Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, Senate.
Walter J. Kavanaugh
Sponsored
Became law1
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus land and improvements thereon known as North Princeton Developmental Center to Montgomery Township in Somerset County.
Passed the Senate2
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
Concerns unemployment benefits for temporary help service firm employees.
Out of committee3
Permits criminal history record check for unpaid volunteers in schools and requires applicant to be reimbursed for costs of check; permits the reimbursement of paid school personnel for such costs.
Authorizes a county college board of trustees to grant voting rights to the graduating class representative on the board and requires the board chairman to cast deciding vote in the event of a tie under certain circumstances.
Concerns tobacco manufacturer payments under the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
In committee15
Requires males to comply with federal selective service law as condition of State and political subdivision employment.
Permits children to obtain digital photo identification cards.
Authorizes hunting of deer with bow and arrow on Sundays.
Provides voting rights for graduating class representative on county college boards of trustees.
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Establishes "Volunteer Emergency Services Highway Reimbursement Fund."
Requires that chiropractic physicians, podiatric physicians, allopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentists, and other health care providers be reimbursed at same rate for the same service.
Authorizes transfer of State property and removes use restrictions.
Adds murder to the list of predicate crimes in the felony murder statute.
Extends veteran's tax deduction to certain persons undergoing training for deployment in Operation "Iraqi Freedom."
Requires fingerprinting for certain disorderly persons offenses.
Requires certain TPAF and PERS benefits to be calculated using years of service divided by 60 rather than 55.
Requires vehicles in funeral processions activate hazard signals.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey for reinstatement of certain athletic teams.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Matthew Albrecht Act; requires mattresses and box springs for sale in State to meet federal cigarette-ignition and open-flame standards. **
Establishes the crime of corruption of public resources.
Establishes the "Public Corruption Profiteering Penalty Act."
Creates the "Internet Dating Safety Act," requiring Internet dating services to provide notice whether the service conducts criminal background screenings.
Provides for mandatory term of imprisonment for luring and enticing an adult; increases mandatory term for luring and enticing a child.
Restricts certain sex offenders' access to the Internet.
Increases fees and penalties under the "Explosives Act."
"Nicole's Law;" permits victim of sex offense to obtain restraining order against offender. *
Excludes membership fees and dues of certain governmental and charitable clubs and organizations and certain parking services from sales and use tax. ****
Passed the Senate · 1
Increases statute of limitations for certain crimes involving political corruption from five years to seven years.
Out of committee · 7
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. *
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Requires employers to provide rest and meal breaks.
Upgrades penalties for recruiting minors and confined persons to be in criminal street gang. *
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Appropriates $6 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 25
Requires that public officers or public employees convicted of crimes involving their office or employment be sentenced to mandatory prison terms and forfeit pension benefits.
Requires dissemination of organ and tissue donation by State Treasurer, Personnel Commissioner, State contractors, and preparers of advanced health care directives; designates April of each year as Donate Life Month.
Requires HIV testing for pregnant women and marriage license applicants.
Permits municipalities to offer prescription drug benefit to certain retired volunteer firefighters and other emergency aid volunteers.
Creates "Children's Equal Rights Act."
Proscribes liability of architects in certain circumstances.
Appropriates $150,000 to DOL to provide continued assistance to deaf community through State Centers for Independent Living.
Delays imposition of new State fees and fee increases on counties, municipalities and local school boards until next local budget year.
Implements the economic indicator recommendations of the Commissioner of Education on Abbott district designation.
Creates 14 additional judgeships; raises court fees.
Eliminates ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS for Office on Women's Health.
Implements amendments to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Requires "permanent injury" under limitation on lawsuit threshold to have serious and permanent impact on life of injured person to pierce threshold.
Exempts construction, expansion or renovation of buildings or other structures for police departments, fire departments, and volunteer first aid, emergency, ambulance or rescue squads from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Changes calculation of average weekly wage for TDI benefits.
Requires court to order a psychiatric evaluation for persons who have been subject to three or more final restraining orders.
Permits waivers from window tinting standards.
Prevents intoxicated employees from receiving workers' compensation.
Increases prison time for certain persons convicted of a motor vehicle offense when license suspended for DUI.
Establishes the "Equal Benefits Act of 2007."
Provides that English shall be the official language of the State.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to provide for full funding of certain statutory school aid provisions.