Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
Anthony Chiappone
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly3
Establishes "New Jersey Colon Cancer Research Fund;" provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns. *
Prohibits plea agreements for motor vehicle violations by drivers subject to the Graduated Driver Licensing law. *
Permits municipality containing a Health Enterprise Zone, or contiguous with three such municipalities, to grant property tax exemption to acute care hospitals.
Out of committee5
Validates certain local parking, speed limit and traffic direction regulations.
Upgrades penalties for assaulting certain health care professionals and workers. *
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.
"Kyleigh's law;" requires holders of special learner's permits, examination permits, and provisional driver's licenses to display certain decals. *
Establishes New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
In committee58
Requires 10 percent premium discount for good drivers who are with same insurer five or more years.
Requires public notice of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board meetings.
Requires off-track wagering licensee to pay 5% of its wagering revenues to host municipality.
Requires certain sex offenders to be photographed every 90 days; requires employment information to be published on sex offender Internet registry.
Allow voters considered members of one political party to change affiliation to another political party at primary election.
Requires bicycle helmets, reflectors and lights for certain individuals.
Expands civil rights protections to include pregnancy and breast-feeding; requires employers to provide daily break to breast-feeding mothers.
Eliminates maximum age requirement for appointment as police officer or paid firefighter.
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Requires prosecution of domestic violence-related cases in Superior Court; removes jurisdiction from municipal court.
Authorizes "Proud to Be an American" license plate with proceeds to veterans' and emergency management organizations.
Authorizes local contractor preference program.
Creates $9 rebate on driver's license renewals for organ donors.
Permits municipalities to install traffic-lights on self-contained municipal streets without approval of the Commissioner of Transportation.
Changes composition and revises authority of Fish and Game Council; creates nonlethal alternative committee within council.
Creates New Jersey Clinical Trials Registry in DHSS.
"Stephen R. Gregg Plaque Act"; permits local governing body to alter or remove and replace plaques or public markers in certain circumstances.
Requires sale or lease of property pursuant to a redevelopment plan to be ratified by local governing body.
Directs NJTA to study and report costs of expanding Vincent R. Casciano Bridge.
Permits in-person wagering at casinos and horse racetracks on results of professional sports events, subject to voter approval.
Requires nursing homes and ambulatory surgical facilities to implement infection prevention programs.
Requires DHSS to authorize Jersey City to issue certified copies of birth certificates by June 30, 2009.
Requires voters to present identification at polling place prior to voting.
Establishes Senior Citizen Pet Companionship Program in DHSS.
Establishes ovarian cancer education program in DHSS.
Provides that court shall make order respecting custody of domestic companion animals in divorce upon request.
Provides for annual cost-of-living increase in Lifeline benefits.
Requires the court, in determining disposition of juvenile offender, to take into account juvenile's status as student receiving special education services.
Authorizes seizure of firearms possessed by persons taken involuntarily into custody by police for mental health screenings and assessments.
Requires veterinarians report animal cruelty and police investigate possible associated domestic violence and child abuse.
Subjects municipal utilities authority's water rate increases to approval by local unit that created the authority.
Subjects municipal utilities authorities to jurisdiction of Board of Public Utilities.
Permits public body to meet adequate notice requirements for public meeting by publishing notice in one newspaper and on official Internet website.
Commences payment in lieu of taxes for tax exempt real property owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Requires municipal redevelopment agency commissioners to approve the hiring of all employees.
Directs DHSS to develop plan to phase out use of powdered latex gloves in health care facilities and food service establishments.
Regulates certain commercial mobile service contract billing practices.
Provides that amendments to municipal budget may be provided in writing at public hearing rather than being read in full.
Exempts veterans from $15 fee for open and competitive civil service examinations and from local residency requirements.
Requires State and local government employers to adopt maternity policy.
Removes vendor certification requirement as prerequisite to payment by local unit.
Permits sale of county and municipal property through use of licensed real estate broker as alternative to public bidding process.
Permits police chiefs to issue handgun purchase permits to officers who are regularly employed, full-time members of their departments.
Provides that gift certificates, prepaid bank cards and gift cards shall not expire or contain dormancy fees.
Prohibits cruel restraint of dogs.
Makes vendor certification as prerequisite to payment by local unit optional.
"Personal Seat License Holder's Bill of Rights."
Prohibits cruel restraint and confinement of dogs.
Prohibits job discrimination on basis of credit history or financial status.
Supports New Jersey film industry and strengthens film production expenses tax credit.
Revises eligibility requirements, clarifies qualifications and restricts certain provisions under the "Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act."
Upgrades crimes committed against certain animals.
Expands definition of "hotel" for purposes of hotel occupancy tax imposed by cities of the first class and certain cities of the second class.
Allows UEZ municipalities to include grants equal to one month of rent for new qualified businesses as projects eligible for UEZ funding assistance.
Requires breath or blood sample to be obtained from driver involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death or certain bodily injury.
Requires for-profit hospitals to report certain information to DHSS.
"Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act"; supports New Jersey film and digital media industry and strengthens film and digital media production tax credits.
Establishes crime of using a defaced or stolen firearm to cause serious bodily or bodily injury to a law enforcement officer; enhances penalties concerning defaced firearms.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Establishes New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
"Kyleigh's law;" requires holders of special learner's permits, examination permits, and provisional driver's licenses to display certain decals. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Requires facility where patient dies to provide medical examiner with contact information for next-of-kin so medical examiner may obtain additional information about death. *
Provides "Patriots Corner" tribute in State House to New Jersey residents serving in US Armed Forces, reserve components and New Jersey National Guard.
Establishes measures to provide employment stability for teaching paraprofessionals employed in school districts that receive federal funding under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Requires training program for and recognizes position of technical assistant to construction code official.
Requires bittering agent to be added to certain engine coolants and antifreeze to render it unpalatable.
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for certain first responders. *
Imposes moratorium on harvest and possession of horseshoe crabs.
Authorizes BPU to use Retail Margin Fund monies to provide grants for combined heat and power production, energy efficiency projects and programs promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency; makes an appropriation. **
Authorizes EDA to develop and finance parking structures in certain urban and suburban areas. *
Requires each general hospital and State psychiatric hospital to annually conduct public meeting for community it serves. *
Permits municipalities to set strict absentee policies for service on authorities, boards, and commissions.
Establishes Ellis Island Advisory Commission.
Adds non-voting member to NJT board.
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.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Requires DHS and DCF to establish standardized admission protocols and medical clearance criteria for admission to behavioral health care facilities. *
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," authorizes bonds for $400 million; appropriates $5,000. **
Directs EDA to transfer up to $22 million in unencumbered reserves to qualifying capital investment grant component of InvestNJ Business Grant Program.
Passed the General Assembly · 11
The "Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act."
Establishes Task Force to study the benefits of student recess and make recommendations on advisability of mandatory recess in school districts.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
"Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Provides additional enforcement provisions under "Health Care Quality Act"; allows certain private causes of action for violations; expands administrative remedies; establishes enforcement fund.
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
Concerns continuing education for dentists. *
Expands requirements for special learner's and examination permits.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Updates list of programs establishing eligibility for State low cost spaying and neutering program.
Out of committee · 25
Requires 45 days' notice to affected municipalities of discontinuance of certain bus and train service.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT. *
Provides for annual cost-of-living increase in amount of Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance payment.
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights.
Requires DHSS to report certain patient safety indicators on a hospital by hospital basis and prohibits hospitals from charging for certain medical errors. *
"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.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Regulates certain credentialing and trade practices of insurance producers, and provides private cause of action for insurance producer violations.
Allows credit against certain charges to CATV customers opting out of premium service within 30 days of CATV company notice of network or programming change.
Requires counties, municipalities, fire districts and boards of education to cooperatively develop and implement five-year financial plans.
Requires training for all trustees of general hospitals.
Authorizes enhanced DHSS monitoring of hospital financial performance and intervention in management of identified distressed hospitals.
Requires records to be maintained concerning the sale of used jewelry. *
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Revises certain restrictions on permit holders and provisional driver's licensees; renames provisional license "probationary."
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Prohibits penalizing pharmacy for dispensing forged or fraudulent prescription approved by certain State prescription drug benefit programs. *
"New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act."
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.
Requires test agencies to offer post-examination products and services in a uniform manner to all test subjects.
In committee · 65
The "New Jersey Self-Defense Law."
Prohibits legislators from certain lobbying activities for two years after leaving office; provides additional civil penalties for violations.
Requires the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners maintain minutes of meetings; provides Governor veto over minutes.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death actions arising out of murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter where a conviction was not obtained.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Authorizes local law enforcement officers to inspect trucks.
The "Najeeb Green-Lewis Law," requires motor vehicle rental companies to confirm driving status of driver as condition of renting certain vehicles.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Permits certain sheriffs to enforce truck weight limits.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Clarifies police powers of certain sheriff's officers to enforce motor vehicle and traffic laws.
The " Abandoned Cemetery Maintenance and Preservation Act."
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
"Toy Safety Act."
Directs Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate certain fire safety regulations concerning furnishings purchased by public and independent institutions of higher education.
Establishes commission to study the sale and lease of State assets.
Requires public schools to include instruction on the obligations and responsibilities of parenting as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires aftercare treatment program as part of community supervision.
Allocates Amistad Commission in the DOE, designates Commissioner of Education as chair, authorizes commission to hire staff, decreases public members from eight to four, and provides commission with additional powers.
Requires certain ambulatory care facilities to provide services to patients without regard to ability to pay or source of payment.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Makes employment matters not exempted by statute mandatory subjects of public employment collective bargaining.
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies.
"Kyleigh's Law"; revises laws concerning provisional driver's licenses.
Appropriates $1,000,000 to Department of State to continue the New Jersey Knowledge Initiative Statewide database program.
The "Pesticide Use Reduction Recognition Act."
The "Animal Cruelty Recodification and Modernization Act."
Exempts certain databases from public access under Open Public Records Act under certain circumstances.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Revises law concerning disposition of assets of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended.
The "Animal Cruelty Recodification and Modernization Act."
Enhances duty and broadens liability concerning security of personal information, and response to breach of security, under "Identity Theft Prevention Act."
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Requires handgun ammunition to be encoded with serial number.
Authorizes SDA school districts to construct school facilities projects and receive State debt service aid.
"Urban Enterprise Zone Jobs Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of the Treasury to provide tax credits for contributions to entities which provide tuition scholarships to children in certain urban enterprise zone municipalities.
Provides for licensing and regulation of private process serving businesses.
Requires at least 30% of snacks sold in State vending machines be appropriate for consumption by individuals with diabetes.
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Increases various fees charged by the sheriff's office and dedicates additional revenue to transportation costs of the sheriff's office.
Establishes Office of Animal Welfare in DHSS.
Requires animal cruelty training for selected assistant county prosecutors and tracking of animal cruelty cases in State uniform crime reporting system; directs AG to issue prosecutor guidelines for animal cruelty cases.
Expands the provisions of Operation Recognition to veterans of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Prohibits hospital from charging patient or third party payer for costs associated with certain hospital-acquired conditions.
Requires study of availability of certain health care services by independent entity.
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to prepare and distribute informational booklet about sickle cell anemia; appropriates $95,000.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Requires small employer health insurance carriers to offer coverage for treatment of infertility.
Extends the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse cases.
Upgrades penalties for assaulting certain health care professionals and workers.
Requires insurers to provide coverage for medications and dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Increases penalties for violations of special learner's permits, examination permits, and probationary driver's licenses; changes "provisional" license to "probationary" license.
Establishes voluntary gross income tax check-off donation for State low-income and shelter-adoption spaying and neutering programs; establishes veterinarian continuing education credits for certain services to certain cats or dogs provided free of charge
Removes confidential employee status of certain Casino Control Commission employees.
Permits counties, municipalities, and school districts to issue bonds to pay a portion of PERS and PFRS liability and other purposes under certain conditions for up to three budget years.
Requires debt collector to provide debtor certain information.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Permits person with developmental disability and legal guardian to audio record sessions of interdisciplinary team in which person or guardian participates.
Requires each county to establish and maintain veterans service office.