Bills & Legislation

Directs DEP to establish sonar testing permit program.

Gerry ScharfenbergerRepublican

Provides an excused absence for pupil who serves as poll worker on election day.

Verlina Reynolds-JacksonDemocrat

Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.

Verlina Reynolds-JacksonDemocrat

Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.

Joseph A. LaganaDemocrat

Authorizes health care providers to negotiate with carriers regarding fee- and non-fee-related matters.

Joseph A. LaganaDemocrat

Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.

Joseph A. LaganaDemocrat

Creates "New Jersey Kratom Consumer Protection Act."

Joseph A. LaganaDemocrat

Requires DEP to prioritize funding for certain projects for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and certain environmental infrastructure projects that include, or allow for, flood mitigation projects.

Joseph A. LaganaDemocrat

Establishes one-time grant to study and recommend best practices for encouraging youth participation in government.

James BeachDemocrat

Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under open public records act.

James BeachDemocrat

Increases dedication of certain revenues to "New Jersey Wine Promotion Account."

James BeachDemocrat

"Holocaust Reparations Tax Exemption Act"; exempts value of certain payments to Holocaust survivors and their eligible descendants from transfer inheritance tax.

James BeachDemocrat

Permits patients to indicate that they should not be prescribed opiates and certain other controlled substances in prescription monitoring program information.

James BeachDemocrat

Requires counties to make available voluntary medical identification cards containing relevant patient health information.

James BeachDemocrat

Prohibits pharmacies from charging additional fee for processing prescriptions transmitted by telephone or electronic means.

James BeachDemocrat

Requires hospitals to inquire whether patients have substance use disorder and establish protocols for providing or referring to treatment.

James BeachDemocrat

Exempts certain plenary winery licensees from filing requirements imposed on retail sellers of litter-generating products.

James BeachDemocrat

Authorizes temporary waiver from requirement that farm winery use NJ grown fruit.

James BeachDemocrat

Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 24 hours.

James BeachDemocrat

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.

James BeachDemocrat

Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.

James BeachDemocrat

Condemns Hong Kong national security law passed by People's Republic of China on June 30, 2020.

Dawn FantasiaRepublican

Requires water purveyors to notify municipalities they service regarding water supply and water quality issues.

Paul KanitraRepublican

Requires labeling of ingredients and restricts phosphorus in household cleansing products.

Paul KanitraRepublican

Requires local governing body and DCA to suspend collection of certificate of occupancy and related inspection fees for homes being rented by persons identified by FEMA as displaced individuals.

Paul KanitraRepublican

Requires newly-constructed grocery stores to have generators.

Paul KanitraRepublican

Requires Director of Division of Taxation to include sales of properties in age-restricted developments by third parties in table of equalized valuations.

Paul KanitraRepublican

Requires school districts to provide instruction on the dangers of texting while driving as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Paul KanitraRepublican

Requires anti-bullying policy of public schools to include provision requiring principal to make preliminary determination and meet with parents of students involved in alleged bullying incident for that determination; extends time for investigating incident.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

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.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Requires criminal background check for name change; prohibits persons convicted of violent crime or domestic violence offense from changing name.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

"One Strike, You're Ours;" adds use of Internet as aggravating factor in child sex crimes and requires lifetime electronic monitoring of offender.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Requires breath or blood test in motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Clarifies that permitting sexual abusers to reside with a child constitutes endangering welfare of a child.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Prohibits payment of more than one copayment, coinsurance or deductible for series of vaccinations used in preventive treatment of rabies under certain health benefits plans.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Expands continuing education requirements for nurses.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Authorizes visiting advanced practice nurses who are not certified by endorsement in New Jersey to engage in the limited practice of prescribing medications and devices, if they have appropriate educational qualifications.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Requires certain common interest community associations to publish certain information; requires that homeowners' association contracts for management and maintenance include 24-hour emergency services.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Creates home purchase grant program in HMFA for certain veterans who served in federal active duty; appropriates $2,000,000.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Upgrades assault against servicemember to aggravated assault; expands crime of bias intimidation to encompass crimes and offenses committed against servicemembers.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Requires assisted living residences and certain facilities under DCA, DCF, and DHS to be equipped with standby emergency power generators.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Requires Attorney General to establish educational and public information program concerning State and federal crimes of human trafficking; appropriates $75,000.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

"Judy and Nikki's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Provides that unlawful use, manufacture, or distribution of controlled dangerous substance by parent or caregiver in presence of child constitutes crime of endangering welfare of that child.

Mu�oz, Nancy F.

Adds illicit fentanyls to Schedule I in the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act."

Mu�oz, Nancy F.