Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Mary Pat Angelini
Sponsored
Became law2
Reorganizes Department of Children and Families.
Reorganizes and renames DHSS as Department of Health; establishes Division of Aging Services in DHS.
Out of committee1
School bond validating act.
In committee53
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clarifies criteria for issuing Amber Alert when child abducted by family member.
Adds certain cannabis-like chemical substances to list of controlled dangerous substances.
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.
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.
Establishes per se standard for driving under the influence of drugs.
Regulates massage therapy advertising.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses owned by a school bus contractor and requires sharing of the advertising revenue with school districts.
Prohibits cultivation or production of marijuana on preserved farmland and eligibility for farmland assessment of any land used for such purposes.
Provides that committing a sex act with a minor under certain circumstances constitutes aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault.
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.
Authorizes school district to require a certificate of occupancy to demonstrate student eligibility for enrollment in the district.
Establishes pilot program requiring certain first time drunk drivers to install ignition interlock device.
Requires notification to certain buyers of health club services of automatic renewal clauses in health club contracts.
Provides for voluntary contributions through gross income tax returns to support victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Authorizes installation of residential automatic standby generator without zoning or planning board approval.
Concerns financial compensation of certain local employees and officials.
Revises ignition interlock device requirements for first drunk driving offenses.
Concerns access to information maintained by Prescription Monitoring Program.
Permits minors to engage in certain construction work for nonprofit organizations.
Requires resource family parent, relative, preadoptive parent, or caretaker to be party to reviews or hearings involving a child under the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families' care.
Requires telephone number to report reckless or aggressive driving be displayed on school buses.
Requires pharmacies and prescribers to notify patients about how to ensure proper and safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
Prohibits location of off-road vehicle training or recreation facility within five miles of residential zone.
Requires hospitals to post notice in emergency departments concerning prescription drug diversion.
Establishes best practices for procurement and payment of legal services by local governments and school districts.
Directs the executive county superintendent of schools to select a new district of residence for students who reside on certain federal property who are not the dependent children of military personnel.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for psychiatrists.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
School bond validating act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Revises State designation of "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" from February to September.
Provides that a school district may implement bullying prevention programs and anti-bullying training programs at no cost through various entities; and appropriates $1 million.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Changes pejorative terminology referring to mental capacity of individuals.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.*
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.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State's open public records law. *
Appropriates $1,393,084 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Establishes "Mom2Mom Peer Support Program" telephone helpline.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs; establishes that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.*
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Requires public bodies under Open Public Meetings Act to display U.S. flag and recite Pledge of Allegiance at beginning of meeting.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 25
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State four years.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.*
Establishes task force to study various issues related to improving special education programs and services for public school students.
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.**
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran.*
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Extends statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands the categories of potentially liable defendants; and revives certain actions.*
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Lieutenant Scott Jenkins' Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from carriers; amends theft statutes.*
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
Establishes bill of rights for continuing care retirement community residents.
The "Bio-based Heating Oil Act."
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.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Eliminates requirement that full-time students at a county college in New Jersey maintain health insurance coverage.*
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." *
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Concerns assessment of penalties for certain fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and requires recovered penalties deposited into unemployment compensation fund.
Provides standards for home elevation contractors.
In committee · 114
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.
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.
Revises child pornography law.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Permits layoff plans as substitute for employment reconciliation plans for joint meetings or shared service agreements under certain circumstances.
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Amends Kyleigh's Law to remove requirement that holder of a special learner's permit, examination permit, and probationary driver's license display decal.
Creates "New Jersey Senior Labor Task Force."
Increases penalties for underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Clarifies the intent of the Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of a boating accident.
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."
Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.
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."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires newly licensed registered professional nurse to attain baccalaureate degree in nursing within 10 years of initial licensure.
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.
Prohibits health insurance policy exclusion of coverage for loss sustained while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotics; repeals statute permitting such exclusion.
Establishes "New Jersey Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns.
Allows for five years corporation business tax and gross income tax deductions for net interest amount received on loans to certain qualified UEZ businesses.
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.
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.
Eliminates $500 minimum tax on New Jersey S corporations with New Jersey gross receipts less than $100,000 under Corporation Business Tax.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Suspends pension of any retired public employee who resumes public employment with compensation more than $15,000.
Upgrades possession of child pornography to a crime of the third degree; provides for parole supervision for life for production and transmission of child pornography.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
"Home-Based Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing, or retailing activities.
Requires health insurers to cover oral anticancer medications on no less favorable basis than intravenous anticancer medications.
Extends for three years application submission deadline to EDA for review and approval of certain construction projects involving public institutions of higher education.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
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.
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.
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.
Prohibits siting of industrial wind turbines within 2,000 feet of any residence or residentially zoned property.
Designates portion of New Jersey Route No. 34 in Wall Township as the "Duncan Thecker Memorial Highway."
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
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.
Establishes a 2.0 percent cap on annual appropriations increases for certain State government spending.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Provides that limitation on lawsuit option does not apply in accident caused by drunk driver.
Creates the "Local Unit Audit Teams" program in the Department of the Treasury.
Allows jurors to designate donation of their jury duty fees to various charitable funds.
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.
Establishes special license plates supporting autism awareness.
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Requires DOE to develop and distribute information regarding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and expands role and membership of New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
Increases civil penalties for medical waste violations and intentional ocean pollution.
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.
Establishes measures to improve transparency and accountability of regional authorities of this State; enhances oversight of those authorities by Governor and State Comptroller.
Subjects certain shared service agreements to review of Attorney General; requires Division of Local Government Services to provide assistance with shared service agreements.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Amends the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Requires certain political subdivisions to grant employees only those holidays granted to State employees and standardizes amount of paid vacation and sick leave granted to employees of certain political subdivisions.
Prohibits certain political subdivisions from awarding longevity-based benefits to their employees.
Prohibits annual bonuses for perfect attendance and the non-use of sick leave.
Prohibits terminal leave compensation for local government employees.
Imposes mandatory forfeiture of public office, position or employment upon conviction of certain offenses.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to study impact of State business income taxes on business out-migration, business formation, and employment.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Requires school districts to employ a certain number of student assistance coordinators based on district enrollment.
Establishes designated driver motor vehicle license plates.
Requires school social workers to be licensed by State Board of Social Work Examiners and establishes criteria for emergency certificate.
Requires mandatory drug addiction assessments and participation in "drug court" program under special probation statute for certain offenders.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Establishes per se standard for driving under influence of inhalant; designated as "Kimmie's Law."
Increases maximum penalty for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in certain cases.
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.
Requires restaurants to post notice about food allergy and anaphylaxis and provide food allergy information to customers.
Amends Fiscal Year 2013 annual appropriations act to prohibit application of budget adjustment factor when determining Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain nursing facilities.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
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."
Exempts properties within flood zones from variance requirements to raise structure.
The "Preserve New Jersey Act of 2013"; implements constitutional dedication of sales tax revenue for open space, including flood prone areas, farmland, and historic preservation purposes.
Directs BPU to coordinate with PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. concerning development of offshore transmission infrastructure.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Enacts the "NJ Family First Employer Act"; establishes award for certain employers.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Prohibits improper release of photographs or videos captured by public entities.
Imposes criminal penalties for illegally obtaining or disclosing personally identifiable health information.
Increases penalties for the unlawful disclosure or use of taxpayer information by State tax officials.
"Michael Massey's Law"; requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights.
Requires court to deny defendant's right to copy or reproduce images of child pornography as part of discovery.
Provides for disclosure of person's medical records related to AIDS or HIV infection for investigations or prosecutions of crime of diseased person committing act of sexual penetration; makes crime ineligible for expungment.
Increases penalties for certain heroin offenses by revising threshold amounts for first, second, and third degree crimes of manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing heroin.
Allows school district to teach about traditional winter celebrations, display holiday symbols on school property, and include musical selections with religious themes.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.