Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly2
Permits small, women or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
Codifies the Judiciary's Foreclosure Mediation Program; dedicates monies from foreclosure filing fees and fines.
Out of committee15
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Authorizes special Alpha Kappa Alpha license plate.
Expands category of lists from which a single juror source list is compiled to include recipients of cash assistance or food stamps.
Increases compensation for persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Establishes "New Jersey Yellow Dot" program in MVC.*
Establishes loan redemption program and bonus program for teachers employed in schools in need of improvement.
Permits liquor licensees to employ certain ex-offenders in certain positions without a special permit.
Regulates deed procurement services.
Provides for phased-in mandatory participation in "drug court" program for certain offenders.*
Increases compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to fund mandatory drug court.*
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
"Higher Education Epinephrine Emergency Treatment Act."
"The Opportunity to Compete Act"; establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
Requires presumption that any bail paid by defendant charged with certain weapons offenses will be in the form of full cash.
In committee54
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.
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.
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.
Establishes Prevention Services Programs for Children and Families Network.
Establishes Trenton Capital City Aid program.
Allows identity theft victims to petition for judicial determination of factual innocence.
Restricts large trucks to certain highway networks.
Requires businesses to notify customers concerning use of radio frequency identification systems that collect information about customers.
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Establishes New Jersey Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.
Establishes school chemical management program; appropriates $90,000.
Permits labor peace agreements in projects in which public entities have proprietary interests.
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Requires county sheriff to establish procedure to assist pre-release inmates applying for certain assistance.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Concerns access to wage records in connection with projects subject to prevailing wage requirements.
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.
Revises law concerning meetings of public bodies.
Qua-Daishia's Law: bars disclosure of personal identifying information contained in grand jury materials; creates fourth degree offense for unauthorized disclosure.
Provides for continuing education for real estate brokers, broker-salespersons and salespersons, and creates a new licensing category of referral agents.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Exempts sales to homeowner assistance and recovery programs from realty transfer fees.
Requires notice by insurers when private passenger automobile insurance applicant not placed in most favorable tier based upon certain criteria.
Establishes "Smart Housing Incentives Act."
Specifies term for chairmen of county boards of election; authorizes non-consecutive terms.
Mandates professional engineers to complete continuing professional competency requirements during each biennial licensure period.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Creates Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Revolving Trust Fund; places temporary surcharge on mortgage foreclosure complaints.
Requires lowest possible price for inmate telephone calls.
Requires incarcerated persons be counted as residents of their previous address, not prison, for redistricting purposes.
Eliminates certain prohibitions to expungements of criminal records.
Establishes a magnet school pilot program in DOE.
Requires procedures for plea bargaining by mail for certain motor vehicle violations.
Creates "Earn Your Way Out of Prison Into Supervision, Treatment, and Recovery Program."
Establishes "Pretrial Release Program" for certain defendants.
Provides corporate tax credit to corporations making contribution to Child Development Fund in DOE.
Requires Commissioner of Education to contract with qualified independent entity to conduct evaluation of State's charter schools.
Requires State Board of Education members to undergo two-day training program upon initial appointment and qualification to the board.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Prohibits employers from requiring job applicants to disclose criminal record on employment application.
Establishes "Emergency Department Triage Referral Pilot Program" in DHSS.
Requires that adoption or revision of program, policy, or regulation by the State Board, Commissioner, or Department of Education be based on documented evidence that it leads to positive educational outcomes.
Establishes in statute the requirements which must be fulfilled in order for any person to receive certification as a superintendent of schools.
Authorizes public access to government records through government website.
Requires parole board under certain circumstances to release inmates not convicted of a violent crime under the No Early Release Act at the time of parole eligibility.
Codifies the Judiciary's Foreclosure Mediation Program; appropriates $2,500,000.
Limits waiver of juvenile cases from family to adult court.
Requires correctional facilities to submit voting rights information packets to inmates.
Allocates $10 million to City of Trenton to hire 75 additional police officers.
Excludes certain municipalities from set-aside requirements for newly-constructed low or moderate income housing.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
Establishes "New Jersey Yellow Dot Program" in MVC.*
Permits liquor licensees to employ certain ex-offenders in certain positions without a special permit.
Eliminates prosecutorial objection to admission to drug court program; expands eligibility and provides for phased in mandatory drug court program.***
Increases compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
"Higher Education Epinephrine Emergency Treatment Act."
Vetoed1
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Requires a review of corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit programs for payments to interns.*
"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.*
Requires employers post notice of worker rights under certain State and federal laws.
Concerns disclosure of certain employment information.
Requires State pay educational costs of students who reside in domestic violence shelter or transitional living facility outside district of residence for more than one year.
Expands neighborhood revitalization State tax credit to include gross income taxpayers; increases annual total amount of tax credits allowable from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000.
Requires Commissioners of Education and Labor and Workforce Development to study and report on departments' efforts in providing students with information on employment in high-demand industries.***
Prohibits State departments and agencies from charging a fee to an applicant solely to correct clerical errors on any application form.
Requires school districts provide pupil directory information to county vocational schools upon request.
"The New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013."**
Disqualifies person named on federal Terrorist Watchlist from obtaining firearms identification card or permit to purchase handgun.
Requires submission of certain mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Requires hospitals and birthing facilities to provide new mothers with information about pertussis vaccines for adults.
Vetoed · 13
Imposes oversight upon Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Requires public contractors to report certain employment information.
Provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected by decision or practice, including each time compensation is paid.
Clarifies intent of Legislature to protect certain senior tenants; aligns housing age restrictions with federal law.**
Increases distributions to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore aid reductions; extends "poison pill" protection to total formula aid provided to each municipality.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2012.
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing assault firearms for civilian use.**
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Requires certain police vehicles to be equipped with cameras.
Passed the General Assembly · 31
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Limits forum of consumer contract disputes to New Jersey.
Establishes the Workforce Shortage Loan Redemption Program.
Directs New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Secretary of Higher Education to promote the establishment of higher education and business partnerships.*
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools and public facilities.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.*
The "Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator Act"; establishes licensure requirements for wildlife rehabilitators.**
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to designation as charter school district of residence or expansion of a charter school.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for qualified investment in certain biotechnology businesses.
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional STEM programs.*
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Allows corporation business tax or gross income tax credits to developers for certain capital investments for repurposing qualified health care facilities.*
Establishes 12-month moratorium on establishment of new virtual charter schools and creates Virtual Charter School Task force.
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and resident tuition rate.*
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program.*
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Establishes "Task Force To Review Residential Community Release Programs" to review this State's halfway houses and make recommendations concerning security and inmate services.
Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns.
Provides for termination of parental rights of certain persons convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the birth of a child.*
Concerns enforcement, penalties, and procedures for law regarding failure to pay wages.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Establishes a regulatory and reporting program for ammunition sales and transfers.*
Requires background check for private gun sales.
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.*
Reinstates moratorium on imposition of Statewide non-residential development fees until January 2015.
Requires oversight reporting on Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Out of committee · 32
Designates State Highway Route 31 as the "Tri-County Purple Heart Memorial Highway."
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of the student borrower's death.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Establishes linked deposit program allowing State Treasurer to deposit State funds at below market interest rates with certain banks.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Establishes a pilot program in DOE to increase the length of the school day and school year and provides tax credits for corporate contributions to fund the program.
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.
Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.
Concerns child custody and parenting time arrangements related to certain military service absences.*
Establishes New Jersey Council on Responsible Fatherhood and Responsible Fatherhood Fund.
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Allows distributor, refiner, wholesaler, or supplier to discriminate in tank wagon price of branded motor fuel in certain circumstances.**
Permits automatic expungement for certain persons completing a sentence to drug court under the special probation statute.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
"The Anti-Big Brother Act."
"Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act."*
Revises certain provisions of farmland assessment law.*
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Provides that certain personal identifying information may be redacted from certain public records in certain circumstances.
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.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2013.
Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.
Enhances penalties for certain firearms offenses; designated as Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013.*
Establishes State pension fund preference for certain in-State infrastructure investment.
Requires registration of certain vacant and abandoned properties with municipalities and provides enforcement tools related to maintenance of these properties.*
Upgrades certain unlawful possession of firearms to first degree crime; revises certain penalties under the "Graves Act."
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Clarifies that information concerning the total number of firearms purchaser identification cards and permits to purchase a handgun issued in a municipality are public records.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education and State financial aid.*
Extends moratorium on the imposition of Statewide non-residential development fees until 2018; establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Concerns eligibility for certain leave and benefit programs.
In committee · 73
Allows corporation business tax credits as incentives for redevelopment of distressed shopping centers.
Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.
Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities to implement a municipal consolidation.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Increases PFRS employee contribution rate; requires new members to be age 50 for special retirement; creates cap on PFRS retiree COLA; restructures PFRS board of trustees and gives it control over fund investments.
Prohibits practice of requiring credit check as condition of employment.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
Restores benefit under State earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal credit beginning in Tax Year 2011.
Provides for priority consideration, by State, of permit applications by counties and municipalities with 10 or more shared services.
Extends the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse cases.
Prohibits public and private employers from discriminating against ex-convicts.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to address school climate issues related to harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Revises the structure, functions and authority of the State Investment Council and the Director of the State Division of Investment.
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Requires each charter school to annually employ teachers who hold special education endorsements.
Authorizes assessment of development impact fees by municipalities.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2010.
Establishes conditional intervention program in municipal court for certain first-time offenders.
Requires nonpublic secondary schools and independent institutions of higher education to reimburse school districts for educational costs of students residing in tax-exempt housing and adjusts recipient districts' tax levy growth limit.
Establishes "Victim-Witness Scholarship Fund;" establishes "Witness Protection Fund;" and concerns State forfeiture funds.
Establishes conditional intervention program in municipal court for certain first-time offenders.
Expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs; designated as the Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.
Exempts from payment certain taxes and energy charges for manufacturing facilities.
Establishes a closing fund to provide financial resources for certain economic development projects.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
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.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Revises "lemon law" refund formula for consumers of certain new motor vehicles.
Permits certain motor vehicle offenders to apply for restricted use license.
Requires DOE to develop and distribute information regarding hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and expands role and membership of New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
Establishes certain consumer protections related to arbitration organizations.
Establishes the number of students to be supported under the veterinary medicine education program and a service requirement for students who participate in the program.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Establishes loan redemption program for teachers to redeem loan amounts received under the New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in public or nonpublic schools in New Jersey.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Amends special probation statute to give judges additional discretion to admit certain offenders to "drug court" program.
Prohibits public and private employers from automatically disqualifying ex-offenders from employment.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Provides that a student is ineligible for State financial aid upon a conviction for hazing.
Establishes the "Homeowners Down Payment Insurance Pilot Program" in HMFA.
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Subjects certain municipal and school property to property taxation.
Guarantees each municipality, at a minimum, Fiscal Year 2010 distribution of Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid.
Provides that student truancy cases would be heard in municipal court and requires truants to attend an appropriate intervention program.
Restricts bail for persons charged with violent crimes; establishes bail alternatives for non-violent offenders.
Establishes grant program for constructing kitchen facilities in licensed child care centers; appropriates $1,000,000.
Provides that a school district may be placed under full or partial State intervention pursuant to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for no longer than five years.
Requires DOC to conduct quarterly site visits at residential community release programs.
Prohibits pre-trial county inmates charged with first, second, or third degree crimes from being placed in halfway houses.
Requires the Division of Purchase and Property to award contracts to halfway houses; sets forth certain contract requirements.
Requires residential community release programs to file certain financial disclosure documents with DOC.
Provides State, county, municipal, and school district contracts for professional services will be awarded pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Requires carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings.
Affords immunity to private colleges and their police officers in certain cases.
Requires handgun ammunition to be encoded with serial number.
Establishes regulatory and reporting program for all ammunition sales.
Requires use of short sale data under certain circumstances to assess real property and determine assessment ratios.
Authorizes dedicated National Association for the Advancement of Colored People license plate.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers.
Provides for licensure of dementia care homes by DOH.
Requires reporting of the graduation rates of State tuition aid grant recipients.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Enhances penalties for committing improper behavior in place of public accommodation.