Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Caroline Casagrande
Sponsored
Became law1
Prohibits inclusion of bonus in employment contract of school superintendent for reducing number of out-of-district placements of students with special education needs.
Out of committee2
Lieutenant Scott Jenkins' Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from carriers; amends theft statutes.*
Creates exemption from certain MVC fees for prisoners of war.
In committee56
Establishes the "Corrupt Gains Restitution Act."
Reduces number of signatures required on petition to recall elected official.
Reduces number of paid holidays from 13 to 10 for all State and local government employees.
Establishes limits for certain damages in medical malpractice actions.
Imposes new criteria of $18,000 compensation and 30 hours weekly for TPAF and PERS membership as well as for TPAF and PERS credit after break in service.
Makes it a crime to sell or possess products or materials designed to alter firearms to look like toy guns.
Subjects certain shared service agreements to review of Attorney General; requires Division of Local Government Services to provide assistance with shared service agreements.
Requires investigating law enforcement officer to contact next of kin of unconscious motor vehicle accident victim who has been transported to hospital emergency room.
Prohibits public employers from reimbursing tuition or awarding promotions or compensation based on degrees or certifications obtained from unaccredited institutions.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Prohibits persons violating animal cruelty law from owning, keeping, or harboring animals; requires DHSS establish and maintain website list of such persons.
Allows only one PERS-covered position for PERS membership, contributions and service credit; provides for PERS designation of maximum compensation position among multiple positions held.
Amends the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Concerns unemployment benefits and work stoppages.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
"Tara's Law"; establishes registry of offending community care residence providers and requires written monthly case manager reports of individuals with developmental disabilities residing in community care residences.
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
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.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies with ties to terrorists.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Records Privacy.
Prohibits member of Legislature from seeking certain grants or loans through annual appropriations act or legislatively-controlled program.
Requires COAH to subtract affordable units from municipality's fair share affordable housing obligation to reflect job loss upon closure of federal military installation.
Requires posting on State and local government websites information concerning assignment and use of vehicles.
Repeals statutory requirement of annual or biennial dog census.
Limits unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; permits local unit to pay certain benefits over 10 years; limits sick leave use by public employee before retirement.
Limits certain unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; limits sick leave use by new public employees before retirement.
Imposes mandatory forfeiture of public office, position or employment upon conviction of certain offenses.
Creates pilot program to allow wagering on horse races by means of certain patron-operated terminals.
Requires suspension of payment for unused sick or vacation leave payable to person indicted for criminal offense; requires forfeiture of such payment upon service deemed dishonorable or conviction for crime.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Caps attorney fee awards in actions against public entities.
Allows Eatontown, Oceanport, and Tinton Falls mayors to designate council member to represent them as members of Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority.
Upgrades penalties for certain criminal offenses committed against elderly and disabled persons.
Establishes public bidding and contracting procedures for Rutgers, the State University that mirror those in place for the State colleges.
Limits use and supplemental compensation for certain leave.
Allows gross income tax deduction for expenses associated with enrollment in nonpublic schools.
Provides for regulation of modeling and talent marketing companies.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to study impact of State business income taxes on business out-migration, business formation, and employment.
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.
Authorizes DEP to require soil blending or burial of historic pesticide residue at sites undergoing remediation.
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain moving expenses for taxpayer moving to New Jersey to commence work in State.
Permits certain municipalities to issue additional plenary retail consumption licenses.
Criminalizes fourth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Requires tenure charges be filed against any public school employee found to have bullied a student and requires the employment of any nontenured public school employee be terminated for such activity.
Requires bars, restaurants, and liquor stores to post penalties for DWI.
Requires explanatory statement on ballot question for school district capital projects to include certain information.
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 BPU to conduct biennial rate cases for public utilities; increases penalties for public utilities failing to comply with BPU orders.
Prohibits sex offenders from holding any job, position, or type of employment that primarily consists of contact with children.
"Michael Massey's Law"; requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights.
"Permit Transparency Act"; requires State entity to post on official website number of permits applied for and issued, revenue derived, number of employees involved, and salary of such employees.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Lieutenant Scott Jenkin's Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from cargo carriers; amends theft statute.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools to have automated external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
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.
Expands notification when an offender is released from custody or transferred within the criminal justice system. *
Requires hospitals and birthing facilities to provide new mothers with information about pertussis vaccines for adults.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes pilot program to utilize value-based benefit design in SHBP to increase health benefits coverage for certain employees concerning chronic health conditions.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.*
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Out of committee · 25
Prohibits first responders from photographing persons being assisted or disclosing photographs of such persons without their consent.
Clarifies trustee's discretionary authority concerning income tax liability.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State four years.*
Establishes task force to study various issues related to improving special education programs and services for public school students.
Establishes real property assessment demonstration program.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
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.**
Grants credit against business taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
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.*
Prohibits genital mutilation of females under 18 years of age.
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.
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
Requires labeling of all foods containing genetically modified material.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
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.
School bond validating act.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
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.
"Autumn Joy Stillbirth Research and Dignity Act"; requires DOH to establish protocols for stillbirths, establishes stillbirth research database.
Provides standards for home elevation contractors.
Exempts from sales tax cosmetic makeup services provided in conjunction with reconstructive breast surgery; designated as "Jen's Law."
In committee · 92
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements and to approve school district collective negotiations agreements prior to execution of agreement.
Limits compensation provided to presidents of public institutions of higher education.
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.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands racetrack, upon voter approval; dedicates 1/3 net proceeds to General Fund, 1/3 to State education aid, and 1/3 to horse racing industry.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7,000,000 to DOE to reinstate nonpublic technology initiative aid.
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.
Makes elected officials with compensation less than $50,000 ineligible for health care benefits on the 61st day after enactment.
Authorizes counties to participate in property tax appeals for real property having a value of $10 million or more.
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."
Establishes new offenses concerning the unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.
Makes various statutory changes to "Child Care Licensing Act."
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.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses owned by a school bus contractor and requires sharing of the advertising revenue with school districts.
Increases certain penalties for vehicular homicides involving intoxicated drivers; designated "Josh's and Craig's Law."
Prohibits certain agencies from establishing checkpoints limited to specific vehicle types.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Eliminates 15% fee charged by cemetery company on transfer of graves, crypts and niches.
Criminalizes fifth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
"Judy and Nikki's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger.
Provides immunity from civil liability to anyone who in good faith uses an automated external defibrillator in an emergency.
Reduces period of time that member of Legislature may be absent, without excuse, before member's seat is deemed vacant.
Creates e-mail registration requirement for convicted stalkers.
Replaces plenary winery and farm winery licenses with small winery and wine manufacturing licenses.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"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.
Eliminates expansion of preschool education programs in "School Funding Reform Act of 2008."
Makes various changes to civil service law concerning seasonal appointments, temporary layoffs, and rescinding adoption of civil service.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Encourages local unit sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Establishes penalties for manufacture, purchase or possession of certain keys.
Upgrades lewdness to fourth degree crime if committed in public rest room.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.
Requires filing of financial and conflict disclosure statements as condition of development approval.
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.
Allows pension calculation to be based on compensation increase in excess of actuarially assumed experience only if employer pays unfunded liability.
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.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Requires fire districts, school districts, and county governments to share in burden of property assessment appeal refunds.
Provides for public comment period at certain sessions of each house of the Legislature.
Designated "New Jersey Economic Development Promotion Act"; streamlines and reorganizes State economic development statutes in order to promote administrative efficiency.
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."
Prohibits good faith allegations of child abuse from being used against the accuser in a child custody proceeding; makes it a disorderly persons offense to file a false allegation of child abuse.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Authorizes DOT, NJ Turnpike Authority, and South Jersey Transportation Authority to permit BPU-certified persons to install and maintain solar photovoltaic panels on noise barriers erected on roads and highways.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
Establishes designated driver motor vehicle license plates.
Permits temporary casino gaming at Meadowlands Complex for 2014 Super Bowl.
Permits temporary casino gaming at Meadowlands Complex for 2014 Hambletonian Race.
Lengthens amber light at traffic signal with red light camera; sets penalty for failing to stop before turning right on red when detected by red light camera; implements half-second delay for red light camera violations.
Authorizes civil action against developers who fail to reimburse municipalities for professional services expenses; bars developer challenges to municipal professional service charges not timely appealed.
Establishes moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for purpose of natural gas exploration or production until certain conditions are met.
Requires electric public utilities to undertake vegetation management practices near power lines.
Requires electric public utilities to file with BPU and implement distribution infrastructure protection plans; prohibits rate increase pending implementation of plans.
Establishes task force to study the relationships among video games, mental health, and violence.
Concerns financial compensation of certain local employees and officials.
Clarifies that municipalities that failed to fill police vacancies created by retirements are eligible for "Safe and Secure Communities" grants.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing battery backups for certain home solar electrical generators.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Requires municipal tax assessors to use disaster relief special tax codes to reduce assessments for parcels of real property destroyed or damaged due to disaster event.
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
Upgrades theft to a crime of the first degree if amount involved is $500,000 or more.
Requires telephone number to report reckless or aggressive driving be displayed on school buses.
Prohibits improper release of photographs or videos captured by public entities.
Prohibits governmental collection of biometric identifiers without consent.
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.
Requires judge approval prior to installation of video camera by public entity.
Requires administrative agency to include privacy impact statement when adopting, amending, or repealing rule.
Requires court to deny defendant's right to copy or reproduce images of child pornography as part of discovery.
Requires judicial approval prior to installation or use of automated license plate reader by law enforcement agency.
Provides immunity from civil liability for person who sends text message to motor vehicle operator.
Prohibits location of off-road vehicle training or recreation facility within five miles of residential zone.
Establishes best practices for procurement and payment of legal services by local governments and school districts.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for psychiatrists.