benefits coverage to choose coverage by one public entity.
Provides that committing a sex act with a minor under certain circumstances constitutes aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault.
Prohibits dual elective office holding and holding of elective office and public office or position.
Limits the compensation of school district employees, other than teachers, to $5,000 less than the Commissioner of Education's salary.
Bans offshore drilling in State waters; prohibits issuance of DEP permits or approvals for activities associated with offshore drilling.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to withhold State aid to school district that fails to address repeat audit findings.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.
Makes part-time elected officials and commission and authority appointees ineligible for PERS, DCRP and health benefits; requires pension credit forfeiture if employed former personal services contractor falsely certifies position as full-time.
Allows jurors to designate donation of their jury duty fees to various charitable funds.
Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized use of images or likeness of minors and establishes civil action.
Prohibits public property from being named or renamed after person sooner than one year after person's death.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Prohibits health insurance policy exclusion of coverage for loss sustained while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotics; repeals statute permitting such exclusion.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program in Monmouth County.
Imposes mandatory forfeiture of public office, position or employment upon conviction of certain offenses.
Prohibits siting of industrial wind turbines within 2,000 feet of any residence or residentially zoned property.
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax.
Provides for access to adoptee's original birth certificate under certain circumstances.
Prohibits sale of blunt wraps.
Designates portion of New Jersey Route No. 34 in Wall Township as the "Duncan Thecker Memorial Highway."
Establishes task force to study various issues related to improving special education programs and services for public school students.
Changes mandatory retirement age for Workers Compensation Judges from age 70 to age 75.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Suspends pension of any retired public employee who resumes public employment with compensation more than $15,000.
Establishes measures to improve transparency and accountability of regional authorities of this State; enhances oversight of those authorities by Governor and State Comptroller.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.
Revises State designation of "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" from February to September.
Authorizes municipalities to require alternative treatment centers to meet higher security standards than required by State law and to condition land use approval to operate upon compliance with local, State, and federal laws and regulations.