Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Joan M. Quigley
Sponsored
Became law5
Concerns fire emergency procedures.
Allows all cities of the first class to collect property tax and hotel tax. *
Creates new alcoholic beverage license for facilities that teach winemaking.
Concerns certain riparian lands in Jersey City.
Clarifies fees under "The Radiation Accident Response Act" are assessments against facilities, not operators; assesses nuclear facility operators for costs of State provided supplemental security. *
Passed the General Assembly6
Creates the "Emergency Management Act of 2006." *
Directs AG and State Medical Examiner to study the creation of a secure autopsy facility.
Makes unlawful possession of assault firearm a second degree crime.
Upgrades penalty for unlawfully transferring a firearm to an underage person.
Prohibits individuals from purchasing more than one handgun in a calendar month.
Revises law permitting law enforcement agencies to charge additional fees for certain copies of motor vehicle accident reports; replaces exemption for in-person request with exemption for legally affected parties. *
Out of committee9
Establishes guidelines for dissemination of vital records.
Requires the State to provide State aid for public school adult high school programs.
Requires 90 days' notice to affected municipalities of discontinuance of certain bus and train service.
Requires informational posters about safe placement alternatives for newborn infants be posted in public restrooms used by females.
Clarifies that suspension for non-driving related offense is distinct from suspension for driving related offense.
Authorizes suspension of motor vehicle registration.
Renames New Jersey Merit Rating Plan and provides for changes in procedures for payment of outstanding surcharges. *
Authorizes periodic motor vehicle surcharge amnesty period.
Clarifies that certain political contribution disclosures that must be made annually to ELEC and prior to entering into certain public contracts apply only to for-profit business entities and not to nonprofit entities.
In committee38
Requires health insurers to provide certain reimbursement for hearing aids.
Provides gross income tax deduction for health care plan costs.
Permits person ineligible for Work First New Jersey benefits because of a drug distribution conviction to receive prescription drug benefits for life-saving or life-sustaining medications.
Provides that DNA test results may be used in establishing parentage.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Provides subsidy for purchase of certain health benefits plans by certain charitable organizations; makes an appropriation therefor.
Requires insurers to inform insureds whether certain coverages extend to rental automobiles.
Creates the "Biometric Identifier Privacy Act."
Provides civil immunity to public entities and public employees for acquisition, stockpiling, distribution and dispensing of certain drugs and vaccines to mitigate the effects of exposure to nuclear, chemical and biological agents.
Gives judge discretion to close court proceedings to the public in cases involving national or State security.
Establishes disaster needs and volunteer resources database program.
Provides for replacement of members of Legislature when one-half or more than one-half are killed by enemy attack.
Removes license suspension penalty for persons with only one outstanding parking fine; permits Motor Vehicle Commission to refuse registration to persons with only one outstanding parking fine.
Requires photographic identification cards for certain health care professionals.
Provides that civil service make-up examinations not include the same questions as the original examination.
Requires DHSS to establish public awareness campaign and develop policies and procedures for physicians and facilities concerning women with bleeding disorders.
Expands number of disorders included in newborn screening program.
Requires the licensing of certain security officers and the registration of their employers.
Creates pilot program to create a database with certain information regarding public buildings and facilities for use by emergency service providers during an emergency; appropriates $5,000,000.
Creates an integrated State medical examiner system by increasing the authority of the State Medical Examiner regarding forensic investigations, establishing regional medical examiner offices, and eliminating the county medical examiner system.
Requires certain ambulances to be equipped with global positioning system technology; appropriates $500,000 to DHSS.
Requires markings be removed from ambulances before certain sales.
Establishes a State aid program for charter school facilities.
Reduces years of law enforcement experience required for certain law enforcement officers to establish right to carry a firearm.
Permits members of State Police to receive travel and subsistence reimbursement exceeding $500 limit from certain sources other than State for out of State travel for educational purposes.
Applies serious life impact test to limitation on lawsuit threshold retroactively.
Provides in-network benefits to patient with disability for services provided by out-of-network provider under certain circumstances.
Establishes "New Jersey Partnership for Secure Schools Pilot Program" in Department of Education; appropriates $3 million.
Establishes NJ FamilyCare coverage buy-in program for certain small employers.
Prescribes duties of driver approaching stopped emergency vehicle displaying flashing lights.
Permits a local realty transfer fee on property located in cities of the first class.
Requires the placement of defibrillators on certain trains.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Provides $250 homestead property tax credit to senior citizens in first class cities.
Authorizes POW license plates for leased vehicles.
Authorizes municipalities to establish a local realty transfer fee in the amount of $0.50 per $500 of a property's purchase price.
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
Provides tuition-free enrollment at New Jersey public colleges to certain members of the State Police.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Authorizes suspension of motor vehicle registration.
Clarifies that suspension for non-driving related offense is distinct from suspension for driving related offense.
Renames New Jersey Rating Plan and provides for changes in procedures for payment of outstanding surcharges.
Clarifies that certain political contribution disclosures that must be made annually to ELEC and prior to entering into certain public contracts apply only to for-profit business entities and not to nonprofit entities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Concerns tax preparation services for certain clients.
Requires coordination of emergency operations plans and creation of emergency plan for certain animals. *
Revises qualifications to carry firearms for certain retired police officers.
Requires DHSS to maintain registry of reported autism diagnoses; appropriates $500,000. *
"The Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity and Firefighter Protection Act." **
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care Act"; reallocates State long-term care expenditures.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct performance review audits.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Increases voting members on UMDNJ board of trustees from 11 to 19; provides for additional board powers; and establishes board of directors for University Hospital. *
Concerns tobacco manufacturer payments under the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. *
"Electronic Waste Recycling Act."
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Provides for instruction in autism and other developmental disabilities awareness and methods of teaching students with autism and other developmental disabilities for candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers and paraprofessionals. **
Concerns Early Intervention Program services for children with autism.
Establishes New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force.
Increases fee for burial, removal and transit permits and provides for deposit of fee in NJ Electronic Death Registration Support Fund.
"Charity Care Fraud Prevention and Detection Act."
The "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007"; authorizes issuance of $200 million in bonds; appropriates $5,000.
Vetoed · 1
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimates or estimate ranges of projected contract costs and specifies grounds for rejections of all bids. **
Passed the General Assembly · 13
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students. *
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons. **
Concerns penalties for illegally passing a school bus. *
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Imposes surcharge on drunk drivers to establish Drunk Driving Prevention and Education Grant Fund.
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Authorizes civil action for certain economic damages against owner or keeper of pet animal that injures or kills another person's pet animal.
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging.
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
Concerns access to physical therapy services, and insurance claims handling following access to such services. *
Requires DHSS and DHS to establish autism and intellectual and other developmental disabilities awareness program for emergency medical technicians, police officers, and firefighters. *
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Out of committee · 40
Authorizes special license plates for county and municipal emergency management volunteers.
Revises health wellness insurance benefits.
"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.
Exempts members of fraternal benefit societies from insurance producer licensing requirements in certain circumstances.
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology without a license and prohibits certain unlicensed employees of nonprofit community agencies from using title of psychologist.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Permits granting residency credit points to candidates taking municipal police and fire promotional examination.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" concerning gender identity or expression discrimination.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Authorizes fees and tax abatements for vacant property in certain municipalities.
Requires disclosure of terms, conditions, and limitations on prepaid telephone calling cards.
Requires appointing authority to perform criminal history record background check on applicant or employee for employment, appointment, retention or promotion in a position designated with a domestic security classification.
Decreases certain public document copy fees to up to $0.10 or less per letter size page and up to $0.15 or less per legal size page. *
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Authorizes use of automated motor vehicle identification systems to enforce motor vehicle laws on certain local streets. *
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights. *
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.
Recodifies Title 4 criminal animal cruelty offenses in State criminal code; increases level of certain offenses and crimes; establishes new offenses; revises civil penalties; repeals various sections of law; designated as Angel's Law. **
Supplemental appropriation of $4,000,000 to fund CeaseFire pilot program in Camden, Jersey City, Newark, and Trenton. *
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Authorizes the issuance of bonds by the NJEDA to fund State capital construction projects of $270 million for facilities for stem cell research, biomedical research, blood collection and cancer research. **
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Allows access to housing, public facilities and transportation for certain working dogs, provides penalties for violation.
Imposes criminal penalties for certain actions concerning disposition of decedent's body parts.
Permits revised methods of treatment for chiropractors and establishes continuing education requirements.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Permits wineries to produce and sell certain distilled alcoholic beverages.
Expands number of salesrooms winery may operate from six to seven; permits sampling of wine at salesrooms, and permits wineries to sell wine at certain farm markets.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Authorizes payment options for certain motor vehicle fines and fees.
Revises driver's license suspension for operating a motor vehicle without certain insurance.
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship. *
Eliminates the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances. *
Creates local police officer and paid firefighter emergency registry.
Allows authorized representative of deceased or incapacitated dentist to contract with another dentist to continue practice for one year.
Requires distributing information about human papillomavirus to parents and guardians of seventh to twelfth graders and to pediatricians, and establishes public awareness campaign. *
Prohibits municipal prosecutors from making certain recommendations to the court. *
Makes changes concerning Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism.
Criminalizes certain actions in or on railroad property.
Expands program eligibility and enhances benefit amount under the New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
In committee · 82
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.
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for NJ FamilyCare.
Provides that impairing another person's means of communication may constitute an act of domestic violence.
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative."
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Allows a gross income tax credit for textbook purchases by full-time undergraduate students at four year institutions of higher education, county colleges and accredited post-secondary schools in New Jersey.
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Requires State Board of Education to include two hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public school teaching staff members.
Allows local employers in SHBP to negotiate premium payments with unions.
Permits immediate expungement of court records where the person is acquitted or discharged or where the charges have been dismissed.
Repeals the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances.
Regulates certain rental-purchase agreements.
Criminalizes the failure of a witness to report a crime in certain circumstances.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Establishes toll-free hotline to report motorists who litter in New Jersey.
Permits certain minors to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS.
Provides for automatic expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Changes requirements as to when HMDC shall notify concerned municipalities of plans for development in district.
Revises "lemon law" refund formula for consumers of certain new motor vehicles.
Establishes minimum salary of $40,000 for teaching staff members in school districts and educational services commissions.
Provides New Jersey sales tax amnesty program for small business.
Authorizes sheriff's employees pension fund to provide pension enhancement for future retirees.
Requires motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers to notify consumers of relevant adjustment programs.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zones in Garfield, Harrison, Keansburg, and two joint urban enterprise zones, one in Cliffside Park and Fairview, and one in Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough.
Makes temporary insurance and temporary domestic security local cap exceptions permanent; exempts pre-July 7, 2004 contract obligations from current, lower cap.
Establishes special license plates for veterans of the Korean conflict.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires health insurers to cover medically necessary expenses for preventing infertility in women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Requires retail food establishments to provide certain nutritional information for food or beverage items sold to its customers.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
Requires responsible business practices by large employers regarding wages and benefits.
Requires criminal background checks of employees of private prisoner transport companies.
Creates the offense of trafficking in and possession of counterfeit commuter tickets.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Provides certain benefits to New Jersey Transit police officers.
Provides for issuance of a uniform identification card for all law enforcement officers.
Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts in order to satisfy certain urban revitalization goals.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not reverse its Coastal Zone Act ruling that impacts a proposed New Jersey facility.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in financial institutions located in Delaware if that state does not amend its permitting laws to conform to the Compact of 1905.
Concerns standards for the groundwater remediation of contaminated sites.
Prohibits State Board of Education from authorizing use of special review assessment as an alternative for meeting graduation requirements.
Requires State budget to include funds for annual cost-of-living adjustment to certain contracted providers of services.
Eliminates enhanced penalties for certain crimes occurring on or in proximity to school property except when such crimes occur in the presence of a child.
Eliminates award of attorneys' fees, filing fees and costs of suit for technical violation of the consumer fraud act.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Extends State Board of Medical Examiners' authority to waive certain examinations for certain persons applying to practice medicine and surgery in this State.
"Expanding Access to Health Care Act"; requires certain large employers to either provide specified level of health benefits to employees or pay assessment to State.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Increases drunk driving enforcement surcharge.
Provides bill of rights for persons receiving services under Congregate Housing Services Program.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Expands membership of New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and ensures appointment of at least one member from each of the four counties where authority currently hosts facilities.
Enhances penalties for driving when license revoked.
Requires forfeiture of public office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher; disqualifies person from future office upon conviction of fourth degree crime or higher or conviction of crime involving dishonesty.
Makes chief of police contractual municipal employee and establishes in DLPS "Chiefs of Police Performance Evaluation Commission."
Provides for an extended term of imprisonment, supervision for life and sex offender registration for the crime of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Permits municipalities to enact an ordinance requiring drivers arrested for DUI to be held in custody.
Requires certain newspapers to provide free advertising space to candidates.
Creates Bergen County Transportation Trust Fund.
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.
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
"Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act"; appropriates $75,000.
Provides an exclusion for military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use proceeds from sale of former World Trade Center site for security improvements at its marine terminals.
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from requiring subscribers to pay a charge for calling emergency 9-1-1 service.
Requires evidence be retained indefinitely in homicide cases and until defendant's sentence expires in sexual assault cases.
Grants members of Community Emergency Response Team immunity from civil liability when responding to emergency.
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death actions arising out of murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter where a conviction was not obtained.