Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Marilyn Piperno
Sponsored
In committee57
Provides supplemental appropriation from Property Tax Relief Fund to Department of Education to provide additional State aid to certain school districts.
Requires NJEDA to establish "Value-added Agriculture Loan Program" to assist farmers in developing value-added products.
Increases penalty for certain acts of trespass and vandalism on agricultural and horticultural lands.
Creates office to encourage creation of federal jobs and federal infrastructure investment in the State.
Establishes "Invasive Species Task Force."
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million for Knowledge Empowers Youth and Sobriety Academy, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce voter-verifiable paper record of each vote cast.
Permits farm wineries to create alternating proprietorship for production of wine.
Provides FY 2022 supplemental appropriation for military impact aid to certain school districts that did not previously receive aid in FY 2022.
Appropriates $2.5 million to NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for purpose of expanding memorial and museum.
Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.
Creates permanent commission to study various statutory definitions of veteran, disabled veteran, and service-disabled veteran.
Allows individuals on active duty to participate remotely in certain governmental meetings.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to include studying connection between human trafficking and illicit massage parlor businesses.
Requires public colleges to adopt policy for prevention and treatment of exertional heat illness; requires pamphlet on heat stroke be provided to student-athletes, parents, and coaches at public colleges and K-12 schools.
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.
Modifies challenger credentialing process for early voting period.
Provides three-year sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain restaurant equipment.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare report on learning loss of students with developmental disabilities during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Authorizes farmers and other persons to use, sell, and distribute ground-harvested fruit for purposes of value-added product processing and production.
Allows gross income tax deduction for up to $1,200 of unreimbursed expenses incurred by eligible educators for purchase of classroom supplies.
Expands definition of child abuse or neglect.
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection (RSVP-3) Pilot Program."
Makes supplemental appropriation to provide additional State school aid to certain school districts that have experienced reductions in aid.
Provides for designation of manufacturing and production business resource center by EDA to provide services and assistance to manufacturing businesses.
Provides tuition-free credits to certain instituitions of higher education for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters and their spouses and dependents.
Permits use of tents and other fixtures for outdoor dining on certain property.
Requires professional boards to issue licenses under certain circumstances to veterans with credentials in good standing from another jurisdiction.
Requires DEP to establish licensing program for persons engaged in dismantling of electric batteries for disposal or recycling purposes.
Establishes school district grant program in DOE to reimburse public school teachers for classroom material expenditures.
Extends existing plug-in electric vehicle incentives to plus-in electric motorcycles.
Provides tax credits to restaurant owners to offset increase in State minimum wage rate.
Establishes threats of violence against prosecutors, law enforcement officers and their family members as a second degree crime, subject to the No Early Release Act sentencing.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on bleed control as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires DOE to collect and publish data on use of restraints and seclusion on students with disabilities.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing released nonviolent offenders.
Broadens riot and disorderly conduct; enhances penalties for public monument destruction; addresses riot victim assaults; creates crime of promotion of violent, disorderly assembly.
Establishes tax credits and financial grant related to construction and operation of advanced nuclear energy facilities.
Establishes Nuclear Energy Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $470,000 for school safety and critical infrastructure needs in Neptune City School District.
Creates certain assistance and set-aside programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.
Directs BPU to study development of, and create pilot program for, construction of small modular nuclear reactor.
Provides increased flexibility in school district enrollment for military-connected students.
Exempts purchases of natural gas and electricity for residential customers from sales and use tax for duration of winter season.
Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine feasibility of use of large-scale geothermal heat pump systems in State.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of medical tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Creates new excuse from jury service; directs AOC to create and maintain list of persons excused from jury duty due to developmental disability.
Requires pretrial detention of defendant who violates conditions of pretrial release.
Expands NJT Access Link paratransit service area to include certain veterans health care facilities; appropriates $1 million.
Requires MVC waiver of motorcycle road test for certain veterans.
Establishes "Parents Bill of Rights Act"; prohibits school district from interfering with fundamental right of parent or guardian to engage in and direct student's education; permits opt-out of school district curriculum.
Establishes requirements for sale and planting of running bamboo; requires recordkeeping of certain violations and consideration thereof as grounds for license or registration review.
Requires local government units to provide opportunities for military- or veteran- owned businesses to supply materials and services for projects receiving funding from NJ Infrastructure Bank.
Concerns penalties for possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons.
Requires school districts to award students high school graduation credits in health, safety, and physical education for completing county fire academy course under certain circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 45
Authorizes creation of special license plates commemorating horse as State animal.
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; permits counties to provide additional compensation to election workers; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
Requires certain health care facilities to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke via use of smoke evacuation system.*
Authorizes military service members, spouses, and dependents with out-of-state domicile to operate motor vehicles in New Jersey.
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Permits operation of pedicabs and alcoholic beverage consumption by passengers of pedicabs in certain circumstances.
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options. *
Permits veteran to receive credit toward licensure as licensed practical nurse upon completing certain military medical training programs.
Requires NJT to pay certain persons one-and-a-half times regular rate for work during period of commercial vehicle travel restriction issued by DOT.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for brain injury services.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Establishes "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act."
Establishes "Annual Business Matchmaking Event" in Department of Treasury.*
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Establishes "Purple Star Schools Program" in DOE to recognize schools which emphasize importance of assisting children of military families. *
Establishes menstrual health public awareness campaign.
Requires online option for cancellation of automatic renewal of health club services subscriptions entered into online; provides additional options for cancelling health club services contracts under certain circumstances.*
Establishes New Jersey Ireland Trade Commission in Department of State.
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.
Requires public schools to develop threat assessment teams.**
Allows persons who give birth to children in licensed general hospitals to surrender those children under "Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education at county colleges; appropriates $19,993,837.
Revises method for appraisals of farmland to be acquired for farmland preservation purposes.
Enhances customer service experience with Business Action Center in Department of State by collecting and disseminating customer assistance metrics.
Establishes mentorship program for new businesses and start-ups.
Allows cure period for businesses to address and resolve certain violations.
Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters.
Concerns percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled materials that can be used for certain road projects.*
Establishes Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program in, and authorizes issuance of bonds by, NJ Infrastructure Bank to fund certain hazard mitigation and resilience projects; makes various changes to NJ Infrastructure Bank's enabling act; appropriates $500,000.*
Establishes fundamental freedom of person to marry or enter into civil union with person of any race.
Appropriates $17,288,315 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Appropriates $53,249,310 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Replaces statutory terms regarding alcohol and substance use.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for certain motor vehicle theft offenses if prior arrest or conviction occurred within prior 90-day-period.*
Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.
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.
Establishes "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Vetoed · 2
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Passed the General Assembly · 39
Extends validity of and eliminates issuance fee for temporary instructional certificate issued to military spouse; requires expedited processing of military spouse application for NJ instructional certificate and eliminates fee to obtain certificate.*
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.*
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.*
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Makes it fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.*
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Establishes "Menstrual Hygiene Products Program," appropriates $200,000.
Establishes requirements for State to enter into contract for purchase of menstrual products.*
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Requires Department of Education to annually report use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Authorizes creation of Domestic Violence Awareness license plates.
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Permits a marriage or civil union license to be issued and solemnized via audio-visual technology.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Requires DHS and DOH to submit federal waivers to cover menstrual products under NJ FamilyCare, SNAP, WIC and establishes State funded benefit if federal waiver is denied; appropriates $2 million for State benefit.*
Establishes Women's Menstrual Health Program to identify and assist patients with symptoms related to endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.*
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.**
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
"College Mental Health Services Act"; establishes grant program for public institutions of higher education and requires public institutions of higher education to report certain information concerning mental health treatment and suicides.
Requires State to pay for costs to conduct new election if the State is at fault for errors during initial election that requires new election to be held.
Clarifies disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients are not required to own vehicle to be exempt from municipal parking meter fees.
Upgrades certain types of assault against sports officials to aggravated assault.*
Requires study of ocean energy potential; directs BPU to establish wave and tidal energy generation goals and take other action to establish NJ as nationwide leader in ocean energy.
Requires State to take steps to create additional graduate medical education program slots focused on behavioral health care.*
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Creates online job portal for behavioral health care workers and online internship and externship portal for health care students.
Requires State Medicaid beneficiaries to notify county welfare agencies no later than 20 days of change of circumstances.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Establishes Small Business Resiliency Project Loan Program in EDA for certain small businesses implementing certain resiliency projects.
Authorizes home detention for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain motor vehicle offenses.
Establishes "Automotive Anti-Theft Systems Task Force."
Directs fines collected for certain prostitution crime to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
Out of committee · 62
Requires publication of certain information related to toll discounts on E-ZPass website.
Establishes standards for domestic violence counseling and creates "Abuse Intervention Program Advisory Committee." *
Establishes "New Farmers Improvement Grant Program" to provide matching grants for farm improvements to beginning farmers.
Requires DOE to include military-connected student identifier in student-level database; requires district inform teacher when military-connected student enrolls in class taught by teacher.
Requires school district to submit emergency communication policies and protocols to Department of Education for review.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."*
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.*
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Prioritizes distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund monies; permits use of funds for certain expenses incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services.
Requires DOC to ensure inmates have opportunity to participate in Medicaid pre-enrollment and enrollment sessions at least 60 days prior to release; requires applicable inmates to receive Medicaid card at release.
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. *
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator in DMVA.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund; establishes requirements for proceeds from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.*
Prohibits motor vehicle liability insurance policy from restricting full payment of recovery amounts under covered person's policy.
Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Provides CBT and gross income tax credits for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete.*
Requires Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in DHS to accept permanent change of station order for purposes of satisfying residency requirement for provision of home and community based services under certain circumstances.
Designates each community college in State as provider of allowable services under SNAP Employment and Training Program.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Requires MVC to provide, upon request, notation on driver's license or identification card of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder.*
Establishes that "100 percent Disabled Veterans" are not required to submit to MVC certain documentation to renew parking privileges.
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.*
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Establishes ''New Jersey Farm-to-Table Restaurant Awards Program."*
Extends Right to Farm Act protections to certain shellfish aquaculture activities.*
Provides for lifetime disqualification from operating commercial motor vehicle and transportation network company vehicle for persons convicted of human trafficking.
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Requires public water systems to compile, and submit to DEP, lead service line inventories.
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation to provide State military impact aid to certain school districts.
Concerns use of tents and other fixtures for outdoor dining on certain property.
Provides for oversight and improvement of administration of unemployment compensation.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Requires boards of education and chief administrators of nonpublic schools to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement.
Establishes trail signage program for alcohol manufacturers in New Jersey.
Establishes New Jersey Center for Study and Prevention of Suicide at Rutgers School of Public Health; appropriates $500,000.*
Revises number of qualified disabled veterans' businesses required to designate set-aside contract from three to two.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Permits certain school districts to establish State military impact aid reserve account.*
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP; makes various changes to FY2023 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Extends temporary waiver of certain basic life support services and specialty care transport unit crewmember requirements.*
Requires converting portion of Paramus and Menlo Park veterans' memorial homes into single occupancy rooms; requires upgrades to ventilation systems; provides Adjutant General discretion for additional room considerations.*
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000. *
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning child protective investigators.
Requires State Planning Commission to adopt model ordinance for siting certain warehouses and permits conforming updates to municipal master plans and zoning ordinances and establishes fund in DCA; appropriates $5 million.
Prohibits water utility from taking certain actions if utility fails to participate in Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.
Revises definition of women's business enterprise and minority business enterprise.*
Establishes "Innovation Partnership"; provides funding for certain nonprofit partnerships to promote certain emerging technology businesses.
Allows for complaint for guardianship of minor receiving developmental disability services to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints.*
Allows certain municipal water systems, under certain circumstances, to use lands preserved for recreation and conservation for drinking water wells and associated treatment equipment or facilities.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
Provides for expansion of certain support team addiction recovery programs; appropriates $1,995,000 from opioid recovery and remediation fund.
Allows for credit against contract cost for primary care services managed by health care provider for public employees and their dependents; allows referrals to other providers that have contractual relationship with such health care provider.
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Prohibits use of schools as polling places.
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition and conduct pavement lifecycle cost analysis; make report available to public.
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams.
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.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Permits veterans, for civil service purposes, to be defined as a veteran or disabled veteran under federal or State definition of veteran.
Requires public school with any of grades 9 through 12 to discuss with students and parents employment opportunities as skilled laborer or through military enlistment or in agriculture.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or communication disabilities.
Extends senior freeze benefits to certain senior citizens and disabled persons who have continuously resided in New Jersey for three years.
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Requires school districts to implement policy mandating all students and school employees have identification cards.
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Establishes "Long-Term Care Facility Infectious Disease Preparedness and Home Health Care Study Commission."
Permits county clerk to remove voters from vote-by-mail lists under certain circumstances.
Requires DOH to conduct study on causes of youth suicide.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide for postpartum women.
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.
Exempts certain volunteer emergency service organizations from charitable contribution filing fees.
Exempts sale of recreational safety helmets from sales and use tax.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Establishes immunity for youth sports leagues and senior planned real estate development associations relating to COVID-19.
Makes permanent certain immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Suspends running of timeframes for county planning board action during state of emergency.
Requires DOLWD to develop and execute information technology stress test and emergency telework plan for employees.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Establishes restricted beer, wine, and cider license; provides tax credit under corporate business tax and gross income tax for loss in value to certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes "Bring Veterans to New Jersey Program."
Requires EDA to establish program providing grants to qualified veterans purchasing franchises.
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.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
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.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from paying annual charitable registration fee.
Requires annual suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Increases, from 18 percent to 30 percent, amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments.
Requires testing for infectious disease for certain persons who have been administered opioid antidote by first responder.
Increases percent of public employees' charitable contributions that may be spent on administrative costs.
Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
Requires installation of emergency power supply systems to certain common areas of new planned real estate developments; provides related tax incentives.
Establishes immunity for senior planned real estate development associations relating to COVID-19.
Requires use of annual baseline concussion testing for student-athletes and cheerleaders in grades six through 12.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Eliminates restriction on sale of beer by limited brewery licensee for on-premises consumption only when in connection with tour; requires licensee to provide tours during certain business hours.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Increases gross income tax deduction for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Allows gross income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup options.
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 tuition reimbursement program for certain advanced practice nurses who provide home health care services.
Prohibits discrimination against corrections workers, first responders, and health care workers who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine or booster.
Expands crime of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Revises requirements and process for temporary courtesy licenses and certificates issued by State Board of Examiners, NJ Board of Nursing, and other professional and occupational licensing boards to nonresident military spouses.
Establishes "Global Economic Competitiveness and Supply Chain Resiliency Fund" in EDA for certain manufacturing business assistance; appropriates $82.5 million.
Provides that organ donor designation on driver's license or identification card remains upon renewal of license or card under certain circumstances.
Broadens eligibility for gross income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for endometriosis.
Establishes presumption for accidental disability retirement in PFRS that firefighter with Parkinson's Disease has disease as result of employment.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare learning loss report and report on public school operations during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Establishes young driver program for commercial driver licences.
Establishes eligibility for PERS enrollment and retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Requires public school instruction in suicide prevention to be provided in grades kindergarten through 12 and include certain elements.
Permits police officers to be assigned to polling places located at public schools.
"Madalyn's Law"; requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of toxic shock syndrome.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
"Emma's Law"; requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Establishes School Funding Commission to study school funding formula and prepare report that will serve as basis of new formula.
Permits car wash business to operate during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Makes permanent temporary enactment allowing certain alcoholic beverage retailers to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages and mixed drinks; establishes certain sale and delivery privileges for alcoholic beverage manufacturers.
Requires ABC to waive fee for alcoholic beverage COVID-19 Expansion Permit.
Prohibits sex offenders from holding any job, position, or type of employment that primarily consists of contact with children.
Establishes position of Statewide Opioid Antidote Coordinator.
"Improved Suicide Prevention, Response, and Treatment Act."
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Requires DCF, DOE, DOH, and DHS to study impact of COVID-19 on children's health.
Directs State Auditor to audit Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance in DOLWD.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Provides tax credits to owners of certain food and drink establishments for eligible health and safety expenditures made during COVID-19 pandemic.
Prohibits governing body of county and municipality from banning use of recording devices at certain open public meetings.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on mental health referral services as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
Requires DMVA assist discharged service members who have diagnosed service-connected mental health condition with petitions to change discharge designation.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Requires school performance reports to include information about positive placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings prior to issuance of DCA report.
Establishes "End 9-1-1 Fund Diversion Now Act"; directs Treasurer to issue report concerning prevention of diversion of funds from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" to conform with federal law.
Increases degree of crime for unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
Creates second degree crime for operation of stolen vehicle in manner that creates risk of injury to person or property.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with theft of motor vehicle be detained prior to trial under certain circumstances.
Lowers monetary threshold for certain motor vehicle theft to constitute second degree crime.
Requires Medicaid managed care organizations to notify certain beneficiaries of maximum coverage for personal care service hours.
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Provides research and development tax credit under gross income tax.
Amends law to exempt food banks and food pantries from prohibition on sale and distribution of single-use plastic and paper carryout bags.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Creates offense of tracking for unlawful purpose; imposes enhanced penalties.
Requires certain school districts to include fitness and nutrition wellness program as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Permits school districts to employ safe schools resource officers or Class Three special law enforcement officers for security purposes, and requires school districts to have agreement with local law enforcement governing placement of school security personnel.
Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Upgrades penalties for assaulting certain health care support staff and security guards at health care facilities and human services and veterans' facilities.
Establishes mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for second offense involving use of juvenile in automobile theft.
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with motor vehicle theft be detained prior to trial; imposes mandatory sentencing for thefts involving motor vehicle.
Establishes central registry for arrests, convictions, and sentencing of motor vehicle theft crimes.
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit program to benefit certain low-income households.
Establishes Veteran-Owned Business Contract Financing Loan Program in EDA to help certain veteran-owned businesses perform public contracts; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes requirements concerning methods for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Allows gross income tax credit for Tax Year 2021.
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
Provides family leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide full paid family leave benefits.
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Requires State employer to ascertain child abuse or sexual misconduct in employment applications for certain positions involving children; requires background checks for current and prospective employees.
The "Uniform Electronic Wills Act"; authorizes electronic wills.
"Warehouse Development Control Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $150 million, and appropriates $5,000.
Allows gross income tax deduction of up to $1,200 for purchases of school supplies by parents and guardians.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
Prohibits use of fireworks on property adjacent to animal shelter, pound, or kennel.
Requires certain funds from Main Street Recovery Fund to be used for grants for veteran-owned small businesses.
Establishes loan program for first-time homebuyers who move to areas with most abandoned properties; appropriates $5 million.
Authorizes certain basic life support services vehicles to be staffed by one emergency medical technician and one first responder while in service.
Extends protected tenancy period for certain tenants who are senior citizens and certain tenants with disabilities.
Increases penalty for motor vehicle theft if, during course of theft, vehicle is operated in manner creating risk of injury or property damage.
Requires municipalities to publish employee supplemental payment policies electronically and to provide enhanced notice and oversight of payments.
Establishes Office of Leave Time Compliance in DCA to ensure municipal, county, and school district compliance with accumulated sick leave and vacation leave laws.
Increases penalties for repeat convictions of certain motor vehicle related crimes; increases penalties for leader of auto theft trafficking network in certain circumstances.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Establishes crime of gang shoplifting.
Clarifies spitting in law enforcement officer's food or drink constitutes aggravated assault; requires certain sanctions on restaurant employees who commit this crime.
Designates September 11 of each year "September 11 Remembrance Day."
Streamlines certification standards for emergency medical technicians.
Requires DMVA establish Disabled Veterans Transportation Task Force.
Establishes "Automobile Accident Injury Fund."
Requires any increase in local government costs for employee health care and prescription benefits coverage be offset by equivalent increase in municipal energy tax receipts property tax relief aid.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Provides grants to certain nonprofit meal delivery service providers.
Increases penalties for motor vehicle theft; authorizes home detention for minors.
Increases penalties for certain motor vehicle theft and carjacking offenses; establishes presumption of pretrial detention in enumerated circumstances.
Requires State to reimburse licensing costs for certain school bus drivers.
Designates, as State and public holiday, September 11 as Patriot Day.
Requires children's psychiatric facilities to have on-site staff members supervise patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Authorizes persons serving overseas in military to be married or enter into civil union by video conference or other electronic means.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
"New Jersey Respect for Physicians Act;" requires prompt response by insurers to requests for prior authorization of health care services.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with physical disabilities.
Establishes Stabilization Aid for certain school districts experiencing reductions in State school aid or other budgetary imbalances; establishes Education Rescue Grants for certain school districts experiencing reductions in teaching staff.
Upgrades theft of catalytic converter to one degree higher than underlying offense.
"Michael Anthony Fornicola's law"; requires hotels to have automated external defibrillators in certain areas.
Establishes increased penalties for smoking cannabis or marijuana on public beaches.
Restricts authorization of new debt by State Treasurer.
Exempts all transfers made to lineal relatives from the Transfer Inheritance Tax.
Limits speculative development of large warehouses until 500,000 acres of farmland are preserved under farmland preservation programs.
Streamlines emergency medical technician certification process for certain veterans.
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Creates toll relief program; appropriates $250 million to NJTA and $250 million to SJTA.
Revises definition of child abuse or neglect to include additional perpetrators; establishes requirements concerning provision of services to children who engage in problematic sexual behaviors.
"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."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million to provide additional State school aid to Freehold Regional School District.
Modifies age and education requirement to qualify as radiologic technologist.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to develop guidelines for tiered group home placements and transfers.