Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Arline M. Friscia
Sponsored
Became law1
Protects certain helping dogs from discrimination.
Passed the General Assembly7
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Upgrades simple assault committed against domestic violence victims to aggravated assault.
Requires court, prior to granting a domestic violence victim's application to dissolve restraining order, to make a finding that domestic violence victim was not subject to coercion.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Requires children who wear eyeglasses to wear protective eyewear while participating in certain sports activities.
Clarifies factors used to determine when child support orders can be terminated.
Prohibits certain uses of State funds by contractors and grantees.
Out of committee4
Requires payment of prevailing wages in construction related to New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth Commission and EDA assistance. *
Imposes penalty for leaving child unattended in motor vehicle under certain circumstances.
Directs the State Board of Education to establish a preschool through grade 3 and a kindergarten through grade 8 endorsement to the instructional certificate and requires the preschool through grade 3 endorsement for preschool teachers. *
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
In committee47
Requires health benefits coverage for prescription drugs for treatment of epilepsy.
Establishes State Pediatric Epilepsy Resource Program; appropriates $50,000.
Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law; appropriates $9 million in State funds and $9 million in federal funds.
"Job Destruction Penalty Act."
"The New Jersey Living Wage Act"; requires businesses receiving certain public benefits to pay employees at least $6.50 per hour.
Provides training grants to workers notified of permanent layoff; appropriates $30 million.
Increases minimum wage.
Concerns disqualification from unemployment benefits.
Requires provision in certain board of education subcontracting agreements to assess the subcontractor a fee.
Establishes certain requirements regarding childhood immunizations.
Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate $2.4 million in Transportation Trust Fund monies for new public, limited access road in Perth Amboy.
Allows weapons seized in domestic violence cases to be stored with local law enforcement agency rather than the county prosecutor's office.
Requires health insurance coverage for scalp hair prostheses and for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Provides family disability leave.
Limits rent increases for certain senior citizens.
Provides family leave insurance.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,400,000 to Division of Local Government Services in DCA to fund Carteret Borough Municipal Center building repair costs.
Supplemental appropriation of $200,000 to Jewish Renaissance Foundation for Perth Amboy Medical Health Care Center.
Increases physician fee-for-service Medicaid reimbursement rates; appropriates $7 million in State funds and $7 million in federal funds.
Authorizes payment of unemployment benefits during leave related to birth and adoption.
Concerns reemployment services and training programs.
Expands Medicaid to cover additional disabled children.
Requires DCA to undertake study of residential rent levels in New Jersey; appropriates $50,000.
Creates interest free loan program for State residents who are members of National Guard and Reserves called to federal active duty.
Allows TPAF and PERS members to purchase up to one year of credit for official child-care leave.
Prohibits hospital from denying admission or services to patient based on patient's HMO coverage, and requires HMO's to cover legitimate emergency health care.
Prohibits discrimination with respect to prices charged by sellers of services.
The "Family Income Security and Emergency Economic Stimulus Act."
Provides benefits for family temporary disability leave.
Increases duration of some unemployment benefits.
Provides for school and medical family leave.
Concerns use of $242.8 million of federal "Reed Act" funds for UI benefits and improved administration of UI benefit payments and employment services; appropriates $37 million.
Requires State responsibility for tuition costs for certain children whose parents reside in a State facility.
Increases minimum wage.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose gifts, fees and other economic benefits provided to health care providers for promotional and marketing purposes to DHSS.
Establishes Task Force on Adoption Agency Closures.
Requires State contractors to provide employment information.
Concerns acquisition of apparel by the State.
Provides State extended UI benefits, and utilizes option for federal extended UI benefits.
Establishes a cause of action for intentional failure of employer to follow or correct known health or safety violations or standards.
Clarifies provisions in "Law Against Discrimination" barring discrimination on the basis on familial status in employment.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Provides penalties for leaving individual with disability unattended in a motor vehicle.
Prohibits siting of correctional facilities and treatment centers for sex offenders and sexually violent predators within one mile of any residential area.
Prohibits job discrimination for reasons unrelated to job performance.
Sets and enforces minimum standards for paid time off from work.
Concerns employment status of minors with respect to workers' compensation.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Requires payment of prevailing wages in construction related to Commerce and Economic Growth Commission and EDA assistance.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Prohibits imposition by water utilities of standby fees or charges for certain fire protection systems. ***
Upgrades penalty for assault in certain cases. *
Designated the "Interior Designers Certification Act."
Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers.
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.
Provides that marriage license applications and marriage licenses shall not contain information on race.
Concerns public works contracts and project labor agreements with labor organizations. *
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Revises Clean Communities Program and makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities. *
Increases public members on New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
Requires DOE to coordinate sharing of textbooks between school districts.
Adds two members chosen by public employees' labor organizations to State Health Benefits Commission.
Allows groups authorized to conduct bingo or raffles to use proceeds for capital improvements in certain instances.
Requires DHS to consider character of staff of adoption agencies as condition of approval to operate.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to notify certain public officials upon receipt of an application for a charter school.
Upgrades motor vehicle and criminal penalties for leaving the scene of an accident.
Makes it an unlawful practice for retailers to sell or install motor vehicle window tinting without first informing customer of State restrictions.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
"Michael's Law;" imposes mandatory jail time and rehabilitation for third or subsequent drunk driving offenses. *
Allows school boards to establish 457 deferred compensation plans for employees.
Provides collective negotiation procedures for school employee contracts, prohibits imposition of such contracts.
Directs DOC and DHS commissioners to develop regulations addressing unique security concerns posed by civilly committed sexually violent predators.
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate. **
Passed the General Assembly · 21
Requires the licensing of bail recovery agents as private detectives. *
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch. *
Requires ballistic identifiers as a condition for sale of handguns and certain rifles; provides a voluntary ballistic identifier program for handgun and rifle owners. *
Requires health clubs to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Regulates contractors engaging in home improvements. *
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize county services.
Requires insurers that provide certain prescription drug benefits and State Health Benefits Program to cover costs of contraceptives. *
Upgrades penalty for misusing public utility employee identification badge; establishes penalties for making, selling or possessing simulated public utility employee identification badge.
Expresses additional rationale for existing statutory prohibition of self-service dispensing of motor fuel at service stations.
Repeals charter of New Jersey Detective Agency.
Establishes the New Jersey-Africa Commission.
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.
Permits school bus operator to display "Stop When Red Lights Are Flashing" on rear of bus. *
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Establishes U.S. citizenship or lawful residence and State residency as requirement for purchasing firearm in New Jersey.
Includes certain business practices of cable television companies as violations of "New Jersey Antitrust Act."
Authorizes the State Board of Education to issue technology education endorsements and requires the board to continue issuing endorsements for industrial arts. *
Concerns notice of worker rights under the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act."
Requires staff members of residential child care facilities to undergo criminal history record background and child abuse record information checks.
Out of committee · 31
Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco.
Repeals charter of New Jersey Detective Agency.
Requires municipal court to find dog potentially dangerous under certain circumstances.
Revises method of computing seniority for certain law enforcement officers transferred to the State Police.
Provides for receipt for voter at primary or general election; allows receipt to be proof of eligibility to vote in subsequent election; provides State reimbursement. *
Designated the "Clean Indoor Air Act."
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations. *
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Authorizes an increase in administrative penalties for prevailing wage violations.
Establishes a Learning Through Listening Program in public school districts to assist students with print disabilities.*
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Establishes Task Force on Workplace Violence.
Concerns workers' compensation for occupational disease claims and workers' compensation benefits rates for surviving dependents.
Concerns compensation for care and treatment of public safety workers exposed to communicable diseases.
Revises Clean Communities Program and makes available recycling grants to counties and municipalities.
Requires nursing homes to have defibrillator on site and employee trained to use defibrillator.
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.
Authorizes an adjustment to school district budget cap in the amount of any increase in special education expenditures for the budget year.
Permits instruction on backpack safety to be included in the curriculum of elementary, middle, and high school students as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. *
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers to cover alcohol and drug addiction treatment under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Requires health benefits coverage for certain therapies and applied behavioral analysis for the treatment of certain autism disorders.
Establishes medical assistance on-line application pilot project in DHS.
Authorizes court to refrain from imposing driver's license suspension on defendant convicted of CDS offense if compelling circumstances exist. *
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in single and two-family homes upon initial occupancy or change of occupancy. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Establishes professional standards for county sheriffs and their employees.
"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 the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Educational Services Professionals.
Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Appropriates $51,282,300 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
In committee · 104
Requires State to pay for administrative costs of general public assistance administered by municipalities.
Directs UEZA to establish permanent enterprise zones.
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."
Directs the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Human Services to work with institutions of higher education in the development of certain family programs.
Requires HMFA to prioritize projects affordable to extended family care givers; amends Fair Housing Act to allow funding to programs supporting extended family care.
Requires DHS and DHSS to provide information about federal and State benefits to persons providing kinship care.
Prohibits use of unmarked police vehicles for routine traffic stops.
Extends overtime pay requirements to certain workers.
Requires payment of medical malpractice policy proceeds in certain circumstances.
Establishes special license plates supporting literacy programs.
Supplemental appropriation of $6 million to DHS for Social Services for the Homeless grant program and $2 million to DMVA to assist homeless veterans.
Establishes a computers for schools program in DOC.
Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs.
Requires certain health insurers to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives.
Permits person with criminal record to obtain certain employment if disqualifying offense was committed more than 10 years ago.
Repeals law enforcement powers of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and requires State to provide support to municipalities and counties in administering and enforcing animal control, animal welfare, and animal cruelty laws.
Provides fiscal rewards to school districts with low administrative expenditures.
Broadens the criteria under certain circumstances, for eligibility for 100% exemption from property taxes for the surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Appropriates $2.5 million to DEP for Proprietary House restoration.
Authorizes adoption of municipal transfer of development rights programs.
Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Revises requirements for certain handgun sales; requires ballistics identifiers be submitted to qualified databases.
Allocates certain costs of implementing wireless enhanced 9-1-1 telephone system.
Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads.
Establishes employment separation incentive program for certain Camden employees.
Permits municipality under State supervision to reduce operating costs through employee early retirement and termination incentive program.
Permits aid to State supervised municipalities to eliminate structural deficit.
Allows worker selection of treatment providers under workers' compensation.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Appropriates $50,000 to DHS for a grant to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
"The New Jersey Electronic Voting Machine Act"; requires use of electronic voting machines in elections.
Supplemental appropriation for $250,000 to DHS for a grant to the New Jersey 2-1-1 Partnership.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to report directly to Governor.
Concerns predatory lending practices.
Requires criminal history background checks on certain child care workers, strengthens sanctions imposed upon child care centers for certain violations.
Establishes Task Force on Equitable Compensation; appropriates $95,000.
Gives contractual preferences to gun manufacturers which have pledged to adopt and implement certain manufacturing, firearms design and market practices that will foster firearms safety.
Establishes the Office on Women's Health in DHSS.
Supplemental appropriation of $19 million from Tobacco Settlement Fund to DHSS for breast cancer screening.
Supplemental appropriation of $22.9 million in General and federal Funds to DHSS for supplemental charity care.
FY 2000 supplemental appropriation of $10 million to DHS for capital construction for renovation and construction of child care centers to implement Work First New Jersey.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released.
Increases penalties for possession of a weapon during drug offenses.
Establishes targeted breast cancer education and screening initiative in DHSS; appropriates $750,000.
Permits municipalities to enter into agreements with other municipalities to create Highway Corridor Redevelopment Zone Commission; authorizes measures to stimulate economic activity within highway corridor redevelopment zones.
Enhances tax relief under the NJ SAVER and Homestead Rebate Act.
Provides State-paid health care benefits to certain divorced spouses of certain retired State employees.
Authorizes leave for parents and guardians of children with special needs.
Creates the "New Jersey Electronic Transactions Act."
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.
The "Public Surface Water Supply Protection Act."
The "Steep Slope Protection Act."
"Home Improvement Contractors' Registration Act."
Establishes "Seniors Helping Seniors Who are Blind or Visually Impaired Demonstration Program" in DHS; appropriates $360,000.
Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund."
Requires that new teachers hired by licensed child care centers to provide preschool classes to Abbott district students be certified.
Allows UEZ municipalities to include marketing, advertising and special event activities and other managerial and professional services as projects eligible for UEZ funding assistance.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.
Authorizes special license plate for ex-prisoners of war.
Extends long-term foster care until the age of 21.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Authorizes the New Jersey State Board of Mediation to recognize representatives for certain employees by card-check and other methods.
Prohibits public employer from changing terms and conditions of employment prior to reaching agreement with public employee representative.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes minimum salary of $40,000 for teaching staff members in school districts and educational services commissions.
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Establishes the "Workplace Violence Safety Act."
Requires certain employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.
Makes apparel manufacturers and contractors liable for labor law violations of contractors.
Enhances coverage of laborers and materialmen under payment bonds.
Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.
Prohibits searches of motor vehicles by police officers without probable cause.
Provides that the State shall pay health insurance premiums for survivors of certain police officers in PERS.
Increases minimum PFRS special retirement allowance from 65% to 70% of final compensation.
Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate Transportation Trust Fund monies for a pedestrian overpass over North Jersey Coast Line in South Amboy.
Directs DHSS to prepare and disseminate informational materials about prescription drug programs for senior citizens and disabled persons.
Expands civil rights protections to include pregnancy and breast-feeding; requires employers to provide daily break to breast-feeding mothers.
Regulates operation of motorized scooters and motorized skateboards.
Prohibits waiver of certain rights in actions under "Law Against Discrimination" and "Family Leave Act."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 from the General fund to the Department of Education for apprenticeship training programs related to the "Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act."
Reduces restoration fees for license suspensions involving one parking ticket.
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.
Concerns sale or rental of video games rated for mature audiences to minors.
Exempts vanpool rentals from domestic security fee imposed under P.L.2002, c.34.
"The Development Subsidy Job Goals Accountability Act."
"Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Premium Assistance Act."
Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.
Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000.
Increases service retirement allowance for certain PFRS retirees who retired before January 18, 2000.
Establishes toll-free hotline to report motorists who litter in New Jersey.
Regulates telephone customer service practices.
Requires pawnbrokers to provide photographs of persons pledging goods.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Permits immediate expungement of court records where the person is acquitted or discharged or where the charges have been dismissed.
Establishes the Equity in Education Program in DOE to finance school district initiatives that target segregation.
Upgrades crime of luring and enticing a child.
Requires motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers to notify consumers of relevant adjustment programs.
Permits minors to serve food and drinks during bingo games.
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.