Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Mary Pat Angelini
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires pharmacies and prescribers to notify patients about how to ensure proper and safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
Out of committee1
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
In committee39
Prohibits sale of products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.
Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
Regulates assignment and use of State vehicles.
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Clarifies criteria for issuing Amber Alert when child abducted by family member.
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.
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.
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 hospitals to post notice in emergency departments concerning prescription drug diversion.
Requires website operators to delete posts at request of minor.
Requires proof of identification for dispensation of certain prescription medications.
Provides that registration will be revoked for second and subsequent drunk driving and refusal offenses.
Establishes additional ethical requirements concerning sale or conveyance of property or development rights to the State or other public entities by elected public official or immediate family member thereof.
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.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for psychiatrists.
Requires anyone receiving opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.
Imposes mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for habitual driver's license suspensions.
Requires notification to certain buyers of health club services of automatic renewal clauses in health club contracts.
Prohibits sale of powdered caffeine.
Establishes the offense of incest.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Allows individual appointed as State monitor to remain employed for more than two years without cancellation of retirement benefits.
Provides that unlawful use, manufacture, or distribution of controlled dangerous substance by parent or caregiver in presence of child constitutes crime of endangering welfare of that child.
Upgrades assault on school personnel to crime of the third degree in all instances.
Establishes a one-year pilot program in the Office of the Attorney General concerning field testing for synthetic drugs.
Authorizes installation of automatic standby generators in certain residences without zoning or planning board approval.
Codifies in statute case law developed legal standards for establishing grandparent and sibling visitation with a child when visitation objected to by child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian.
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to solicit proposals from school districts willing to be certified as district of residence for students who reside on certain federal property.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Prohibits sale of certain products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.*
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.
Codifies "Project Medicine Drop" program; requires Division of Consumer Affairs to maintain secure prescription medicine drop-off receptacles at certain law enforcement agencies.*
Prohibits sale of powdered alcohol.
Upgrades violation of a stalking restraining order to a crime of the third degree.*
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.
Vetoed · 2
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers.
Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties. *
Passed the General Assembly · 7
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Revises grades and sentencing determinations for certain controlled dangerous substances.**
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Prohibits purchase of certain items by scrap metal businesses.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice services.*
Out of committee · 16
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of boating accident.
Revises certain provisions of New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program.
Requires DCA to post on its website information about inspection reports for residential health care facilities, boarding homes, and emergency shelters for the homeless, and requires notifications to DHS and counties.*
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
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.
Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.*
Requires DHS and DOC to formulate joint arrangement and plan to ensure provision of mental health and substance use disorder services to inmates. *
Enhances procedures for enforcement of visitation and parenting time when parents' access to child has been denied.
Recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
Prohibits Division of Developmental Disabilities from compelling transfers of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State facilities unless certain exceptions apply.
In committee · 115
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
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.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
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.
Permits layoff plans as substitute for employment reconciliation plans for joint meetings or shared service agreements under certain circumstances.
Establishes measures to improve transparency and accountability of regional authorities of this State; enhances oversight of those authorities by Governor and State Comptroller.
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.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Clarifies the intent of the Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood and urine testing.
Exempts properties within flood zones from variance requirements to raise structure.
Prohibits plea bargain if sex offender who committed Megan's Law offense would not be required to register.
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.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
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.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Increases maximum penalty for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in certain cases.
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.
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Requires court to deny defendant's right to copy or reproduce images of child pornography as part of discovery.
Revises child pornography law.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
"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.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
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.
Provides public access to certain information received or possessed by legislators.
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.
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.
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 transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Provides for Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for mental health services provided through telepsychiatry.
Allows school district to teach about traditional winter celebrations, display holiday symbols on school property, and include musical selections with religious themes.
Extends statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands the categories of potentially liable defendants; and revives certain actions.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders.
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.
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.
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.
Makes it unlawful for a private citizen to record a communication unless all parties to the communication have previously consented.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.
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.
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.
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.
Requires restaurants to post notice about food allergy and anaphylaxis and provide food allergy information to customers.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
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.
Allows gross income tax deduction for first $200,000 earned by certain new physicians in their first seven taxable years of practice in New Jersey.
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
Requires school districts to employ a certain number of student assistance coordinators based on district enrollment.
Concerns organ and tissue donation.
Permits juveniles to be admitted to drug court program under certain circumstances.
Allows Attorney General to prevent halfway house placement of murderers.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for certain primary care physicians.
Prohibits incarcerated individuals from receiving Medicaid, Work First New Jersey, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Eliminates presumption of non-imprisonment for theft of a firearm.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain seasonal employers.
Provides county vocational school districts with the authority to name themselves in a manner that more accurately reflects their mission.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Upgrades and expands crime of criminal mischief under certain circumstances.
Establishes Partners for Growth Council in DOLWD.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Establishes publicly accessible Internet registry of offenders who cause bodily harm, or property theft or damage, against disabled persons, senior citizens, or veterans.
Requires EDA and Dept. of State to encourage businesses considering relocation to locate within chronically high unemployment region.
Requires individuals to upload employment resume on Internet website upon filing claim for unemployment insurance benefits.
Excludes certain Medicaid income from gross income tax.
Extends authority to appoint Class Two special law enforcement officers to perform court security duties to all county sheriffs.
Modifies education requirement for licensure by the NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Authorizes EDA to establish program to promote manufacturing businesses on website and collect funding for projects on behalf those businesses.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Requires display of State vehicle abuse hotline bumper stickers on all State vehicles.
Requires 10 percent bail; prohibits installment payments.
Concerns Superstorm Sandy recovery.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Provides courts with sentencing discretion for certain convictions concerning possession of a firearm.
Provides assistance to manufacturing businesses by having certain State agencies promote economic development and identify credentials needed for careers in modern manufacturing.
Updates factors for consideration for grandparent and sibling petitions seeking visits with child over objection of parent, guardian, or custodian; adds preference for child's temporary placement with grandparent under "Child Placement Bill of Rights Act.
Upgrades offense of endangering welfare of incompetent person; establishes new crime of enticing certain disabled persons to commit act likely to be injurious to their own welfare.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to study impact of State business income taxes on business out-migration, business formation, and employment.
Provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain crimes of domestic violence.
Establishes "Superstorm Sandy Homeowners Protection Act."
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.