Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Robert Schroeder
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires, for roof mounted solar photovoltaic systems, identifying emblem on certain structures, and fire department notification for all structures. **
In committee20
Requires that DMV suspension and revocation notices be given by certified mail.
Requires notification of municipalities by public utilities under certain circumstances.
Exempts government-owned property from adverse possession and eliminates statute of limitation period for recovery.
Allows publication of legal advertisements in "free" newspapers.
Limits scope of inmates whose cases must be reviewed for parole eligibility every three years.
Sets State's mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Creates bistate commission to coordinate management and flood prevention of waterways flowing between Bergen County, NJ and Rockland County, NY.
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.
Repeals Kyleigh's Law decal requirement; requires MVC to provide parents of graduated driver license applicants detailed information about program's conditions and restrictions; imposes penalties on parents when licensees fail to comply.
Establishes $100 to $500 fine for owner of animal which attacks, injures, or otherwise interferes with law enforcement animals, search and rescue dogs, or service dogs; designated as "Dusty's Law."
Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles.
Makes humane officers for NJSPCA and county societies eligible for body armor grants.
Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Requires DEP and owners of reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures, and authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs in response to severe weather events.
Provides sales and use tax rebates for certain purchases made by victims of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
Reduces unemployment benefits and employer unemployment taxes.
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law."
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Requires that police obtain warrant to conduct aerial surveillance utilizing drones.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Establishes offense of unlawfully accessing location of law enforcement vehicles through certain electronic means.*
Alex DeCroce's Law; enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
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.
Vetoed · 1
"Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act"; eliminates criminal liability for persons who seek medical assistance in response to drug overdose. *
Passed the General Assembly · 2
Revises exemption from license requirement for raffles for door prizes of donated or purchased merchandise; increases total retail value from $50 to $200 or higher if permitted.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Out of committee · 9
Prohibits first responders from photographing persons being assisted or disclosing photographs of such persons without their consent.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
"Children's Sudden Cardiac Events Reporting Act."
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.
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.
In committee · 26
Establishes that only non-violent offenders should have their cases reviewed by the parole board every three years.
Establishes new crimes concerning service dogs and upgrades crimes against certain other animals.
Increases minimum penalty for aggravated manslaughter under certain circumstances.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Provides that 20% of fee charged for initial certified copy of birth certificate shall be used to support certain activities of NJ Cord Blood Bank.
Expands parity between certain State-chartered financial institutions, and permits interstate banking by such institutions through de novo branching or expanded authority to acquire existing branches or institutions.
"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.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Establishes Commission on State-owned Historic Sites in Department of State, transfers administration of State-owned historic sites to commission, and transfers historic preservation programs from DEP to Department of State.
Requires all personal audio players distributed in New Jersey to contain warning about volume and hearing loss.
Temporarily renames NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury as NJ Advisory Council on Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injury; establishes Acquired Brain Injury Fund.
Requires in public schools instruction on the contributions of United States veterans and the observance of patriotic exercises on certain holidays.
Expands DNA database to include samples from certain arrestees; designated "Katie's Law."
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Concerns unemployment insurance benefits and certain severance payments.
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.
Reduces amount of fire duty required in order to receive exempt fireman certificate.
Regulates sale of olive oil.
Changes various provisions of "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
"Vader's Law"; revises law to enhance penalty for injuring or harming certain dogs.