Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Charlotte Vandervalk
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly3
Requires police departments and parole board to adopt maternity policies. *
Requires certain public utilities to notify an appropriate law enforcement officer of service shutoffs to multi-family housing unit customers or any other residential customers under certain circumstances. *
Requires licensing of genetic counselors.
Out of committee3
Authorizes special license plates for county and municipal emergency management volunteers.
Requires residential mortgage lender to provide debtor with contact information in certain notices, and include copies of notices to court in certain foreclosure actions. *
Revises health wellness insurance benefits.
In committee48
Creates a civil rape shield law.
Permits a tax deduction under the New Jersey gross income tax for taxpayers who operate or maintain for their employees a licensed child care center or who have paid the cost of outside child care.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for day care center support benefiting children of employees.
Limits operation of personal watercraft in coastal wetlands.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
Requires pharmacists to report prescription drug-related deaths and substantial bodily injuries to Board of Pharmacy.
Appropriates $500,000 to DEP from "Drought Management Fund" for water supply interconnection study.
Requires voter approval prior to the establishment of a charter school within certain school districts.
Raises monetary threshold for at-fault automobile accidents to $1,000.
Permits continued NJ FamilyCare eligibility for parent whose child turns 19 under certain circumstances.
Requires Director of DYFS to provide employees with access to motor vehicles, cellular telephones and computers.
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
Requires carriers to use chiropractor to make utilization management decisions concerning chiropractic services.
Prohibits use of equipment and facilities to produce obscene materials in public school districts and public institutions of higher education.
Revises New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act.
Requires owners of water supply reservoirs prone to downstream flooding to implement flood protection programs.
Changes compensation trigger for reenrollment of PERS retiree from $15,000 in aggregate to $15,000 per public employer.
Establishes tuition aid grant pilot program for part-time county college students.
Establishes Health Care Professional Regulation Study Commission and requires certain State professional licensing boards to take certain actions.
Requires all direct patient care staff in general hospitals to wear identification badges.
Provides for conscientious exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology, marriage and family therapy, chiropractic or State-certified psychoanalysis without the appropriate license or certification.
Requires DOE to establish working group to develop a plan for the regional provision of special education services.
Sets State's mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Prohibits investment of certain public funds in companies doing business in countries that sponsor terrorism.
Requires full and complete disclosure to the BPU by foreign corporations that own or control certain public utilities; prohibits majority ownership or control by foreign corporations of certain public utilities.
Exempts municipal clerk from penalties for Open Public Records Act violations under certain circumstances.
Repeals "Nursing Home Quality of Care Improvement Fund Act."
Requires training in diabetes care for certain school employees and use of medical management plans in schools for students with diabetes.
Requires that all emergency departments have necessary pediatric equipment available.
Appropriates $5 million to the Judiciary for substance abuse programs for persons on probation.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for research in Ataxia Telangiectasia.
Places temporary moratorium of 48 months on certain uses of eminent domain; creates Eminent Domain Study Commission to examine its use Statewide.
Allows transfer from ABP to PERS.
Requires hospitals to provide information to pregnant women regarding umbilical cord blood donation and storage options.
Prohibits diversion of preserved open space to provide land for residential development, including affordable housing.
Permits appointment of municipal emergency management coordinator from contiguous or adjoining municipality.
Establishes certain requirements regarding replacement of life insurance policies and annuity contracts.
Revises New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act and requires public school districts to provide instruction on that act as part of core curriculum content standards.
Revises procedures for the use of eminent domain and compensation for loss of business in municipal redevelopment programs.
Makes it an unlawful practice to apply temporary "black henna" tattoos without first notifying consumer of possible adverse reactions.
Excludes required minimum distributions from retirement savings plans from the definitions of qualifying income for property tax relief programs for seniors and the disabled.
Excludes certain capital gains from the definitions of qualifying income for property tax relief programs for seniors and the disabled.
Creates positions of Historic Sites Supervisor and Registrar for all State owned or administered historic sites.
Eliminates procedure by which taxpayer may appeal assessed value of property directly to State Tax Court.
Clarifies that use of ignition interlock device is mandatory for all drunk driving offenses and requires installation during license suspension.
Renames the "police court of the Palisades Interstate park" as "Court of Palisades Interstate Park."
Creates emergency alert plan for missing elderly people.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Requires residential mortgage lender to provide debtor with contact information in certain notices, and include copies of notices to court in certain foreclosure actions. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to advise women of option to donate or store umbilical cord blood and placental tissue. **
Upgrades simple assault against a private school teacher to aggravated assault; adds definition of "school" to criminal code. *
Regulates dormancy fees for money orders.
Appropriates $9,066,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Eliminates requirements for private passenger automobile insurers and agents to provide certain information on premium options.
Authorizes local units to invest in federally insured certificates of deposit under certain circumstances.
Provides for the transfer of certain college credits.
Regulates certain tows and requires licensure of towing companies.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Vetoed · 1
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Classifies victim impact statements as confidential communications.
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons. **
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Out of committee · 14
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for roadside markers to designate historic sites; appropriates $90,000. *
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Clarifies the law concerning the emergency administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis. *
Prohibits use of certain underwriting guidelines by insurers pertaining to guide dogs, service dogs, or hearing assistance dogs harbored on the insured property.
Exempts solar energy systems from real property taxation.
Clarifies treatment of two tier annuity products under the "Indexed Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Individual Deferred Annuities."
Requires informational posters about safe placement alternatives for newborn infants be posted in public restrooms used by females.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options. *
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees from 11 to 13 members.
Allows State banks to provide for staggered terms of directors in certificate of incorporation.
Requires secondary registration for certain out of State properties to be advertised to New Jersey resident. *
Clarifies that in nonpublic schools the school nurse would be required to recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine to students when nurse is not physically present.
In committee · 52
Prohibits certain contributions by certain entities and individuals doing business with counties or municipalities; limits amount of contribution by principals and officers of such entities.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Establishes a pothole repair and research program in the Department of Transportation and provides funding from new motor vehicle tire fee revenue.
Prohibits use of unmarked police vehicles for routine traffic stops.
Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Provides standards for expert witnesses in medical malpractice actions against physicians.
Establishes State-Administered Retirement Systems Study Commission.
Clarifies that responsibility for investment of assets under management of Division of Investment vests in State Investment Council.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for grant to North Jersey Community Research Initiative.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Prohibits taking of horseshoe crabs.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Expands FamilyCare Health Coverage Program to cover single adults and couples without dependent children with incomes up to 133% of poverty level.
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Establishes a hospital accounting management system and appropriates $2 million to DHSS.
Establishes a public school choice pilot program for pupils residing in certain school districts.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
Imposes surtax on certain New Jersey wages and income of residents of a state that imposes taxes on New Jersey residents that it does not impose on its own residents.
Revises the law concerning hazing; upgrades criminal penalties, provides certain immunities, creates civil offense and requires written policies.
Establishes the Division of Government Integrity in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Allows school psychologists to treat certain individuals in the private sector; provides for health benefits coverage therefor.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Prohibits contributions by certain entities doing business with State; limits amount of contributions by principals and officers of such entities.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Provides local governments may limit political contributions by business entities performing or seeking to perform public contracts; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Establishes certain ethical standards and financial control requirements for State authorities.
Provides immunity for certain volunteer health care professionals and nonprofit clinics.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Concerns bail bonds and bail enforcement agents.
Redefines role and qualifications of purchasing agent in "Local Public Contracts Law."
Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of core curriculum content standards.
Authorizes a motion to dismiss in a cause of action (a "SLAPP" suit) arising from a defendant's valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech.
Requires training program for and recognizes position of technical assistant to construction code official.
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Establishes a "State Authorities Review Commission."
Establishes "Local Authorities Review Commission."
Establishes universal credit equivalency program to provide seamless transfer of college credits by institutions of higher education.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Revises certain procedures for the use of eminent domain in municipal redevelopment programs.
Requires reduction in number of State employees to FY2000 level; establishes procedure to control creation of new State positions and filling of vacancies.
Exempts sales of services by counties and municipalities from sales and use tax.
Defines compensation for calculation of PERS contributions and benefits as amount taxed for Social Security purposes for new members.
"Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act"; appropriates $75,000.
Modifies rule governing decisions under the "Municipal Land Use Law."
Authorizes court to waive license revocation process for certain child support obligors.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain flood victims.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment for contempt for violation of domestic violence orders.
Changes maximum stream length and width restrictions on certain county or municipal stream cleaning activities.
Filed · 1
Clarifies type of liability insurance coverage certain licensed auto body repair facilities must carry.