Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, Senate.
Joseph Coniglio
Sponsored
Became law6
Increases membership of Executive Commission on Ethical Standards to nine through addition of two public members.
Criminalizes fraudulent solicitation and collection of funds on behalf of charities.
Appropriates $11.05 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern New Jersey.
Provides for the regulation of long-term care insurance.
Requires staff members of residential child care facilities to undergo criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks.
Appropriates $51,282,300 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space aquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populate
Passed the Senate4
Provides for discharge of obligation to repay grants to owners of underground storage tanks under certain circumstances.
Requires prior approval of subcontracts awarded under State or State authority contracts.
Requires proof of the designation of registered agents and registered offices for service of process as part of the business registrations of State government contractors and subcontractors.
Requires sellers, landlords and transferors of certain dwelling units to provide portable fire extinguisher upon sale, lease or transfer.
Out of committee18
Requires certain towing operators to accept cash or credit or charge cards for payment of services.
Permits municipalities to license and regulate self-service storage facilities and requires warnings against storage of hazardous materials on rental contracts.
Requires employer notification to employees if health benefits coverage is terminated.
Authorizes Governor to prevent rent gouging in areas declared to be in state of emergency.
Permits the establishment of athletic codes of conduct; requires anger management counseling prior to resuming attendance. *
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Prohibits employment at certain airports of individuals convicted of certain crimes.
Authorizes payment of benefit by certain sewerage authorities to certain municipalities hosting certain waste treatment facilities.
Requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 18 years of age and younger. *
Provides for voter registration at office of registrar of institutions of higher education.
Establishes a first-time home buyers' program in HMFA for certain families.
Permits Division of Ratepayer Advocate to intervene in insurance rate increases.
Requires that owners of age-restricted multiple dwellings notify municipal emergency management coordinator of certain utility disruptions and prepare and maintain annual emergency evacuation plans.
Establishes the Teaching Fellows Program and appropriates $155,000.
Upgrades penalties for theft of identity and the selling, manufacturing, possessing, or exhibiting of false government documents; allows for civil action for victims of identity theft. *
Provides State-paid health care benefits coverage through SHBP for certain National Guard members called to State active duty for 30 days or more.
Establishes a minimum per diem base pay of $100 for members of National Guard called to State active duty.
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of National Guard members on State active duty from gross income under the gross income tax.
In committee38
Reduces blood alcohol concentration level for drunk driving conviction to 0.08% and provides enhanced penalties for certain drunk driving offenses.
Includes certain payments by cigarette manufacturers in the price received for cigarettes by wholesalers and retailers.
Provides that area surrounding a playground be designated as a drug free zone.
Allows gross income tax deduction for 50% of contributions of $100 or more to domestic violence shelters.
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1 million.
Requires DEP to increase number of radiation protection inspectors and enter agreements with the federal government to regulate sources of radiation statewide.
Requires facilities that generate, store, or handle certain explosives to comply with the provisions of the Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act.
Requires certain insurers to notify employees if health benefits coverage is terminated.
Establishes "Voto-Tedesco Community Notification Law."
Provides benefits for family temporary disability leave.
Supplemental appropriation of $690,000 to Division on Women in DCA to fund Grants to Displaced Homemaker Centers program.
Permits local units to create budgetary reserves for settling labor contract disputes.
"Veterans' Property Tax Relief Act of 2002."
Provides property tax relief to certain totally disabled veterans and provides for municipal reimbursement by State.
Requires certain businesses to post hazardous substance warning placards under certain circumstances.
Requires warehouses to report under Worker and Community Right to Know Act; establishes placarding requirement.
Requires certification of persons installing medical gas piping in licensed health care facilities.
Directs DEP to establish risk assessment program for industry and improved monitoring of hazardous air pollutants Statewide.
Requires certificate of approval for home infusion therapy providers.
Prohibits lobbyists or legislative agents from providing benefits to legislators, staff and legislative candidates and prohibits those officials from accepting such benefits.
Regulates operation of motorized scooters and motorized skateboards.
Requires health benefits coverage for certain therapies and applied behavioral analysis for the treatment of certain autism disorders.
Supplemental appropriation of $4.8 million in federal funds to DHS for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Provides gross income tax deduction for three years of nursing pay for new enrollees in nusing education programs.
Requires restaurants using peanut products in food preparation to post signs stating that fact.
Prohibits New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority from entering into or approving certain agreements or contracts.
Appropriates certain additional federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds.
Excludes from taxation income from certain sales of land for open space and farmland preservation purposes.
Makes various changes to the Garden State Preservation Trust Act.
Implements parts of federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002."
Extends eligibility for State veterans' benefits to veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Requires DOT to ban right turn on red at unsafe intersections, erect signs at crosswalks and considers pedestrian safety when distributing discretionary aid.
Restructures child protective services in DHS.
Affords exemption from "deadly force" justification standards for police using less-lethal ammunition.
Provides for issuance of a uniform identification card for all law enforcement officers.
Upgrades aggravated arson to first degree crime and arson to second degree crime.
Appropriates $2,000,000 to DEP for flood control projects on the Saddle River.
Authorizes funding for flood control projects under the Shore Protection Fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Repeals law creating State poet laureate. *
Provides for certification for emergency medical technicians to administer epinephrine.
Imposes restrictions on future retail sales of handguns; mandates sales of personalized handguns when found available for retail sales purposes. *
Requires payment of prevailing wages in construction related to Commerce and Economic Growth Commission and EDA assistance.
Authorizes an increase in administrative penalties for prevailing wage violations.
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan program and registry plan; makes appropriations. *
Eliminates remarriage prohibition for PFRS and SPRS accidental death benefits. *
Provides for mandatory participation in school breakfast program for certain schools. *
Directs HMFA to require shower rails in senior rental projects. *
Permits municipalities to enact ordinance to hold DUI arrestees in protective custody. *
The "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003," authorizes bonds for $200,000,000 and appropriates $5,000. *
Prohibits certain acts involving invasion of privacy. *
Clarifies various provisions of law establishing the State's "no telemarketing call list."
Passed the Senate · 8
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate.
Provides civil service preference to veterans of global war on terror. *
Requires lobbyist or legislative agent seeking to influence awarding of public contracts to report such activities; requires greater disclosure to ELEC of political contributions made to candidates and committees.
Limits exchange of information between State officer or employee and bidders or prospective bidders prior to awarding of State or State authority contract.
Establishes Inmate Education and Vocational Training Study Commission. *
Designates third Saturday in June of each year "Juneteenth Independence Day" in New Jersey.
Extends certain benefits to veterans of the global war on terror. *
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees. *
Out of committee · 32
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies. *
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers. *
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002." *
Establishes criminal penalties for violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act." *
Extends senior citizen and handicapped citizen reduced fare program for regular route bus service to complementary paratransit bus service.
Reduces blood alcohol level at which a person is considered to be guilty of drunk driving from 0.10% to 0.08%.
Establishes a minimum per diem base pay of $100 for members of National Guard called to State active duty. *
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch.*
"Brain Injury Research Act."
Authorizes criminal background checks for au pairs and nannies.
Concerns public works contracts and project labor agreements with labor organizations. *
Requires certification of persons installing medical gas piping in licensed health care facilities.
Prohibits use of cell phone while driving school bus.
Allows groups authorized to conduct bingo or raffles to use proceeds for capital improvements in certain instances.
Establishes "Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program"; appropriates $1,500,000.
Makes various changes to tenant security deposit laws.
Requires development of State and county mosquito control plans; appropriates $5 million.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Designated the "Clean Indoor Air Act."
Requires DOE to coordinate sharing of textbooks among school districts.
Establishes "Autism Medical Research and Treatment Fund." *
Provides non-forfeitable right to post-retirement medical benefits provided by law to certain public employees with 25 years of service.
Expands list of crimes for which blood samples are collected for purposes of DNA testing.
Amends Megan's Law to comply with requirements of federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act.
Implements portions of federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002."
Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Revises "Charitable Registration and Investigation Act."
Prohibits certain public colleges from charging tuition and fees to students who are spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Establishes right of person engaged in military service for more than 90 days to cancel motor vehicle lease without penalty.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student who is called to active duty for certain military operations.
In committee · 46
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan program and registry plan; appropriates $2 million.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Requires designated employees trained in the use of defibrillators to be available for high school athletic events; appropriates $1.2 million.
Requires criminal history record background checks on certain volunteer sports personnel.
Supplemental appropriation of $19 million from Tobacco Settlement Fund to DHSS for breast cancer screening.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Directs DHSS to adopt regulations establishing certain minimum nursing staff ratios for general hospitals and nursing facilities and sets limits on medical residents' hours.
Provides $3,000 income tax deduction for certain families providing home care for an elderly relative.
Excludes certain income from consideration for PAAD eligibility.
Establishes Breast Cancer Screening Access Program in DHSS; appropriates $32.5 million.
Imposes restrictions on future retail sales of handguns; mandates sales of personalized handguns when found available for retail sales purposes.
Requires all EMT's to be trained and certified to perform cardiac defibrillation.
Allows municipalities to double fines for moving motor vehicle violations in school zones.
Imposes surcharge on drunk drivers to establish Drunk Driving Prevention and Education Grant Fund.
Allows worker selection of treatment providers under workers' compensation.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Increases workers' compensation benefits for dependents.
Increases certain workers' compensation benefits.
Requires background checks on individuals requesting flight instruction or aircraft rental; disqualifies certain persons from instruction or rental.
Requires nursing homes to have defibrillator on site and employee trained to use defibrillator.
Requires testing of school grounds for hazardous substances under certain circumstances.
Requires ATM facilities to be equipped with access to emergency telephone service.
"New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002."
Requires CATV companies to forward annually number and types of customer complaints to BPU.
Enhances certain TPAF and PERS retirement allowances for veterans.
Eliminates certain budget language which affects Bergen Regional Medical Center.
Requires financial services firms to adopt certain practices to protect against the occurrence of conflict of interest in work they perform for Division of Investment or State Investment Council.
Requires ballistic identifiers as a condition for sale of handguns and certain rifles; provides a voluntary ballistic identifier program for handgun and rifle owners.
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS of $1,560,000 to provide grants for rodent control programs in municipalities with Abbott school districts.
Prohibits State chartered financial institutions from charging ATM fees.
Amends Punitive Damages Act to add Conscientious Employee Protection Act.
Clarifies provisions in "Law Against Discrimination" barring discrimination on the basis on familial status in employment.
Makes certain anti-competitive practices of certain cable television companies a violation of the "New Jersey Antitrust Act."
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
"Children's Product Safety Act."
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Requires independent contractors to submit to background checks to work within certain industries.
Amends "Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act" to address terrorist and criminal acts.
Prohibits the use of concentrated hydrogen fluoride after January 1, 2006.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $135,000 for FY2004 to the Department of Education to restore funding to FY2003 level for the Commission on Italian American Heritage Cultural and Educational Programs.
Authorizes the issuance of restraining orders in situations where the domestic violence statutes do not apply; repeals section 2 of P.L.1999, c.47.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Permits person entitled to bring action for wrongful death based upon the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to commence action up until September 11, 2004.
Extends eligibility for State veterans' benefits to veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.