Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Bethanne McCarthy Patrick
Sponsored
In committee27
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
Prohibits certain entities from requesting or requiring provision of personal health information.
Requires institutions of higher education to distribute information on availability of allowance for dependent care expenses in determination of cost of attendance.
Establishes Loan Redemption Program for Healthcare Professionals in Underserved Counties within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes the "Homeschool Parent's Bill of Rights."
Requires State agency to identify at least two existing rules for repeal for every one new rule adopted.
Requires DMVA to assist service members discharged solely due to COVID-19 vaccination status with petition to change discharge designation.
Requires court to order financial support for child if child's parent or guardian is killed by drunk driver.
Allows holder of disabled veteran or Purple Heart license plate or placard to park in parking spots for persons with disability.
Exempts egg cartons from law prohibiting polystyrene foam food service products.
Requires each guardian of incapacitated persons to provide consent in order for incapacitated persons to obtain vaccinations and booster vaccinations against COVID-19.
Requires MVC to issue one license plate instead of two.
Eliminates prohibition on sale of certain polystyrene foam products to schools and school food service vendors.
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Gives school districts discretion in allowing or prohibiting retired law enforcement officers from carrying handguns on school grounds while in performance of their duties.
Renames pinelands area as "John McPhee pinelands area."
Requires allocation of Universal Service Fund to support emergency medical technician and firefighter training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Provides tax credits equal to cost of Jersey Fresh products purchased by breweries and wineries to be used in production of beer or wine.
Expands definition of basic life support to include blood glucose monitoring.
Prohibits release of balloons into the atmosphere, and organizing, or participating in, mass balloon releases with certain exceptions; establishes penalties.
Creates temporary grant program for electric vehicle fire suppression technology.
Concerns evaluation and abatement of mold hazards in common areas of certain residential developments.
Exempts cribs, child restraint systems, nursing bottles, and strollers from sales and use tax.
Exempts sales of pet food and medication purchased for pets from sales and use tax.
Establishes grant program in DOE to promote responsible gun ownership; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes pilot program to provide training at no cost to certain persons seeking firearms purchaser identification card, permit to purchase handgun, or permit to carry handgun.
Establishes pilot program in Division of Taxation to provide income tax credits for the opening of certain homesteads to hunting activities in areas with high number of wildlife incidents.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Provides that farm, farmstand, or other agricultural operation selling firewood obtained from property other than seller's shall not be considered lumber yard; prohibits sale of untreated firewood from outside of State.*
Authorizes creation of special license plates commemorating horse as State animal.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Makes various changes concerning regulation of emergency medical services; establishes mobile integrated health program and new State Emergency Medical Services Director in DOH.*
Revises method for appraisals of farmland to be acquired for farmland preservation purposes.
Expands eligibility for "fishing buddy license" fee.
Appropriates $87,783,515 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Requires State Agriculture Development Committee to compensate owners of preserved farmland for changes in regulations that increase cost of business.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Out of committee · 10
Provides loan redemption for certain veterinarians who work at approved site for five years; annually appropriates $500,000.
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.*
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC. *
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Allows tax credits for supermarkets with dedicated displays for Jersey Fresh products.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
In committee · 65
Provides for early termination of terms of office for certain appointed municipal court positions when two or more municipalities enter into agreements to establish joint or shared municipal courts.
Expands EDA small business loan program to include certain broadband telecommunications service providers.
Exempts law enforcement and certain other emergency personnel from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
Authorizes first responders to obtain, administer, and dispense opioid antidotes, with immunity, pursuant to Statewide standing order issued by State health official; makes clarifying changes to "Overdose Prevention Act."
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on statewide obligation.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
Requires public schools to post curriculum plans online; requires school districts to make textbooks or other materials used in implementing curriculum plans available for inspection by parents and legal guardians.
Allows certain sole proprietors to join small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.
Restricts establishment of mandates to become vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); establishes reimbursement program to cover certain out-of-pocket costs incurred in obtaining COVID-19 vaccine.
Prohibits teaching of critical race theory in public schools; prohibits public school teachers from engaging in political, ideological, or religious advocacy in classroom.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Provides that public school parent who objects to learning material or activity that parent considers harmful may receive voucher from school district to enroll student in nonpublic school.
"Fairness in Women's Sport Act."
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Appropriates $50 million to BPU from federal funds for reimbursing broadband telecommunications service providers for broadband infrastructure expansion to rural areas in State.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Restricts discharge of firefighting foams containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances for training or testing purposes.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Establishes presumption for accidental disability retirement in PFRS that firefighter with Parkinson's Disease has disease as result of employment.
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Removes diversity and inclusion instruction requirements for students in grades kindergarten through eight.
Requires school districts to include information on events of September 11, 2001 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; requires public schools to hold annual events commemorating September 11, 2001.
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Requires certain local authorities to inspect, maintain, and repair fire hydrants in planned real estate developments.
Provides research and development tax credit under gross income tax.
Concerns availability of fire escape mechanisms in residential dwellings; provides penalty for violation.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Repeals law that prohibits certain establishments from providing or selling various single-use products to customers.
Concerns removal of abandoned vessels; appropriates $25 million.
Requires DEP and owners of certain reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures; authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs levels in response to severe weather events.
Clarifies the newspaper media delivery person and news media stringer are independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires appropriate official file information on deaths in county with county clerk; provides additional ways for transferring deceased voter's record to Statewide voter registration system's death file.
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
Exempts from "Sales and Use Tax Act" certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreation equipment.
Requires paramedic units to stock cyanide toxicity kits; appropriates $500,000.
Removes prohibition on police presence at ballot drop boxes and polling places.
Requires children's psychiatric facilities to have designated staff members visually supervise patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"Warehouse Development Control Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $150 million, and appropriates $5,000.
Appropriates $28,670,924 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.
Establishes exemption from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
Requires electric vehicle battery facilities to affix sign developed and produced by DEP to all facility entrances as notification that electric vehicle batteries are on-site.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Requires emergency medical services provider to provide certain information regarding person who experienced drug overdose to DLPS.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Permits appointment of Class Three special law enforcement officers by county sheriffs.
Expands "Body Armor Replacement Fund" eligibility.
Prohibits download or use of TikTok application on any State-issued electronic device.
Requires MVC to issue only one license plate.
Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of Individuals."
Concerns recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; appropriates $2 million.