Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Jason O'Donnell
Sponsored
Became law2
Limits when bidders can be required to submit a financial statement in order to bid on a local public contract or county college contract.
Prohibits school district from denying student school breakfast or school lunch because payment is in arrears without prior notice to parent.
In committee17
Allows public contractors paying benefits under collective bargaining agreements to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances.
Requires certain State public employees and officers and members of Legislature to file financial disclosure statement with State Ethics Commission or Joint Legislative Committee on Ethics.
Directs NJTA to dedicate toll increase revenue no longer required for payment of Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project to Transportation Trust Fund Account.
Imposes requirements concerning Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners budgets and capital plan; requires commissioners' meetings and public hearings be made available to public; requires commissioners make certain information available on website.
Makes changes to manner in which State-administered retirement systems operate and to public employee pension benefits.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations.
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.
Develops evaluation procedure for classroom teachers and requires establishment of lead teacher endorsement.
Prohibits imposition of parking fees in Meadowlands Sports Complex.
Requires reimbursement to State for costs related to provision of New Jersey State Police at certain Meadowlands Sports Complex events.
Removes certain requirements for professional engineers to take examination to operate water supply and wastewater treatment systems.
Requires background check for private gun sales.
Provides for life imprisonment without parole for killing an emergency responder.
Prohibits use of wearable computer with head mounted display while driving.
Changes composition of Automobile Insurance Territorial Rating Plan Advisory Commission.
Revises individual cause of action under consumer fraud act.
Prohibits bail bondsmen from accepting bail fees in installments.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
"Military Dependents Scholarship Fund Act"; provides college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn.
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain structures; designated as "Korman and Park's Law."
Expands scope of law governing registration of security guards; designated as " Detective Vincent Santiago's Law." *
Vetoed · 1
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Passed the General Assembly · 8
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of certain individuals with developmental disabilities to new residential placements until certain conditions are met. *
Establishes pilot program within Office of Emergency Management to provide zero-interest loans to certain gas stations that install appropriate wiring for generators.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Establishes "MVP Emergency Alert System" for missing persons with mental, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.*
Prohibits four-year public and independent institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees for nine continuous semesters following student's initial enrollment.*
Clarifies that piercing or tattooing animals constitutes needless mutilation and animal cruelty.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice services.*
Out of committee · 18
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Revises law concerning alarm business licensees.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Requires annual physical examination of child 19 years of age or younger include certain questions related to cardiac health.*
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
Concerns earned sick leave.
Designates State Route 173 between Clinton and Phillipsburg as "173rd Airborne Brigade Highway."
Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance.**
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.*
Abolishes Landscape Irrigation Contractors Examining Board in the Department of Environmental Protection and transfers regulation of landscape irrigation contractors to Department of Community Affairs.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions quarterly on July 15, October 15, January 15 and April 15.
Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.**
Establishes "MVP Emergency Alert System" for missing persons with mental, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.
Regulates autocycles.
In committee · 35
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Reduces number of rooms necessary for historic hotel to receive liquor license.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Prohibits emergency shelters for the homeless from refusing to provide services for minimum time frame unless shelters are at maximum capacity.
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit persons with mental illness unless they pose danger.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Lowers gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years for taxpayers that file jointly with $100,000 or less of taxable income and certain taxpayers that file individually with $50,000 or less of taxable income.
Lowers gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years for taxpayers that file jointly with $150,000 or less of taxable income and certain taxpayers that file individually with $75,000 or less of taxable income.
Lowers gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years for taxpayers that file jointly with $250,000 or less of taxable income and certain taxpayers that file individually with $125,000 or less of taxable income.
Lowers gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years for taxpayers that file jointly with $200,000 or less of taxable income and certain taxpayers that file individually with $100,000 or less of taxable income.
Provides three years of partial funding to urban enterprise zone assistance fund for Hurricane Sandy relief.
Reduces lawful maximum capacity of certain ammunition magazines in New Jersey.
Requires firearms to be unloaded and securely locked or stored within home.
Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning safety of certain pedestrians.
Requires SHBP and joint insurance funds to provide certain information to participating public employers.
Extends period for requested medical exam for disability benefits under PFRS to every two years until 55 years of age.
Codifies current State Board of Education regulations which limit who may serve as case managers for students with disabilities to members of child study teams and certain speech-language specialists.
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Establishes mutual aid assistance request protocols for 9-1-1 ambulance dispatchers.
Protects home addresses of law enforcement officers from being released by governmental entities.
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings and wood utility poles.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Establishes bill of rights for authorized family members of persons with developmental disabilities.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Allows certain law enforcement officers to have access to medical records of inmates under certain circumstances.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Requires public schools to include instruction on personal financial literacy as part of core curriculum content standards.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Modifies education requirement for licensure by the NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Concerns dissemination of wage and hour information for tipped workers.
Directs enhanced training for law enforcement and criminal justice personnel in interacting with African American victims of domestic violence; bars certain defendants from participation in Pretrial Intervention.
Requires newly-constructed multiple dwellings with six or more residential units to install standby generators to provide electricity in case of emergency.
"Free Means Free Act"; prohibits misleading advertising of free products.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.