Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Peter C. Eagler
Sponsored
Became law3
Expands campaign communications required to feature identification to include telephone calls featuring recorded messages made in regard to candidates and public questions.
Revises experience requirements for eligibility to be licensed as a marriage and family therapist.
Revises number of semester hours of education required by applicants seeking examination for licensure as certified public accountants.
Passed the General Assembly1
Exempts members of fraternal benefit societies from insurance producer licensing requirements in certain circumstances.
Out of committee1
Provides for registration of swimming pool applicators.
In committee9
Permits parent-teacher associations to conduct fundraising activities within 100 feet of polling place on day of election under certain circumstances.
Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000.
Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation to make applications for homestead property tax reimbursement program available by January 31 of each year.
Provides local government unclassified service employees with hearing prior to removal.
Requires Division of Taxation to establish and maintain toll-free telephone number for homestead rebate inquiries.
Requires New Jersey Transit Corporation to pay taxes on property not used for public purpose.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Revises business permit exemptions for certain persons performing electrical work and requires registration of qualified journeyman electricians.
Permits private pay nursing home residents to pay retroactive nursing home assessment over one-year period and directs DHSS to pay assessment of certain low-income persons.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 71
Establishes "New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project."
Requires ELEC to review its Internet site and recommend improvements in format and content.
Increases monetary penalties for violating campaign contribution and expenditure limit and reporting requirements and remuneration restrictions.
Requires certain election committees and certain other persons to file report with ELEC within 48 hours of making certain expenditures in excess of $800 during certain periods.
Prohibits employment or assignment in certain positions of relatives of certain officers of the Executive Branch, of independent authorities or of interstate agencies.
Requires that voting machines produce voter-verified paper record; provides that results of audit become official tally; provides for waiver if paper record not commercially available; provides for State funding for paper record. *
Permits voter registration up to 21 days before election; permits use of provisional ballot for voter registration; modifies information available on voter registration list. *
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act."
Establishes Property Tax Convention Task Force; appropriates $250,000.
Increases homestead rebates for certain homestead owners, folds NJ SAVER rebates into the Homestead Rebate program and increases gross income tax rate for taxpayers with taxable income over $500,000 and temporarily adjusts withholding tax.
Designates third Saturday in June of each year "Juneteenth Independence Day" in New Jersey.
Requires DHSS to distribute fact sheet on nut allergies and conduct public information campaign about food allergies; appropriates $250,000. ***
Requires N.J. Firemen's Association to pay death benefits to members employed as law enforcement officers who die in terrorist attack.
Permits appointment of up to four alternate members to municipal zoning boards of adjustment.
Revises "Respiratory Care Practitioner Licensing Act."
Allows residential subscribers to designate third parties to receive CATV service termination notices.
Prohibits transmission of certain unsolicited fax advertisements over telephone lines.
Requires ownership label or notice on ATMs.
Changes laws governing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates institutional liens for persons treated at State and county psychiatric facilities. **
Includes advanced practice nurses among medical professionals authorized to examine or treat certain individuals under labor laws.
Clarifies municipal and county jurisdiction over streets and permits municipalities to designate stop or yield intersections on certain streets under municipal jurisdiction. *
Establishes certain hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. *
Requires nursing homes to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Regulates expiration dates and dormancy fees for gift certificates and cards. *
Prohibits display of students' social security numbers by institutions of higher education.
Exempts veteran's discharge certificate from State's open public records law; permits veteran and veteran's spouse to access discharge certificate.
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch. **
Provides for State and county coordination of emergency response programs. *
Requires county colleges to award college-credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.
Adds four legislative members to Amistad Commission.
Authorizes Secretary of State to establish NJ Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation.
Provides that information about location of a shelter for victims of domestic violence shall not be a public record.
Requires municipal prosecutors to review motor vehicle abstracts of DWI offenders prior to sentencing.
Requires inventory of brownfields in the State and annual progress reports by the Brownfields Redevelopment Task Force; appropriates $285,000. *
Requires State Board of Medical Examiners to suspend license of physician whose license has been revoked by another state, agency or authority.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to compile and provide certain staffing information to the public. *
Requires regional municipal and county utilities and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners to provide reduced sewer and water connection fees for certain affordable housing projects. *
Concerns procedures with respect to placement, replacement or removal of public utility poles and underground facilities under certain circumstances. *
Requires DLPS to establish policy for State Police and local law enforcement in working with Safe Return Program to recover lost individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. *
Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county improvement authorities, the CRDA, the Educational Facilities Financing Authority, and the Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. *
Provides preference in State contracts for wood and paper products derived from sustainably managed forests or procurement systems whenever possible. *
Amends and clarifies the rights of handicapped, blind or deaf persons when accompanied by service or guide dogs.
Requires removal of social security numbers from certain documents filed with county.
Increases the amount of bonds issued for county college capital projects which qualify for State debt service aid support.
Regulates contractors engaging in home improvements.
Appropriates $300,000 to DHS for grant to Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. *
Permits municipalities to construct speed humps on certain roads. *
"Statewide Immunization Registry Act."
Requires insurers and SHBP to cover mammograms for women under 40 under certain circumstances. *
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Establishes State rental assistance program patterned after federal section 8 program; permits allocation of funds under the Fair Housing Act to program as permitted purpose. *
Authorizes county clerk to act as local registrar and authorizes registration district to designate county clerk as local registrar. *
Creates Health Enterprise Zones in certain municipalities to encourage establishment of certain primary care practices in medically underserved areas.
Establishes domestic violence public awareness campaign.
Allocates $75,000 from the Cancer Screening - Early Detection and Education Program for lung cancer in women activities.
Establishes crime of human trafficking; adds to racketeering; authorizes victim compensation and services; provides certain affirmative defenses. **
Expands identity theft statutes to include selling, manufacturing, possessing, or exhibiting false birth certificates.
Requires value engineering clause in specifications for certain construction contracts under Local Public Contracts Law.
Provides Standard for registered professional guardians; appropriates $95,000. **
Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million in State and federal funds to expand the Traumatic Brain Injury waiver.
Requires photo ID verification of pilots renting aircraft.
Appropriates $70,651,800 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Appropriates $22,468,700 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern NJ.
Revises eligibility criteria for two CRDA-administered programs: Atlantic City Expansion Fund and Urban Revitalization Act.
Provides for appointment of a BPU Business Ombudsman to assist businesses with energy issues. *
Directs Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission to authorize use of certain electronic devices in conducting bingo; increases bingo prize amounts and authorizes commission to change prize amounts.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of donations received by the State for the New Jersey September 11th Memorial at Liberty State Park.
Permits construction of traffic calming measures on certain roads near schools. *
Permits NJ Transit authority to acquire and operate passenger ferries and ferry operations and to construct ferry capital facilities.
Expands State tuition aid grant eligibility to include dependent child whose parent or guardian has been transferred to a military installation in this State. *
Establishes Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey. *
Passed the General Assembly · 41
Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Requires DHS to make application for food stamp program available on website in version that can be completed online. *
Permanently disqualifies certain persons convicted of child endangerment from working with children.
Prohibits sale or lease of unsafe or recalled children's products and their use by licensed child care facilities.
Requires NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to notify and receive input from Hackensack Meadowlands District municipalities concerning certain Meadowlands complex projects.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition.
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or in Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Encourages cellular telephone retailers, distributors and manufacturers to establish voluntary "take-back" programs and recycling and reuse programs for cellular telephones; directs DEP Commissioner to establish task force examining these issues. *
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons. *
Incorporates federal standards governing sale and transfer of firearms to aliens and non-residents. *
Requires private and public employers to provide unpaid leaves of absence or reassignment of hours for National Guard members and Reservists engaged in training.
Creates the "Emergency Management Act of 2004."
Establishes 14-day grace period for consumer to cancel contract for cellular telephone service. *
Upgrades penalty for misusing public utility employee identification badge; establishes penalties for making, selling or possessing simulated public utility employee identification badge.
Requires conspicuous labeling of certain alcoholic beverages made with gelatin.
Prohibits sale to minors of anabolic androgenic steroids prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agency. *
Establishes an Advisory Commission on African-American Affairs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $95,000 for FY 2004 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center. *
Allows disabled veteran's surviving spouse to claim property tax exemption when veteran's disability declaration is granted after death.
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
"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.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Financing."
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Requires posting and distribution of rights of residents in congregate housing facilities.
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to prepare and distribute informational booklet about sickle cell anemia; appropriates $95,000. *
Bars sex offenders from positions in youth serving organizations.
Requires all State firefighter training to be accredited.
Requires each public school to observe a period of silence on September 11 of each school year.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Establishes New Jersey Health Care Worker Pension Policy Commission.
Authorizes local board of health to declare as a nuisance premises in which there have been multiple arrests for illegal sale or possession of drugs.
Revises law governing private investigators. *
Skinner's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury.**
Concerns penalties for passing a school bus.
Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools. *
"Bloodborne Disease Harm Reduction Act"; permits establishment of sterile syringe paccess programs, appropriates $10,000,000. *
Permits limited pharmacy sales of syringes and needles without prescription.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to perform certain work on residential property. *
Concerns contributions to special funds made through the gross income tax return.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3% surplus for 2006-2007
Revises statutes regarding acupuncturists.
Out of committee · 67
Prohibits solicitation and making of political contributions on State property by certain persons.
Requires certain campaign and organizational treasurers to be trained by ELEC. *
Prohibits member of Legislature from acting on legislation in which member or family member of that member has personal interest.
Requires candidates seeking office of Governor or member of Legislature to disclose prior conviction for criminal offense.
Provides for excused absences for public school students involved in election activities on day of general election under certain circumstances.
Implements provisions of federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002"; creates Statewide voter registration system.
Clarifies that law enforcement agencies may access juvenile central registry information.
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes Child Labor Law Enforcement Fund.
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. *
Establishes criminal and civil penalties for transmission of certain commercial electronic mail messages. *
Provides consumer remedy for failure to deliver merchandise or service at time promised.
Requires that configuration of toll collection lanes be consistent throughout Garden State Parkway.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *
Enhances rights and remedies of employees who disclose or refuse to participate in fraudulent employer practices.
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from estate recovery under Medicaid.
Requires that chiropractic physicians, podiatric physicians, allopathic physicians, and osteopathic physicians be reimbursed at same rate as other health care providers under various health and accident plans. *
"New Jersey Identity Theft Prevention Act".
Requires criminal background checks of employees of private prisoner transport companies.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Requires the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to develop a public health emergency response plan. *
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for students who are called to active duty for certain military operations. *
Authorizes actions for damages for computer embezzlement.
Exempts limousines used in connection with funeral services from the requirements that drivers have commercial driver's license.
Requires employer notifications to workers regarding temporary disability benefits.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens. *
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Encourages State purchase of "Jersey Fresh," "Jersey Grown," and other NJ agricultural products and commodities. *
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of members of active and reserve components of U.S. Armed Forces, and of National Guard members on State active duty, from taxable gross income. *
Mandates training for judges and judicial personnel regarding problems and issues faced by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
Creates the "Grandparents' Court Liaison Program."
Regulates operation of motorized scooters and motorcycles. *
Permits local authorities to appropriate and transfer available surplus funds to municipality or county that created authority.
The "New Jersey Pharmacist Business Assistance Act."
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support New Jersey promotion activities and programs.
Prohibits sale or distribution of computer software under certain circumstances.
Revises "lemon law" refund formula for consumers of certain new motor vehicles.
Provides for establishment of liens on proceeds of life insurance policies for payment of child support judgments.
Increases membership of the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy.
Requires certain ATM operators to register and undergo criminal history record background checks.
Requires telemarketers to have signed consent form or written request before making telemarketing sales calls to customer on NJ Do Not Call List.
Provides automobile insurance premium reduction of 10% for completion of medical and safe driving program for senior citizens.
Establishes Gang Land Security Task Force.
Implements portions of federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002."
Clarifies certain exception from publication on sex offender Internet registry.
Adds two members to Public Health Council.
Prohibits hold or block on debit card accounts unless disclosed to and authorized by consumer. *
Provides that non-participating hospitals receive fee-for-service payment from Medicaid for emergency services provided to Medicaid and NJ Family Care recipients.
Requires polling places be more accessible for individuals with disabilities and elderly; limits waivers to two consecutive years.
The "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act"; creates Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council; and dedicates a portion of realty transfer fee revenue annually for certain State aid purposes in Highlands Region and the pinelands area. **
Establishes "The Prosecutorial Cost Relief Pilot Program Act of 2005." **
Expands duties performed by advanced practice nurses.
Revises laws concerning financial assistance for contaminated site remediation.
Appropriates $50,000 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for Felician College.
Increases prosecutors' salary for current year and thereafter.
Provides limits for late charge and returned check fee payments for certain loans.
Increases penalties for natural gas pipeline safety violations.
Allows certain persons in military service to receive suspension of interest on mortgage loan. *
Establishes eligibility of property owned by 100% disabled veteran with domestic partner for veterans' property tax exemption.
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Permits unemployment benefits for workers "locked-out" by their employers.
Establishes pilot program for satellite-based monitoring of certain sex offenders and authorizes certain sex offenders to submit to annual polygraph; appropriates $3 million. *
Provides additional State school aid to school districts which are bordered by at least three Abbott districts.
Appropriates $26,743,525 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
In committee · 69
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Places certain juvenile offenders in adult county jails.
Requires reporting by certain persons of attemped or completed suicides by youth and establishes NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
Directs a study of sentencing reform for nonviolent drug and other low level offenders by UMDNJ.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Establishes ten-member "New Jersey Clean Elections and Campaign Finance Study Commission."
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Establishes certain customer protection requirements for cable televison customers.
Requires school principals report student offenses to law enforcement agencies.
Expands municipal power to address abandoned properties.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for certain remediation costs.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes low interest mortgage program in HMFA for volunteer fire and rescue squad members.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Revises statutes regulating bingo, raffles and amusement games.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of the Treasury for a publicity program for the senior and disabled citizens property tax freeze reimbursement program.
Allows person to deduct alimony payments to determine eligibility for PAAD and Senior Gold prescription programs.
Clarifies that school bus for purpose of upgraded penalties in "school zone" criminal drug laws includes any bus owned and operated by board of education or by private contractor.
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from legal process.
Permits certain sheriff officers to enforce weight limits on certain trucks.
Requires certain minimum percentage of alternative fueled vehicles purchased by State to be fuel cell-powered vehicles.
Requires wanted person check before release or transfer of inmates or suspects.
Increases public members on New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
"Pharmacy Benefits Management Company Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for failure to pay the minimum wage.
Requires DYFS to provide people who make reports of child abuse or neglect to DYFS with written confirmation of report's receipt.
Establishes "Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing."
Requires mortgage lenders to include list of financial assistance programs with notice of intention to foreclose.
Requires DHSS to prepare booklet on MMR vaccine and availability of blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose.
Requires school districts to notify DYFS of certain pupil absences.
Establishes toll-free hotline to report motorists who litter in New Jersey.
Provides $3,000 income tax deduction for certain families providing home care for an elderly relative.
Provides early childhood program aid to certain school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.
Provides increased demonstrably effective program aid to school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.
Requires State to pay expenses associated with nonpartisan municipal elections.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Establishes school property tax freeze program for resident homeowners age 65 or older and disabled homeowners.
Permits immediate expungement of court records where the person is acquitted or discharged or where the charges have been dismissed.
Prohibits imposition by water utilities of standby fees or charges for certain fire protection systems.
Allows PAAD recipents margin of error in estimating income.
Provides that assisted living resident's security deposit is refundable if resident leaves facility.
Provides that convictions records for a violation of the domestic violence laws are not subject to expungement.
Establishes certain Dept. of Agriculture programs to promote marketing opportunities for farmers.
Establishes that passenger vehicles other than police vehicles have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
Requires DHS and DHSS to provide information about federal and State benefits to persons providing kinship care.
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act."
Permits registered voter to request and receive absentee ballot for any reason.
Authorizes members of United States House of Representatives and United States Senate representing New Jersey to administer oaths of office and allegiance.
Requires New Jersey Transit Access Link drivers to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.
Restores funding to statutory level for Homestead Property Tax Reimbursement program.
Establishes certain consumer protection measures for cellular telephone customers.
Requires public hearing by Commissioner of Transportation regarding certain highway construction projects.
Directs MVC to expand driver's test to include additional questions on school bus and school zone and crossing safety.
Provides for permanent loss of driver's license for fourth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Establishes ovarian cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS; appropriates $75,000.
Requires review of certain privatization contracts.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for instruction by public school districts on child abduction prevention.
Clarifies that municipalities may establish sterile syringe access programs.
Assesses insurers and health maintenance organizations $8.1 million to defray cost of prescription drug benefits for certain Medicaid recipients.
Requires Public Guardian for Elderly Adults to serve as guardian for elderly person adjudicated incompetent in cases where the person's spouse or heirs do not assume the guardianship.
Revises calculation of school district budget caps, increases allowable surplus for public school districts, and revises adjustment for special education costs.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Establishes Office of Inmate Advocacy in the Office of the Public Defender.
Allows access to housing, public facilities and transportation for certain working dogs, provides penalties for violation.
Requires disclosure to subscribers of certain cable television costs.
Provides paid SHBP benefits to State employees with 20 years of service who retire on PERS or TPAF veterans retirement allowance.
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.