Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Sponsored
Became law19
Establishes compelling circumstances exception to mandatory driver's license suspension under conditional discharge statute; allows court to revoke remainder of suspension for compelling circumstances.
Establishes New Jersey Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.
Amends special probation statute to increase participation in drug program; permits court to reduce certain fees. *
Revises eligibility for expungement of criminal and juvenile delinquency records.
Concerns chiropractic scope of practice.*
Revises regulation of landscape architects.
Authorizes court to waive or reduce parole ineligibility or grant probation for drug-free school zone violations under certain circumstances.
Provides for continuing education for real estate brokers, broker-salespersons and salespersons, and creates a new licensing category of referral agents. *
Permits counties to create County Homelessness Trust Funds. *
Appropriates $12,500,000 from Long Term Obligation and Capital Expenditure Fund and $51,471,000 in federal funds for housing related purposes.
Regulates mortgage foreclosure forbearance period and repeals section 18 of the "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act" to authorize lenders and creditors to exchange information concerning delinquent borrowers. *
Mandates professional engineers to complete continuing professional competency requirements during each biennial licensure period. *
Establishes the "New Jersey Foreclosure Fairness Act"; imposes additional foreclosure notice requirements; amends "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act." *
Temporarily increases income tax rates for taxpayers with income exceeding $400,000, temporarily adjusts property tax deduction for certain taxpayers with income exceeding $150,000 and taxes New Jersey Lottery Prizes exceeding $10,000. *
Defines contractual salary for State employees in PERS or TPAF to include certain wage increases deferred from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011.
Establishes "Women and Families Strengthening Act."
Concerns parole eligibility and supervision, prison visitation, and training and education standards for incarcerated persons.
Revises organization and powers of Capital City Redevelopment Corporation.
Establishes standards and requirements set forth in Executive Order No. 151 (2009) for use of funds from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Passed the General Assembly5
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Qua-Daishia's Law: bars disclosure of personal identifying information contained in grand jury materials; creates fourth degree offense for unauthorized disclosure. *
Expands membership of Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board.
Exempts sales to homeowner assistance and recovery programs from realty transfer fees.
Makes Housing Assistance and Recovery Program effective immediately.
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Allows identity theft victims to petition for judicial determination of factual innocence.
Upgrades penalties for tampering with witnesses and informants; upgrades hindering apprehension or prosecution under certain circumstances. *
Establishes Re-entry Coordinating Council in the Office of the Attorney General. *
Concerns access to wage records in connection with projects subject to prevailing wage requirements.
Requires newly hired State employees be New Jersey residents. *
The "New Jersey Homeownership Preservation Act."
Creates two additional Superior Court judgeships.
Establishes Criminal Sentencing Commission to study and review the criminal law and recommend revisions; repeals existing commissions. *
"Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act;" creates Mortgage Stabilization Program and Housing Assistance and Recovery Program; imposes additional requirements on lender foreclosing mortgage; appropriates $40 million from "Long Term Obligation and Capital E
Designates DOT's Engineering and Operations Building as "Jack Friedenrich Engineering and Operations Building."
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Requires chief administrator to establish certain promotional payment incentives. *
Exempts certain HUD certified counseling agencies from licensing and regulation as debt adjusters; revises criminal practice of acting as debt adjuster.
In committee57
Requires installment payments for maternity services.
Increases amount of realty transfer fees annually credited to the Neighborhood Preservation Nonlapsing Revolving Fund by $5 million.
Requires payment to municipality for use of municipal services by for-profit lessee of property owned by county or county improvement authority.
Reduces sales tax rate on certain sales and admission charges at places of amusement in urban enterprise zone areas and provides that sales tax revenue be for municipal purposes.
Establishes "Virtual Medical Monitoring Service Pilot Program" in DHSS; appropriates $150,000.
Provides financial assistance for higher education expenses of former Work First New Jersey recipients after leaving program.
Provides for receipt for voter at primary or general election; allows receipt to be proof of eligibility to vote in subsequent election; provides State reimbursement.
Establishes the New Jersey Prescription Drug Cost Reduction Study Commission.
Provides official State recognition of Powhatan Renape Nation, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey, Inc., and Ramapough Mountain Indians as American Indian Tribes for certain purposes.
Requires under "Fair Housing Act" that certain percentage of affordable housing be reserved for very low income households.
Permits certain funds to be spent on temporary emergency housing; appropriates $1 million to DCA rental assistance program.
Increases number of members of COAH; makes other changes to "Fair Housing Act."
Provides for an annual inflation adjustment to the income eligiblity limit under the State earned income tax credit.
Requires installation of protective fencing along certain overpasses.
Establishes Prevention Services Programs for Children and Families Network.
Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances requiring bond from landlords in certain circumstances.
Requires residential rental property subject to municipal registration to meet building security standards for multiple dwellings.
Requires tax-exempt entities to reimburse school districts for the local educational costs of students who reside in tax-exempt housing and are enrolled in the district.
Establishes Trenton Capital City Aid program.
Authorizes denying development applications of developers who defaulted on performance and maintenance bonds and establishes system for sharing notice of performance and maintenance bond defaults.
Requires DEP to conduct testing of school grounds for hazardous substances under certain circumstances.
Restricts large trucks to certain highway networks.
Regulates increases in rent in affordable housing due to increases in heating fuel costs.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Requires businesses to notify customers concerning use of radio frequency identification systems that collect information about customers.
Permits HMFA to establish separate income requirements for units not intended for low and moderate income families in HMFA funded housing projects.
Requires health insurers to provide benefits for computed tomography scans for persons at high risk of developing lung cancer.
The "Teaser Rate Protection Act"; prohibits certain residential mortgage lending practices.
Prohibits certain interactions and arrangements between student lending institutions and institutions of higher education.
Increases moderate income housing threshold to 110% of regional median household income.
Establishes school chemical management program; appropriates $90,000.
Permits labor peace agreements in projects in which public entities have proprietary interests.
Raises minimum wage to $8.25, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Permits limited exchange of certain juvenile information to facilitate delivery of services to at risk children and their families.
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Requires county sheriff to establish procedure to assist pre-release inmates applying for certain assistance.
Requires radio frequency identifying devices in handguns sold by licensed retail dealers.
Establishes "Prisoners' Reentry Bill of Rights."
Reduces drug free school and public property zones to 200 feet.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition.
Concerns contributions to special funds made through the gross income tax return.
Authorizes eight hours of leave for parents and guardians from work for school-related events of children.
Requires that motor fuel pumps operated by retail dealers be equipped to measure in temperature-adjusted gallons.
Allows school districts to appeal State school aid awards and to receive additional funding.
Revises law concerning meetings of public bodies.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Requires notice by insurers when private passenger automobile insurance applicant not placed in most favorable tier based upon certain criteria.
Authorizes special Alpha Kappa Alpha license plate.
Establishes "Smart Housing Incentives Act."
Specifies term for chairmen of county boards of election; authorizes non-consecutive terms.
Permits qualified members of State Police Retirement System to serve until age 60.
Concerns dispensation by an optometrist or ophthalmologist to a patient of drugs delivered to the eye through a contact lens.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Revises eligibility for expungement of criminal records for certain offenders.
Requires State entities to examine opportunity of minority and women-owned financial institutions to serve as senior managing underwriters, imposes reporting requirements, and enables establishment of aspirational levels of utilization and relative compe
Creates Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Revolving Trust Fund; places temporary surcharge on mortgage foreclosure complaints.
Carried from the Senate
Became law7
Upgrades penalties for tampering with witnesses and informants; upgrades hindering apprehension or prosecution under certain circumstances. *
"Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act"; creates Mortgage Stabilization Program and Housing Assistance and Recovery Program; imposes additional requirements on lender foreclosing mortgage; appropriates $40 million from the "Long Term Obligation and Capi
Establishes Criminal Sentencing Commission to study and review the criminal law and recommend revisions; repeals existing commissions.
Creates two additional Superior Court judgeships.
Designates DOT's Engineering and Operations Building as "Jack Friedenrich Engineering and Operations Building."
Exempts certain HUD certified counseling agencies from licensing and regulation as debt adjusters; revises criminal practice of acting as debt adjuster.
Requires chief administrator to establish certain promotional payment incentives. *
Co-sponsored
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Revises laws concerning the provision of affordable housing.
Requires developers to offer solar energy systems in certain new home construction. *
Provides that nursing home resident has right to receive food that meets resident's religious dietary requirements.
Imposes moratorium on harvest and possession of horseshoe crabs.
Changes Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards from 16 to eight members; makes various procedural changes; requires annual ethics training for legislators.
Prohibits disqualification and replacement of cast absentee ballots because of withdrawal of candidate prior to election day.
Requires disclosure when selling certain clothing apparel containing fur.
Provides period of extension for repayment of introductory rate mortgages on residential property under certain circumstances.
Eliminates automatic disqualification from Intensive Supervision Program of persons who previously participated in the program.
Increases EDA bonding limit for State share of school facilities projects; specifies debt service for these bonds will first be payable from revenues received from gross income tax; establishes priority categories for non-SDA district projects. *
Allows certain corporate notices to be provided via electronic transmission.
Allows director of corporation to provide notice of resignation, which resignation is only effective upon occurrence of certain event.
Provides one hour and two hour service options for expedited over the counter corporate service requests.
Provides that corporate by-laws may allow corporation to eliminate plurality voting for corporate directors.
Expands scope of unincorporated entities permitted to merge or consolidate with domestic corporations.
Allows officers of corporation to grant employees and officers of corporation shares of stock, rights or options.
Makes FY 2009 supplemental appropriations totaling $22,500,000 to provide food, energy and legal aid assistance to individuals and families under the "New Jersey Economic Assistance and Recovery Plan."
Establishes the "Main Street Business Assistance Program;" appropriates $50 million.
Requires confirmation of financial assistance for eligible homeowners voluntarily closing or replacing petroleum underground storage tanks, and expands eligibility for financial assistance. *
Provides for programs and services for inmates and formerly incarcerated persons; and institutes certain administrative procedures. *
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The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Eliminates 10 day advance notification of proposed effective date of certain shareholder action.
Provides additional penalties for violations of "Uniform Securities Law (1997)" involving certain persons.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Clarifies school district employees subject to statutory provisions concerning supplemental compensation for unused sick leave and vacation carry forward requirements.
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Requires managed care plans to pay certain health care claims based on assignment of benefits.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old. *
Requires alternative testing arrangements be provided to certain students unable to attend tests at their regular administration due to religious observance.
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for preservation and promotion of graves of significant individuals of the American Revolutionary period; appropriates $200,000.
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list. *
Renames the Primary Care Physician and Dentist Loan Redemption Program and makes various other changes to the program.
Revises "lemon law" refund formula for consumers of certain new motor vehicles.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Authorizes enhancement of State Uniform Construction Code's energy subcode based on anticipated energy savings; provides down payment assistance to certain purchasers of homes meeting enhanced energy subcode requirements.
"New Jersey Health Insurance Connector Act"; establishes New Jersey Health Insurance Connector; provides gross income tax exclusion for cafeteria plan benefits. *
Authorizes enhanced DHSS monitoring of hospital financial performance and intervention in management of identified distressed hospitals.
Requires DHSS to provide written notice to certain federal, State and local elected officials upon the filing of application for certificate of need to close hospital.
The "Banking Development District Act."
Provides for improved structure and fiscal management of higher education in New Jersey. *
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Establishes system for the issuance of special vehicle registration plate decals and medallions and provides for the discontinuance of certain special license plates. *
Expands membership of Police Training Commission to include representative from Northern New Jersey and South Jersey chapters of National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Appropriates $120,123,420 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $19,919,700 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Requires public bodies to provide funds for outreach and training programs for minority group members and women in connection with certain construction contracts.
Modifies laws concerning inmate income and complaints; creates uniform identification cards for attorneys to enter State correctional facilities. *
Authorizes courts to revoke fees at sentencing, include mediation as an alternative sentence, consider testimony from a defendant's family, and reduce the waiting period for certain expungements.
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Requires informational posters about safe placement alternatives for newborn infants be posted in public restrooms used by females.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Permits eviction for good cause of tenants who are creating nuisance; requires court to notify landlord when restraining order has been issued barring tenant from residential rental property.
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Establishes professional standards for county sheriffs and their employees.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
Increases firearm permit and license fees.
"Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act"; appropriates $75,000.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires State aid for operating expenses of higher education institutions as a percentage of the State budget to equal national average.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer recognizing income, gain or loss pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation to deduct its net operating loss carryovers notwithstanding the limitations on such deductions during the 2002-2005 tax years.
Revises the structure, functions and authority of the State Investment Council and the Director of the State Division of Investment.
Prohibits the use or possession of cellular picture phones to invade another person's privacy and prohibits camera or picture cell phones in schools.
Exempts comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilitites from ambulatory care assessment.
Permits municipalities to make retroactive property tax deduction payments to veterans up to a maximum of $1,000 per veteran.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act of 2006.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter and Public School Teacher Home-buyer Assistance Act."
Authorizes adoption of timed-growth ordinances by municipalities.
Authorizes use of automated motor vehicle identification systems to enforce motor vehicle laws on certain local streets.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Makes temporary insurance and temporary domestic security local cap exceptions permanent; exempts pre-July 7, 2004 contract obligations from current, lower cap.
Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Requires emergency first aid and first responder retraining for local law enforcement officers; establishes a "duty to act" in emergency situations for on-duty local law enforcement officers.
Establishes Medication Management, Outreach and Support Program in DHS; appropriates $8 million.
Affords emergency services peer counselors confidentiality privileges.
Establishes a pilot program in DOE for the organization of a county administrative school district.
Expands eligibility for special automobile insurance policies.
Changes from two to four number of consecutive general elections where more than 750 votes or less than 250 votes may be cast before election district is redrawn.
Supplemental appropriation of $4,000,000 to fund CeaseFire pilot program in Camden, Jersey City, Newark, and Trenton.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
"Kyleigh's Law"; revises laws concerning provisional driver's licenses.
Prohibits double-trailer truck combinations on certain portions of U.S. Route 206 in Mercer and Somerset counties.
Authorizes SDA school districts to construct school facilities projects and receive State debt service aid.
Provides for priority consideration, by State, of permit applications by counties and municipalities with 10 or more shared services.
Enacts the "Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act."
Increases penalties for violations of special learner's permits, examination permits, and probationary driver's licenses; changes "provisional" license to "probationary" license.
Establishes conditional intervention program in municipal court for certain first-time offenders.
Requires Secretary of State to provide voter registration forms to newly naturalized citizens.
Increases amount of Transportation Trust Fund monies that may be used for salaries and overhead of DOT and NJT.
Requires members of governing boards of public institutions of higher education to complete a training program developed by the Commission on Higher Education.
Disqualifies member of board of education for conviction of certain crimes and requires member to undergo criminal history background investigation.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to identify school bullies and develop effective behavior modification measures.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.