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State Senator
Paul Sarlo
(D) - New Jersey
New Jersey Senate District 36
In Office - Started: 05/19/2003
contact info
Wood-Ridge Office
496 Columbia Blvd.
First Floor
Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075
First Floor
Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075
Phone: 201-804-8118
General Capitol Building Address
P.O. Box 068
State House, 145 W. State St.
Trenton, NJ 08625-0068
State House, 145 W. State St.
Trenton, NJ 08625-0068
Phone: 609-847-3905
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3812 | Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances. | Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances. | In Committee |
| S4028 | Limits amount of payment that State agency as property owner may withhold from certain contractors on State construction contracts to two percent of amount due. | This bill prohibits State agencies from withholding more than two percent of the amount due on each partial payment owed to the contractor on State construction projects. This limitation will not apply when a contractor has had a contract terminated for cause in the past five years prior to the contract award. | Crossed Over |
| S3189 | Makes various changes to "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act" and Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program; repeals "New Jersey Ignite Act." | Makes various changes to "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act" and Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program; repeals "New Jersey Ignite Act." | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3944 | Provides that certain non-profit corporation alcoholic beverage theater licensees include disregarded entities of such corporations; allows certain community theaters to sell alcoholic beverages. | Provides that certain non-profit corporation alcoholic beverage theater licensees include disregarded entities of such corporations; allows certain community theaters to sell alcoholic beverages. | Passed |
| S4506 | Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances. | This bill exempts minor league baseball players from the provisions of the State wage and hour laws and the recordkeeping requirements of the wage payment laws, provided the players are employed under a collective bargaining agreement that is in effect and expressly governs wages and working conditions. In putting forth this legislation, the sponsor affirms a dual commitment to organized labor and to the economic and social vitality of the New Jersey communities that host minor league baseball teams. The legislation recognizes the important role these teams play as sources of affordable family entertainment, youth engagement, and local economic development, while also respecting the strong labor protections already secured through collective bargaining. In March 2023, the Major League Baseball Players Association, the certified labor union for Major League Baseball players, entered into the first-ever nationwide collective bargaining agreement with Minor League Baseball. This landmark agreement established significant protections for minor league players, including guaranteed annual salaries, health care coverage, housing stipends, retirement benefits, meals, and tuition assistance. Due to the unique nature of minor league baseball employment--marked by irregular schedules, extensive travel, and non-traditional training demands--certain provisions of State wage and hour laws are incompatible with the terms negotiated by the parties. This bill ensures that the legal framework governing these players remains consistent with the collectively bargained agreement, without undermining its protections or benefits. The exemption established by this bill applies only during the period in which a valid collective bargaining agreement is in effect and expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of the affected players. The bill also requires the league and union to notify the Department of Labor and Workforce Development in the event of the agreement's termination or replacement, ensuring continued transparency and accountability. Several other states, including Florida, Indiana, and California, have taken similar steps to harmonize their labor laws with the terms of this collective agreement. This legislation adopts a balanced and narrowly tailored approach that supports players, protects the integrity of organized labor, and sustains the community and economic benefits of minor league baseball across New Jersey. | Passed |
| S4503 | Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock. | Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock. | In Committee |
| S4553 | Authorizes State Treasurer to grant temporary deed of easement in Borough of Sea Girt in Monmouth County. | This bill authorizes the State Treasurer to grant a temporary deed of easement for certain real property owned by the State within the Sea Girt National Training Center in the Borough of Sea Girt, Monmouth County. The State will grant a temporary deed of easement of 0.5175± acres to Confluence Networks LLC for the use of an existing underground telecom infrastructure for the installation of a new submarine cable system. The temporary deed of easement will be for a term of 30 years for a one-time fee of $1,120,230, the appraised value. The State House Commission will set the terms and conditions of the temporary deed of easement. The easement was approved by the State House Commission at their meeting on November 20, 2023. | In Committee |
| S4692 | Appropriates $247,128,000 from "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects. | This bill appropriates $247,128,000 from the "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund" for various capital projects. Department of Corrections The bill appropriates $222,000,000 to the Department of Corrections for the design and construction of a new correctional facility to replace the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. The construction of the new facility will be located in Chesterfield Township (Burlington County). P.L.2022, c.68 had previously appropriated $90.0 million from the same fund for the development of a plan to replace the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. News reports indicate that the construction of the new facility is estimated to cost $312.0 million. Department of the Treasury The bill appropriates $25,128,000 to the Department of the Treasury for capital construction projects recommended by the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning. According to the Executive, this funding is expected to support projects ensuring the safety and functionality of State facilities, such as psychiatric hospitals, correctional institutions, and developmental centers. Future Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund Appropriations The bill also authorizes balances remaining in the fund, including amounts previously credited to the fund, to be appropriated for the purpose of retiring and defeasing State debt and funding capital projects on a pay-as-you-go basis rather than issuing additional State debt. The bill establishes a process by which the Executive and Legislative branches of State government will determine future appropriations from the fund for capital projects. The bill requires the Joint Budget Oversight Committee (JBOC) to meet at least once each calendar quarter to consider appropriations for capital projects on lists provided by the State Treasurer. JBOC may appropriate funding for all, some, or none of the projects recommended by the State Treasurer. If JBOC fails to meet during a given calendar quarter, any recommendation submitted to JBOC more than 45 days prior to the last day of the calendar quarter is deemed approved. | Introduced |
| S4655 | Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriations of $142,615,000; adds various language provisions to FY2025 Appropriations Act. | This bill supplements the FY 2025 Appropriations Act with an additional amount of spending authority from the General Fund that totals $142.6 million. The bill also inserts several language provisions into the FY 2025 Appropriations Act related to certain items of spending. Department of Community Affairs: This bill appropriates an additional $4 million in Grants-in-Aid funding to the New Jersey Re-entry Corporation for re-entry services. The supplemental funding authorized under the bill would be in addition to the $12.6 million initially included in the FY 2025 Appropriations Act. Department of Health: The bill appropriates $8 million to AtlantiCare for various capital improvements. Department of Human Services: This bill appropriates $2.39 million in State Aid funding for the State Supplemental Security Income Administrative Fee account. The additional funding is needed due to an increased number of recipients for the Supplemental Security Income Program, leading to higher than projected administrative fees. In addition, the bill appropriates $1 million in State Aid funding for the State Supplemental Security Income Program due to higher than anticipated shared costs for the State Rental Assistance Program, which is administered by the Department of Community Affairs. This bill also appropriates $15 million in Grants-in-Aid funding for the Community Outreach Program for the Prevention of Opioid Addiction and Community Stabilization to educate communities about the impacts of opioid addiction and related harm mitigation activities. The bill further adds a new language provision in the Department of Human Services portion of the FY 2025 Appropriations Act. The language allows $625 million in funding received in the Health Care Affordability and Accessibility Fund to be appropriated to support NJ FamilyCare. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs: This bill appropriates $125,000 in Grants-in-Aid funding for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation to provide support for operating costs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. The supplemental funding would be in addition to the $125,000 authorized for this purpose in the FY 2025 Appropriations Act. Department of Law and Public Safety: The bill appropriates $3 million in Capital Construction funding for the State Police - Building 15 Network Power Backup to support the electrical infrastructure restoration of Building 15, located at State Police Headquarters. Department of State: This bill provides a $75 million supplemental appropriation to University Hospital for various capital improvements. Department of Transportation: This bill authorizes a new $20 million Grants-in-Aid appropriation for Subsidization of Mass Transit Operations, which would be allocated to the New Jersey Transit Corporation to offset the loss of revenue due to the eight-day fare holiday from August 26, 2024 through September 2, 2024. Interdepartmental Accounts: This bill appropriates $14.1 million in Capital Construction for Capital Improvements, Contingency to support estimated shortfalls on projects being funded with federal funds, including the Justice Complex HVAC and the Newark MVC New Agency Building projects. Department of the Treasury: Finally, the bill adds a new language provision to the Department of the Treasury portion of the FY 2025 Appropriations Act, which allocates a portion of the existing appropriation for Events Marketing and Attraction, EDA, directly to the Host Committee for implementation of a series of events for promotion of the impending 2026 FIFA World Cup. | In Committee |
| S2026 | Appropriates $58,782,119,000 in State funds and $31,007,261,743 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2026. | This bill appropriates $58,779,619,000 in State funds and $31,007,261,743 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2026. | Passed |
| A4455 | Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock. | Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A5805 | Modifies tax rate on certain nicotine products. | This bill increases the rate of tax imposed on cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and container e-liquid, as recommended as part of the Governor's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, and dedicates a portion of the revenues collected from the tax on liquid nicotine and container e-liquid to the State's Health Care Subsidy Fund. Under current law, the State imposes a tax on cigarettes at a rate of $0.135 per cigarette, or $2.70 per pack of 20 cigarettes, which tax rate has been in effect since 2009. This bill would increase this tax rate to $0.15 per cigarette, or $3.00 per pack of 20 cigarettes. Also under current law, liquid nicotine is taxed at a rate of $0.10 per fluid milliliter on the volume of liquid as listed by the manufacturer. Container e-liquid is taxed at the rate of 10 percent of the listed retail sale price for the product sold within the State. This bill would increase the tax rate from $0.10 to $0.30 per fluid milliliter for liquid nicotine, and increase the tax rate on container e-liquid from 10 percent to 30 percent of the listed retail sale price. The bill's provisions increasing the tax rates for cigarettes, liquid nicotine, and container e-liquid would take effect on August 1, 2025. The bill would also require inventory reports and the payment of higher rates of tax on the inventories of these products by distributors, wholesalers, and retail suppliers in the State for the time at which the tax rate increases go into effect. Lastly, the bill would dedicate $2 million of revenue collected from the taxes imposed on liquid nicotine and container e-liquid to the State's Health Care Subsidy Fund. Under current law, the fund, administered by the Department of Health, annually receives dedicated revenues from a portion of the revenues collected annually from the cigarette tax, as well as the tobacco products wholesale sales and use tax. This bill would add a portion of the revenues collected from the taxes on liquid nicotine and container e-liquid as a dedicated revenue source for the fund. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A5807 | Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriations of $142,615,000; adds various language provisions to FY2025 Appropriations Act. | This bill supplements the FY2025 Appropriations Act with an additional amount of spending authority from the General Fund that totals $142.6 million. The bill also inserts several language provisions into the FY2025 Appropriations Act related to certain items of spending. Department of Community Affairs: This bill appropriates an additional $4 million in Grants-in-Aid funding to the New Jersey Re-entry Corporation for re-entry services. The supplemental funding authorized under the bill would be in addition to the $12.6 million initially included in the FY2025 Appropriations Act. Department of Health: The bill appropriates $8 million to AtlantiCare for various capital improvements. Department of Human Services: This bill appropriates $2.39 million in State Aid funding for the State Supplemental Security Income Administrative Fee account. The additional funding is needed due to an increased number of recipients for the Supplemental Security Income Program, leading to higher than projected administrative fees. In addition, the bill appropriates $1 million in State Aid funding for the State Supplemental Security Income Program due to higher than anticipated shared costs for the State Rental Assistance Program, which is administered by the Department of Community Affairs. This bill also appropriates $15 million in Grants-in-Aid funding for the Community Outreach Program for the Prevention of Opioid Addiction and Community Stabilization to educate communities about the impacts of opioid addiction and related harm mitigation activities. The bill further adds a new language provision in the Department of Human Services portion of the FY2025 Appropriations Act. The language allows $625 million in funding received in the Health Care Affordability and Accessibility Fund to be appropriated to support NJ FamilyCare. Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs: This bill appropriates $125,000 in Grants-in-Aid funding for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation to provide support for operating costs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. The supplemental funding would be in addition to the $125,000 authorized for this purpose in the FY2025 Appropriations Act. Department of Law and Public Safety: The bill appropriates $3 million in Capital Construction funding for the State Police - Building 15 Network Power Backup to support the electrical infrastructure restoration of Building 15, located at State Police Headquarters. Department of State: This bill provides a $75 million supplemental appropriation to University Hospital for various capital improvements. Department of Transportation: This bill authorizes a new $20 million Grants-in-Aid appropriation for Subsidization of Mass Transit Operations, which would be allocated to the New Jersey Transit Corporation to offset the loss of revenue due to the eight-day fare holiday from August 26, 2024 through September 2, 2024. Interdepartmental Accounts: This bill appropriates $14.1 million in Capital Construction for Capital Improvements, Contingency to support estimated shortfalls on projects being funded with federal funds, including the Justice Complex HVAC and the Newark MVC New Agency Building projects. Department of the Treasury: Finally, the bill adds a new language provision to the Department of the Treasury portion of the FY2025 Appropriations Act, which allocates a portion of the existing appropriation for Events Marketing and Attraction, EDA, directly to the Host Committee for implementation of a series of events for promotion of the impending 2026 FIFA World Cup. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A5847 | Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit for 2024-2025 school year. | This bill extends the deadline for the completion of a school district's annual audit for the 2024-2025 school year. Under current law, the board of education of every school district is required to complete an annual audit of the school district's accounts and financial transaction completed no later than five months after the end of the school year. The school district's accountant is required to file a report of the annual audit with the board of education, and within five days thereafter, the Commissioner of Education. This bill extends each of these deadlines for the 2024-2025 school year. The provisions of P.L.2023, c.305 similarly extended the deadline for the completion of a school district's annual audit for the 2022-2023 and the 2023-2024 school years. | Passed |
| S4608 | Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit for 2024-2025 school year. | This bill extends the deadline for the completion of a school district's annual audit for the 2024-2025 school year. Under current law, the board of education of every school district is required to complete an annual audit of the school district's accounts and financial transaction completed no later than five months after the end of the school year. The school district's accountant is required to file a report of the annual audit with the board of education, and within five days thereafter, the Commissioner of Education. This bill extends each of these deadlines for the 2024-2025 school year. The provisions of P.L.2023, c.305 similarly extended the deadline for the completion of a school district's annual audit for the 2022-2023 and the 2023-2024 school years. | In Committee |
| S4614 | Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees. | Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees. | In Committee |
| A5801 | Appropriates $247,128,000 from "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects. | This bill appropriates $247,128,000 from the "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund" for various capital projects. Department of Corrections The bill appropriates $222,000,000 to the Department of Corrections for the design and construction of a new correctional facility to replace the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. The construction of the new facility will be located in Chesterfield Township (Burlington County). P.L.2022, c.68 had previously appropriated $90.0 million from the same fund for the development of a plan to replace the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women. News reports indicate that the construction of the new facility is estimated to cost $312.0 million. Department of the Treasury The bill appropriates $25,128,000 to the Department of the Treasury for capital construction projects recommended by the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning. According to the Executive, this funding is expected to support projects ensuring the safety and functionality of State facilities, such as psychiatric hospitals, correctional institutions, and developmental centers. Future Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund Appropriations The bill also authorizes balances remaining in the fund, including amounts previously credited to the fund, to be appropriated for the purpose of retiring and defeasing State debt and funding capital projects on a pay-as-you-go basis rather than issuing additional State debt. The bill establishes a process by which the Executive and Legislative branches of State government will determine future appropriations from the fund for capital projects. The bill requires the Joint Budget Oversight Committee (JBOC) to meet at least once each calendar quarter to consider appropriations for capital projects on lists provided by the State Treasurer. JBOC may appropriate funding for all, some, or none of the projects recommended by the State Treasurer. If JBOC fails to meet during a given calendar quarter, any recommendation submitted to JBOC more than 45 days prior to the last day of the calendar quarter is deemed approved. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A5049 | Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances. | Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances. | Passed |
| A5854 | Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees. | Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees. | Passed |
| S4659 | Modifies tax rate on certain nicotine products. | Modifies tax rate on certain nicotine products. | In Committee |
| A4178 | Authorizes State Treasurer to grant temporary deed of easement in Borough of Sea Girt in Monmouth County. | This bill authorizes the State Treasurer to grant a temporary deed of easement for certain real property owned by the State within the Sea Girt National Training Center in the Borough of Sea Girt, Monmouth County. The State will grant a temporary deed of easement of 0.5175± acres to Confluence Networks LLC for the use of an existing underground telecom infrastructure for the installation of a new submarine cable system. The temporary deed of easement will be for a term of 30 years for a one-time fee of $1,120,230, the appraised value. The State House Commission will set the terms and conditions of the temporary deed of easement. The easement was approved by the State House Commission at their meeting on November 20, 2023. | Passed |
| S3136 | Creates State contract set-aside program for union business enterprises. | This bill creates a State contract set-aside program for union business enterprises. Under the bill, "union business enterprise" means any business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation, that has a union workforce, has its principal place of business in the State, hires apprentices, and makes a good faith effort to hire and maintain a diverse workforce, with documentation of such effort. "Union" means any organization which exists and is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining, or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment. The Department of the Treasury will administer the program. The department will require proof that the business meets the requirements of a union business enterprise. The bill establishes the goals that contracting agencies award at least 3 percent of their contracts to union business enterprises. Each contracting agency will annually develop, in consultation with the department, a plan for achieving its union business enterprise goals. The department will establish reasonable regulations appropriate for controlling the designation of prospective union business enterprise bidders and will maintain lists of designated businesses. The department will also establish a procedure whereby businesses may request inclusion on appropriate lists for union business enterprises, and a procedure for annually reviewing the lists and determining whether the businesses on the lists should continue to be designated as union business enterprises. The department will assess penalties if it determines that a business has been classified as a union business enterprise on the basis of false information knowingly supplied by the business, and been awarded a contract to which it would not otherwise have been entitled. Any assessed penalties will be deposited in the General Fund. | In Committee |
| S3607 | Extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees. | This bill extends accidental death benefits for survivors of certain State Police Retirement System (SPRS) retirees. Under current law, the surviving spouse or child of a retired member of the SPRS who died on or before July 8, 2019 and had been receiving an accidental disability retirement allowance is permitted to apply to receive accidental death benefits if the retired member had a qualifying condition or impairment of health due to World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations. This bill removes the limitation that only a surviving spouse or child of a qualifying SPRS retiree who died before July 8, 2019 is eligible, so that the provisions will apply regardless of when the SPRS retiree died. In addition, this bill establishes eligibility for a surviving spouse or child of a qualifying SPRS member who had been receiving an ordinary disability retirement, a special retirement, or a service retirement. This bill prohibits a written and sworn statement from being required when applying for the accidental death benefits. Under current law, a spouse or child is only eligible for accidental death benefits if the member's or retiree's death was the result of a qualifying condition or impairment of health which the medical board determines to be caused by participation in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations. This bill also allows the World Trade Center Health Program to make this determination. Under current law, the spouse of a deceased retired member who is receiving a pension due to the death of that member on or before July 8, 2019 is eligible to apply to the board of trustees and, upon approval of the application by the board, will receive the accidental death benefits if the surviving spouse submits sufficient documentation that the deceased retiree would have qualified for a retirement. This bill also allows the spouse to apply if the member did qualify for retirement or if the member previously filed the required written and sworn statement. This bill requires notification to SPRS surviving spouses and children of the changes made by the bill by certified mail within 60 days after the bill's effective date. Under current law, a surviving spouse, former surviving spouse, or surviving child, or any legal guardian of the surviving child, must submit an application not later than two years after the effective date of the law. This bill allows survivors to submit an application not later than two years after the date of the member or retiree's death, or two years after the effective date of this bill, whichever is later. Under current law, a surviving spouse or former surviving spouse or surviving child, or any legal guardian of the surviving child, is prohibited from being granted a retroactive payment based upon the difference between the benefit the person would have received if the benefit had been applicable on the date of death of the retiree and the benefit that the person has received from that date of death to the effective date of the law. This bill also provides that these survivors are prohibited from being granted a retroactive payment based upon the difference between the benefit the person would have received if the benefit had been applicable on the date of death of the retiree and the benefit that the person has received from that date of death to the date of the application approval if the date of approval is later than the effective date of the law. | Crossed Over |
| S3906 | Revises "Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act" to provide enforcement and penalty provisions. | Revises "Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act" to provide enforcement and penalty provisions. | Crossed Over |
| SJR146 | Designates June 1 of each year as "Robert 'Bob' Popovics Day" in New Jersey. | This joint resolution designates June 1 of each year as "Robert 'Bob' Popovics Day" in New Jersey. Born in Trenton and residing in Seaside Park for many years, Robert "Bob" Popovics has been a longtime resident of the State of New Jersey. On November 1, 2024, Bob passed away due to his injuries from an accident at the age of 75. Bob has made numerous contributions to his community, the State, and the United States. Bob proudly served his country with the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Additionally, having taken over the establishment from his parents, Bob and his wife operated Shady Rest restaurant in Bayville, New Jersey. Bob was also well-renowned in the fishing community for being an avid fly fisherman, master fly tyer, and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pop Fleyes, a custom fly tying and educational company. His fly designs have been considered groundbreaking and his community meetings led to the creation of the Atlantic Saltwater Flyrodders. To recognize Bob's numerous contributions to the New Jersey community in which he lived, the fishing community, and the United States, it is altogether fitting and proper to designate June 1 of each year as "Robert 'Bob' Popovics Day" in New Jersey. | Crossed Over |
| S3902 | Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities. | Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities. | Crossed Over |
| S4047 | Establishes "Business Growth Protection Act"; revises law concerning temporary help service firms and temporary laborers. | This bill establishes the "Business Growth Protection Act" and revises the law concerning temporary help service firms and temporary laborers. The bill limits its applicability to temporary laborers working in the State. Under current law, New Jersey residents who are temporary laborers working outside the State are covered, which was causing third party clients in other states to reduce their use of temporary laborers from New Jersey. The bill changes what information is required to be provided in itemized statements by temporary help service firms to temporary laborers from a daily commission rate to the option of calculating hours worked, for itemized statements and placement fee calculation, based on total hours worked during a weekly or other pay period. The bill protects proprietary information of temporary help service firms by providing that the firms do not have an obligation to disclose pay rates to third party clients or third party client bill rates to temporary laborers. The bill revises the law to change the pay equity provision from equal pay and benefits to just equal pay. The bill provides that equal pay means temporary help service firms are required to pay temporary laborers a wage not less than the client's current entry level pay rate for client employees with the minimum qualifications for the position. The bill revises the surety bond requirement for temporary help service firms. Specifically, the bill reduces the bond requirement from not less than $200,000 to a minimum of $50,000 and a cap of $200,000, depending on the revenue of the temporary help service firm. The bill changes the rebuttable presumption of retaliation under the law with respect to termination of an assignment. The bill provides that no presumption of retaliation will be raised based solely on the termination of a scheduled temporary assignment. | In Committee |
| S4448 | Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup. | The bill provides an exemption from licensing requirements for any health care professional licensed in a foreign nation during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The exemption only applies to medical services provided to team members and team personnel, and only for the duration of events associated with the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The tournament is scheduled to begin on June 11, 2026 and conclude on July 19, 2026. The waivers authorized in this bill are intended to provide flexibility to health care professionals working with teams competing in the tournament. The bill's June 1, 2026 effective date allows for the medical staff to provide services during any training or team activities which will take place in the time period leading up to the tournament. | In Committee |
| SCR130 | Proposes constitutional amendment authorizing Legislature to establish casino gaming at Monmouth Park Racetrack and Meadowlands Racetrack; dedicates State's revenues. | This constitutional amendment would allow the Legislature to establish casino games at the Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands racetracks. Upon approval of this amendment, the Legislature may pass a law prescribing the specific kind, restrictions, and control of operations of such casino games. The State's share of revenues derived from casino games at these two locations would be dedicated to the following purposes: 45 percent of such revenues would be dedicated to provide funding for reductions in property taxes; 20 percent of such revenues would be dedicated to provide funding for extraordinary special education aid; 10 percent of such revenues would be dedicated to provide funding for the State pension systems; 10 percent of such revenues would be dedicated to provide funding for cost-of-living adjustments for retired State employees; 10 percent of such revenues would be dedicated to provide funding for the support of Atlantic City tourism; and five percent of such revenues would be dedicated to provide funding for the running and harness horse racing industry in this State, as the Legislature will provide by law. The types and number of casino games which may be conducted at these racetracks, and the taxes imposed these games, will be determined by the Legislature by passing a new law. | In Committee |
| S4348 | "New Jersey Healthy SNAP Act"; requires DHS to submit waiver to federal government to prohibit purchase of soft drinks with SNAP benefits. | This bill directs the Department of Human Services (department) to submit to the federal Department of Agriculture a waiver to allow the State to prohibit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollees from purchasing soft drinks with SNAP benefits. As defined in this bill, a "soft drink" means any non-alcoholic beverage that contains added caloric sweeteners or artificial sweeteners, but does not include: (1) any beverage that contains milk or a milk alternative, including, but not limited to soy milk, almond milk, oat milk, or other similar products; or (2) any beverage that contains more than 50 percent vegetable or fruit juice. The waiver request would include: (1) a justification citing public health concerns, SNAP's statutory intent, and potential cost savings to taxpayers; (2) an implementation plan to ensure that existing point-of-sale systems used by State retailers that participate in SNAP can properly enforce the proposed restriction; (3) a strategy for education and outreach to inform the SNAP recipients of alternative healthy beverage options; and (4) a reporting mechanism to track the impact of the waiver, including spending patterns and health outcomes. If the waiver submitted under the bill is approved, the department is to implement the restriction within six months of receiving federal approval. If the waiver is denied, the department is to resubmit the request annually until the approval is granted. The Commissioner of Human Services would be required to submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislature within 30 days of receiving a determination on a waiver request submitted pursuant to this bill. The report would include the determination made by the federal government, any reasons for a denial, if a denial was received, and any recommendations from the commissioner for further action to implement the provisions of this bill. | In Committee |
| S4306 | Restructures electric and gas public utility industries. | This bill establishes a framework for the restructuring of the electric and gas public utility industries in New Jersey. Restructuring the Electric Public Utility Industry This bill permits electric public utilities to own and operate electric generation facilities but requires any electric public utility that does not elect to own and operate electric generation facilities to comply with the provisions of the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act" (EDECA). Under the bill, an electric public utility that elects to own and operate electric generation facilities is to file an updated schedule of tariffs with the Board of Public Utilities (board) for approval, which schedule is to reflect any necessary changes to the electric public utility's rates as a result of the electric public utility's decision to own and operate electric generation facilities. Once the board has approved the updated schedule of tariffs, the bill prohibits any customer of that electric public utility from exercising retail choice through an electric power supplier. Restructuring the Gas Public Utility Industry This bill permits gas public utilities to discontinue retail choice for its residential customers. However, the bill provides that any gas public utility that does not elect to discontinue retail choice for its residential customers is to comply with the provisions of EDECA. Under the bill, a gas public utility that elects to discontinue retail choice for its residential customers is to file an updated schedule of tariffs with the board for approval, which schedule is to reflect any necessary changes to the gas public utility's rates as a result of the gas public utility's decision to discontinue retail choice for its residential customers. Once the board has approved the updated schedule of tariffs, the bill prohibits any customer of that gas public utility from exercising retail choice through a gas supplier. Electric Facility Needs Assessment This bill requires an electric public utility to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity (certificate) from the board prior to constructing an electric facility. Specifically, under the bill, one year prior to submitting a formal application for a certificate, an electric public utility is to submit a notice of intent to the board, which notice, once received, is to mark the beginning of the early assessment stage of the certificate process. After receiving the notice, the board is to hold public hearings in the area served by the electric public utility to: (1) solicit feedback from the public; (2) provide advice to the electric public utility regarding certain aspects of the proposed facility; and (3) analyze how the proposed electric facility will impact the State and serve the public interest. In the early assessment stage, the board is to publish interim reports on the progress of its analysis of the proposed electric facility. Moreover, no later than nine months after receiving the notice of intent, the board is to publish a comprehensive report addressing any major concerns regarding the proposed electric facility that were raised during the early assessment stage and comparing the proposed electric facility with feasible alternatives. Under the bill, a certificate application is to include any information that the board deems necessary. The bill requires the board, while reviewing the application based on certain criteria outlined in the bill, to determine whether a proposed electric facility is necessary to meet the projected need for electricity in the area served by the electric public utility and that no more efficient, economical, or environmentally-sound alternative exists. In addition, the bill authorizes the board to charge and collect a nonrefundable application fee of no more than $250,000 for the filing, processing, and review of a certificate application and for the board's review of certificate renewal applications. Once the board receives a completed application, the board is to forward a copy of the application to other appropriate State departments, agencies, and instrumentalities (State entities) for additional review. These State entities are to develop and forward recommendations on the application to the board and the electric public utility within 120 days of receiving a copy of the application. The State entities are to base their recommendations on the same criteria used by the board in the board's review of the application. Upon receiving a completed application, the board is to also transmit the application and all supporting documents, including the board's comprehensive report from the early assessment stage, to the Office of Administrative Law, which is to conduct a hearing on the application pursuant to the provisions of current law. Within six months of receiving a decision from the presiding administrative law judge, the board shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application and support its determination with a written report that is to address certain matters regarding the proposed electric facility. If the board conditionally approves the application, the bill requires the board to provide the electric public utility with a clear statement of conditions to be met for approval. Under the bill, a certificate is to be valid for three years and eligible for renewal subject to the board's review. If a certificate renewal application is denied, the electric public utility holding the certificate may either: (1) continue the project; or (2) terminate or alter the project under terms and conditions established by the board. Electric Public Utility Accident Fault Determination Under the bill, if an electric public utility files for a rate increase to recover costs in excess of $10 million attributable to an accident at an electric generating or transmission facility in which the electric public utility has a full or partial interest, the board is to conduct a hearing or series of hearings to investigate all circumstances related to the accident and to determine fault, if any, related to the accident. The bill stipulates that fault is to be assigned to any party whose negligent actions or omissions either contributed substantially to causing the accident or failed to mitigate its severity. Under the bill, in determining fault, the board is to consider any credible, fair, and public assessments rendered by certain, appropriate federal entities. The bill prohibits the board from authorizing an electric public utility that is determined by the board to be at fault to recover any fault-related repair costs, cleanup costs, additional incremental costs for purchased power, or damage costs resulting from an accident at an electric generating or transmission facility. However, the bill does require the board to consider whether and, if so, to what extent an electric public utility is permitted to mitigate denied fault costs through certain measures outlined in the bill. The bill establishes various restrictions for these cost mitigation measures but clarifies that nothing in the bill is to prevent the board from granting interim relief necessary to enable the electric public utility to provide safe, adequate, and proper service. In addition, the bill prohibits the board from authorizing an electric public utility to include, as an operating expense, any percentage of the repair, cleanup, or damage costs resulting from an accident at an electric generating or transmission facility greater than the electric public utility's percentage of ownership in the generating or transmission facility. The board is required to authorize as an operating expense, regardless of fault, any cost that the board certifies as appropriate to contribute to national cost-sharing formulas under federal law or voluntary cost-sharing plans under certain circumstances outlined in the bill. However, the bill provides that the authorization to recover these costs does not absolve the electric public utility from any assessment of fault or its obligation under the remedy imposed by the board. | In Committee |
| S2974 | Revises standards for parking spaces required in Statewide site improvement standards at residential developments relative to development's proximity to public transportation. | Revises standards for parking spaces required in Statewide site improvement standards at residential developments relative to development's proximity to public transportation. | In Committee |
| S3848 | Concerns alcoholic beverage licenses for sporting facilities. | An Act concerning alcoholic beverage licenses for sporting facilities and amending R.S.33:1-12. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S4136 | Authorizes public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date regardless of format; requires submission of certain subscription and other data. | An Act allowing the publication of required public notices and legal advertisements in certain newspapers for extended period regardless of format, requiring the submission of certain data, and amending P.L.2024, c.106. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3609 | Allows for licensed organizations to conduct raffles remotely and to advertise such raffles; removes maximum value limitations for prizes; allows remote raffles on Sundays; requires quarterly reporting of raffle results. | This bill directs the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission, in consultation with the Division of Gaming Enforcement, to adopt regulations allowing for the conduct of remote raffles within 180 days of the bill becoming law. The bill also directs the commission to adopt rules governing the advertising of remote raffles across the State. The bill removes all limitations on the value of prizes which may be awarded in any raffle and allows remote raffles to be conducted on Sundays, which is currently prohibited under law. The bill establishes a 365 day time-period for winners to be drawn and prizes awarded for remote raffles. Finally, the bill requires that organizations conducting remote raffles report quarterly to the commission on the results of any such raffles. | In Committee |
| A5117 | Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year. | An Act concerning the number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on the ballots for the primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school elections, amending various sections of statutory law, and supplementing chapter 23 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3994 | Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year. | Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year. | In Committee |
| S3788 | Clarifies that application to collocate wireless communications equipment be reviewed by administrative officer. | This bill clarifies current law by requiring certain applications submitted under the "Municipal Land Use Law," which applications concern the proposed collocation of wireless communications equipment on preexisting support structures, to be processed administratively and approved by permit. This bill provides that the applications for the collocation of wireless communications equipment are to be submitted to an administrative officer for review, which officer may approve an application by issuing a zoning permit, provided that the application complies with certain statutory requirements. The bill provides the administrative officer with 30 business days to issue or deny a zoning permit for a collocation application. The bill also provides that after an administrative officer has approved a zoning permit for the proposed collocation of wireless communications equipment, the approval is required to be relied upon for all other applications related to the collocation of the wireless communications equipment, including, but not limited to, the issuance of any building, electrical, or other permit required under the "State Uniform Construction Code Act." Additionally, the bill revises the requirements that an application for the collocation of wireless communications equipment is required to meet in order to receive permit approval. Under current law, a proposed collocation may not increase: (1) the overall height of the wireless communications support structure by more than 10 percent of its original height; (2) the width of the wireless communications support structure by any amount; and (3) the square footage of the existing equipment compound by more than 2,500 square feet. Current law also requires the wireless communications support structure to which the proposed collocation would occur to have previously received all necessary approvals, and requires that the proposed collocation complies with the final approval of the structure, including all conditions attached thereto, and does not create a condition for which a variance relief is required. Specifically, the bill revises the requirements for the approval of a proposed collocation by: (1) increasing the maximum permitted increase in the height of the wireless communications support structure to the greater of: 10 percent of the original height of the structure, or the height of one additional antenna array with separation from the nearest existing antenna, up to 20 feet, for any structure not located on a public right-of-way; or 10 percent of the original height of the structure or 10 feet, for any structure located on a public right-of-way; (2) increasing the maximum permitted increase in the width of the wireless communications support structure to the greater of: 20 feet or the width of the original structure at the level of the expansion, for any structure not located on a public right-of-way; or six feet, for any structure located on a public right-of-way; (3) providing that the proposed collocation may not increase the footage of the existing equipment compound by more than 30 feet in any direction, as opposed to a maximum square footage increase of 2,500 square feet; and (4) limiting the applicability of the requirement concerning the proposed collocation's compliance with the final approval of the wireless communications support structure and the prohibition on conditions requiring variance relief in certain cases in which the proposed modifications otherwise comply with the requirements of the bill. | In Committee |
| S3921 | Reallocates standardbred horse racing purse subsidies from Freehold Raceway to Meadowlands Racetrack under certain circumstances. | An Act concerning standardbred horse racing purse subsidies and amending P.L.2019, c.36. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S1323 | Revises various provisions concerning New Jersey Aspire Program and surrender of tax credits issued under New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020. | An Act concerning the New Jersey Aspire Program, amending P.L.2020, c.156 and P.L.2023, c.98, and supplementing P.L.2020, c.156. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR119 | Urges federal government to develop protocols for State and local law enforcement to respond to drones. | This resolution urges the President, Congress, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to develop protocols and mechanisms for State and local law enforcement to investigate and respond to threats posed by unidentified unmanned aircraft, also known as drones. Currently, the Federal Aviation Administration is not authorized to delegate formal enforcement functions to State and local governments. This resolution requests that the federal government expand the powers of State and local law enforcement to mitigate aerial threats to public safety. New Jersey has recently experienced a surge in sightings of drones. The drones appear to be larger than any craft a hobbyist would be permitted to own. These sightings, which have occurred on the heels of similar sightings of drone activity on United States military bases in England, have occurred in several counties and usually happen between dusk and dawn. Troublingly, many have been spotted over sensitive locations such as military installations, the Round Valley Reservoir, and a residence of the President-elect. It is the sponsor's intent to provide the law enforcement professionals of New Jersey with the authority and means to investigate and mitigate threats posed by unidentified drones. | In Committee |
| S3957 | Allows public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date regardless of format. | Allows public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date regardless of format. | Crossed Over |
| SJR29 | Designates August of each year as "Professional Engineers Month" in NJ and first Wednesday in August of each year as "Professional Engineering Day." | This joint resolution designates the month of August each year as "Professional Engineers Month" in New Jersey and first Wednesday in August of each year as "Professional Engineering Day." The licensing of professional engineers in the United States began in August 1907 to ensure that the engineering profession is practiced by qualified and ethically accountable professionals. Professional engineers are dedicated to applying scientific knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical, societal, and commercial problems while holding the public health, safety, and welfare paramount. Nearly 10,000 professional engineers in New Jersey contribute significantly to the technological growth and economic well-being of the State through their work in manufacturing, engineering services, scientific research and development, construction, education, government, industry, and private practice. The designated month and day will reflect that professional engineers should be recognized for their many achievements on behalf of the industries, commerce, and the people of New Jersey, and their commitment to protect the health, welfare, and safety of the public above all other considerations. The designated month and day will also highlight that the engineering profession offers a unique and publicly oriented vocation for young people in the State to be educated and trained to continue the work, innovation, and accomplishments of their predecessors in improving the health, welfare, and safety of the public. The joint resolution also respectfully requests the Governor to issue an annual proclamation calling upon the citizens of the State to participate fittingly in the observance of "Professional Engineers Month" and "Professional Engineering Day." | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S871 | Establishes eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions. | An Act establishing eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions, and supplementing P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.). | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3608 | Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk. | An Act concerning outdoor sale of food and alcoholic beverages and supplementing Title 40 of the Revised Statutes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3817 | Requires DEP to implement Advanced Clean Trucks regulations no earlier than January 1, 2027. | This bill would delay the implementation of the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP's) Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulations to January 1, 2027. Under current law, N.J.A.C. 7:27-31.3, the regulations would become operative on January 1, 2025. The DEP adopted the Advanced Clean Trucks regulations in 2021. Pursuant to P.L.2003, c.266 (C.26:2C-8.15 et al.), the DEP is authorized to implement California's Low Emission Vehicle Program in New Jersey. The ACT regulations would require, among other things, that manufacturers of medium-duty and heavy-duty motor vehicles sell an increasing percentage of zero-emissions vehicles, capping at 40 percent to 75 percent of annual sales in 2035, depending on the type of vehicle sold. | In Committee |
| S3006 | Establishes crimes of home invasion burglary and residential burglary. | An Act concerning burglary of residential dwellings, supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, and amending various parts of the statutory law. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3415 | Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Program"; amends law concerning NJ infrastructure Bank; and authorizes certain energy contracts under "Public School Contracts Law" and "Local Public Contracts Law" up to 25 years. | Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Program"; amends law concerning NJ Infrastructure Bank; and authorizes certain energy contracts under "Public School Contracts Law" and "Local Public Contracts Law" up to 25 years. | In Committee |
| S3455 | Provides for automatic renewal of off-track wagering licenses. | Provides for automatic renewal of off-track wagering licenses. | Vetoed |
| S3532 | Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000. | This bill amends N.J.S.A.2C:16-1, the crime of bias intimidation,to specifically include Sikhism in the protected classes set forth in the statute. Sikhism is the monotheistic religion founded in India in the 15th century by Guru Nanak. New Jersey is home to approximately 100,000 Sikhs, which is one of the largest Sikh populations in the United States. On October 16, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") released its annual report of hate crime statistics, which recorded 198 anti-Sikh hate crime incidents. According to the FBI report, Sikhs remain the second-most targeted group in the nation for religiously-motivated hate crime incidents. Current law enumerates the protected classes of race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, and ethnicity in the bias intimidation statute. Under the provisions of the bill, a person is guilty of the crime of bias intimidation if he commits, attempts, conspires, or threatens the immediate commission of certain specified offenses with a purpose to intimidate an individual or group because of their membership within a protected class, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, or Sikhism, or knowing that the conduct would cause an individual or group to be intimidated on that basis or under circumstances in which the victim believes he was targeted on that basis. Pursuant to this bill, all local, county, and State law enforcement entities in New Jersey are to report all violations under the statute to the State and federal law enforcement agencies responsible for preparing bias crime reports. Further, this bill sets forth that the Office of Attorney General, in consultation with the Department of Education, is to: (1) develop training, for the dissemination to county and local law enforcement agencies, on Sihkism, which shall include, but not limited to, visible Sikh identity features, including turbans, bracelets, moustaches, beard, and physical attire, and the classification of bias intimidation cases as anti-sikh, to prevent the misclassification of hate and bias incidents. (2) coordinate with other State agencies and departments in the creation of a public awareness campaign and educational initiatives on Sikhism; and (3) annually report to the Governor and the Legislature on the public awareness campaign,educational initiatives on Sikhism executed through the public awareness campaign across different public platforms, and on the steps taken to include Sikhism education across curriculum standards in different grades across township boards of education within this State. Pursuant to this bill, the New Jersey Office of Attorney General, in consultation with the New Jersey field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, shall develop a transnational repression recognition and response training program that is to include how to identify different tactics of transnational repression and best practices for appropriate county, local and state law enforcement prevention, reporting, and response tactics. Current law establishes within the Division of Purchase and Property in the State Department of the Treasury, the position of Chief Diversity Officer. This bill expands the Chief Diversity Officer's responsibilities to include: ensuring that each public entity of this State incorporate the definition for anti-Sikh hate into the bias intimidation policy of the public entity; and ensuring that the definition of anti-Sikh hate is incorporated into the diversity, equity, and inclusivity promotion policies in any program offered by the State or any political subdivision of the State. This bill appropriates $100,000, for three consecutive years following enactment, from the General Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to fund Sikh awareness educational initiatives and outreach efforts to the Sikh community. | In Committee |
| S3097 | Modifies requirements for certain projects under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program. | An Act concerning the Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program and amending P.L.2009, c.90 and P.L.2022, c.75. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S721 | Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and certain investment coins from sales and use tax. | An Act exempting the sale of certain investment metal bullion and coins from the sales and use tax and amending P.L.1980, c.105. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S2837 | Authorizes school districts to submit separate proposals for additional spending for subsequent budget year at special school election. | An Act concerning separate proposals for additional school district spending and amending P.L.1996, c.138 and P.L.2007, c.62. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S2470 | Permits service credit in Prosecutors Part of PERS for judicial clerk service; increases salary of Presiding Judge of Appellate Division and county prosecutor; permits retired judges to collect pension while serving as county prosecutor. | An Act concerning certain service credit for certain members of the Prosecutors Part of the Public Employees' Retirement System, salaries and retirement benefits of certain prosecutors and judges, and amending various parts of the statutory law. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A2884 | Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer. | An Act concerning the purchase of credit in the Police and Firemen's Retirement System for certain service and amending P.L.1991, c.153. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A4360 | "New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program. | An Act establishing a design professional self-certification program and supplementing P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.). | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A4458 | Establishes exemptions and revises implementation timeline for requirement that newly constructed townhouses be installed with automatic fire sprinkler system. | An Act concerning the installation of certain fire sprinkler systems for newly constructed townhouses and amending P.L.2023, c.265. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A4700 | Appropriates $56,635,803,000 in State funds and $27,501,993,844 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2025. | This bill appropriates $56,635,803,000 in State funds and $27,501,993,844 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2025. | Passed |
| S3511 | Appropriates $393,480,000 from "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects. | An Act concerning the "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund" and making appropriations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S2024 | Makes FY2024 supplemental appropriations of $37,430,000; de-appropriates $24,000,000 in existing FY2024 appropriations; adds and modifies various FY2024 language provisions. | An Act to Amend and Supplement the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3519 | Provides monies for EDA to purchase certain properties from NJT to maximize development potential; appropriates $65 million. | An Act concerning the purchase of certain properties owned by the New Jersey Transmit Corporation, amending P.L.1992, c.16, supplementing Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, and making an appropriation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S2025 | Appropriates $56,635,803,000 in State funds and $27,501,993,844 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2025. | This bill appropriates $56,635,803,000 in State funds and $27,501,993,844 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2025. Appropriates $56,635,803,000 in State funds and $27,501,993,844 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2025. | In Committee |
| A4702 | Phases out sales and use tax exemption on zero emission vehicles; repeals annual sales tax holiday for certain school supplies and sport or recreational equipment. | An Act concerning sales and use tax exemptions, amending P.L.2003, c.266 and P.L.2015, c.24, and repealing P.L.2022, c.21. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3402 | "New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program. | "New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program. | In Committee |
| S3514 | Phases out sales and use tax exemption on zero emission vehicles; repeals annual sales tax holiday for certain school supplies and sport or recreational equipment. | This bill eliminates the sales and use tax exemptions provided under current law for the sales of zero emission vehicles, as well as the sales of certain products during the State's annual sales tax holiday. Specifically, the bill phases out the sales and use tax exemption currently provided for sales of zero emission vehicles as follows: (1) a tax rate of 3.3125 percent would be imposed on the sale of zero emission vehicles from October 2024 through June 2025; and (2) beginning on July 1, 2025, the sales and use tax would be imposed at the statutory rate authorized in the "Sales and Use Tax Act," which is currently 6.625 percent. The bill also repeals the annual sales tax holiday established by P.L.2022, c.21 for retail sale of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school instructional materials, and sport or recreational equipment. Under current law, the sales tax holiday is in effect during the ten-day period up to and including the first Monday in September. This bill implements certain proposals concerning the sales and use tax that were included in the Governor's Fiscal Year 2025 budget recommendations. | In Committee |
| S3342 | Establishes exemptions and revises implementation timeline for requirement that newly constructed townhouses be installed with automatic fire sprinkler system. | Enacted in January 2024, P.L.2023, c.265 (C.52:27D-123.20) requires the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system in new townhouses for which a construction permit application has not been declared complete prior to August 1, 2024, the first day of the seventh month following the statute's enactment. This bill establishes exemptions to that law. Under the bill, a newly constructed townhouse subject to the one-and two-family dwelling subcode, adopted by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-123), adopted as N.J.A.C.5:23-3.21, or succeeding subcode, is not subject to the provisions of P.L.2023, c.265 (C.52:27D-123.20) if an application for a construction permit or an application for development has been submitted to a State, county, or municipal agency prior to the date of enactment of this bill. The statute also requires the Commissioner of Community Affairs to adopt rules and regulations incorporating International Residential Code guidance pertaining to such installations by June 1, 2024, the first day of the fifth month following the date of that statute's enactment. The bill would modify this requirement to allow the commissioner until the first day of the 12th month following the enactment of the statute to adopt these rules and regulations. | In Committee |
| S2070 | Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer. | Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer. | In Committee |
| S2493 | Establishes minimum base NJ FamilyCare per diem reimbursement rate of $1,100 for special care nursing facility with neurologically impaired young adult unit. | This bill establishes a minimum base NJ FamilyCare per diem reimbursement rate of $1,100 for special care nursing facilities which operate a neurologically impaired young adult unit. Under the bill, a special care nursing facility is defined as a nursing facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) that is not a unit attached to, or on the same campus as, a rehabilitation or acute care hospital and is not a distinct unit within a NJ FamilyCare-certified conventional nursing facility, and which has been approved by the Department of Human Services to provide care to NJ FamilyCare recipients who require specialized nursing facility services beyond the scope of a conventional nursing facility Specifically, the bill requires the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services to reimburse a special care nursing facility, issued a certificate of need by the Department of Health as of July 1, 2023 to operate a neurologically impaired young adult unit, a base NJ FamilyCare per diem reimbursement rate that is, at a minimum, the greater of the special care nursing facility's FY 2022 base NJ FamilyCare per diem reimbursement rate or $1,100 per diem. This bill applies to reimbursements beginning January 1, 2024 and only those facilities in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations concerning licensure, patient safety, and quality of care. | Crossed Over |
| S2491 | Increases maximum number of respite care service hours funded through DCF for certain families. | An Act concerning respite care, and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S3510 | Modifies certain operating requirements for simulcasting facilities; reduces minimum number of required annual thoroughbred races from 50 to 25. | This bill removes the limitations on when a simulcasting facility can accept future wagers on horse races that the facility will not be receiving a simulcast transmission of, or displaying. The facility will be allowed to accept wagers on future races any time the facility is open to the public. The bill also reduces the timeframe required for unpaid cash vouchers to lapse from three years to one year. The cash value of the lapsed voucher is divided equally between the permitholder at the location where the voucher was purchased and the purse account at the same location. Finally, the bill reduces the number of thoroughbred races required to be held annually at the Meadowlands Racetrack and Monmouth Park from 50 to 25, with the written consent of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. | In Committee |
| S1709 | Clarifies that certain beach owners and lessees have no duty to keep beach safe or to warn of hazards; provides immunity from liability, in certain cases, for injuries occurring on beach or in adjacent waters. | This bill would clarify the duties and liabilities of private beach owners and lessees with respect to injuries suffered by beachgoers, either while on the beach or while on or in the adjacent ocean or other adjacent tidal waters. Specifically, the bill would provide that any private beach owner or lessee who allows, or who is required by the State to provide, public access to the beach premises for sport and recreational activities will have no duty: (1) to keep the beach premises safe for entry or use, by members of the public, for sport and recreational activities, regardless of whether the beach premises is maintained in its natural condition, is improved, or is used as part of a commercial enterprise; or (2) during any period of time in which the beach premises, or any portion thereof, is unguarded, to post or maintain signs or notices warning visitors to the unguarded beach area of the potential or actual dangers that may exist or arise as a result of the natural conditions of the beach or adjacent tidal waters, or due to the use of any structure or improvement, or the engagement in sport and recreational activities, thereon or therein. The bill would further provide that, regardless of whether any public warning or notice of potential or actual dangers is provided, a private beach owner or lessee will not be liable to any person for injury or death resulting or caused thereto when such person is accessing the beach premises or the adjacent tidal waters for sport and recreational purposes at any time when the beach premises, or the relevant portion thereof where injury or death occurs, is unguarded. An "unguarded beach area" is defined, by the bill, to mean any portion of privately owned beach premises, or the entirety of such premises, as the case may be, where or whenever there is no attendant, on-duty lifeguard available, on-site, to monitor the safety of visitors and respond to injuries occurring on the premises or relevant portion thereof, as the case may be, and on or in the tidal waters adjacent thereto. "Unguarded beach area" would include any portion of a privately owned beach premises which is situated outside of the designated and demarked boundaries of a guarded beach area; and any guarded beach area, during any period of time in which the ordinarily attendant, on-duty lifeguard is not on-site and available for duty. The bill would also provide a private beach owner with immunity from liability for injury or death resulting or caused to a person who is accessing the beach premises or adjacent tidal waters for sport and recreational purposes at any time of day when the beach premises, or the relevant portion thereof where injury or death occurs, is guarded by an attendant, on-duty lifeguard, except in those cases where the injury or death has resulted from: (1) the willful or malicious failure, either by the attendant, on-duty lifeguard or by the beach owner or lessee, to guard or warn against a dangerous or potentially dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity, including, but not limited to, a dangerous or potentially dangerous weather, ocean, tidal, or current condition, or a dangerous or potentially dangerous sport or recreational activity, which is present or occurring at the guarded beach area or in the adjacent tidal waters; (2) acts of negligence, either on the part of the attendant lifeguard or on the part of the beach owner or lessee, where permission to engage in sport and recreational activities on the beach premises was granted for a consideration other than the consideration, if any, paid to the owner or lessee by the State; or (3) acts of gross negligence, on the part of the beach owner or lessee, where the injured party has entered upon or is using the guarded beach area or adjacent tidal waters for a use or purpose unrelated to public access purposes. The immunities and associated duty of care exemptions, which would be applied to private beach owners and lessees under the bill, are consistent with existing limitations on liability and exemptions from duties of care that are currently applicable, under Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes, to the owners of various agricultural, horticultural, conserved, and other environmentally regulated lands, whenever a member of the public, who is permitted or required to have access such lands for sport and recreational purposes, is injured or dies either as a result of the natural or improved conditions of such lands or as a result of engaging in sport or recreational activities thereon. | In Committee |
| S1292 | Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism; creates a public awareness campaign; appropriates $100,000. | Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism; creates a public awareness campaign; and appropriates $100,000. | In Committee |
| S3406 | Revises various provisions of the New Jersey Aspire Program. | This bill provides various changes to the New Jersey Aspire Program (Aspire Program), which is administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) and was enacted as part of the "New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020," P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-269 et al.). Under the Aspire Program, the EDA awards tax credits to the developers of certain redevelopment projects, which projects would not be economically feasible absent such subsidies, and which projects meet certain other requirements. In turn, these developers are required to comply with certain additional requirements concerning the development of these projects, including, but not limited to, the dedication of affordable housing in new residential projects. Government-restricted municipalities The bill revises the definition of "government-restricted municipality" to expand municipal eligibility to the municipalities of Newark, East Orange, Union City, Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Camden, Vineland, Bridgeton, and Lakewood, in addition to Paterson, Trenton, and Atlantic City. Net benefits analysis and final award certification A developer of a redevelopment project applying for an award of tax credits from the EDA is required to demonstrate that providing public assistance to the project will result in a net positive benefit to the State. Currently, the EDA requires each applicant to demonstrate a net positive benefit to the State of 160 percent of the credit amount. Under current law, certain redevelopment projects, including those located within government-restricted municipalities, may be approved at the authority's discretion while having a net positive economic benefit that is as much as 35 percent less than the standard applied to projects in other locations. This bill would extent this allowance to provide that the EDA may approve projects located in government-restricted municipalities that demonstrate a net positive benefit to the State of up to 50 percentage points less than the standard requirement. As a result, these projects could be eligible for approval by demonstrating a net positive benefit that is 110 percent of the credit amount. The bill also removes a provision of law that requires the EDA to reduce the overall award of tax credits to a redevelopment project if it is determined, at the time of project certification, that the actual project financing gap is less than the amount initially approved by the EDA. Option of prevailing wages or a project labor agreement Under current law, workers employed to perform construction work at redevelopment projects are required to be paid no less than the prevailing wage for the worker's craft or trade, as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. The bill provides that a developer of a residential redevelopment project may be exempt from this requirement if the developer has negotiated and executed a project labor agreement to provide certain wage protections. Utility authorities and connection fees for redevelopment projects Under current law, county, regional, and municipal utility authorities are required to provide reductions in connection fees for new connections to the water system and sewerage system for certain projects, including public housing authorities, non-profit organizations building affordable housing projects, and any other affordable housing projects. The bill extends this provision of law to require county, regional, and municipal utility authorities to provide the same reductions in connection fees for the developers of redevelopment projects under the Aspire Program. Phased tax abatement for redevelopment projects The bill also provides for tax exemptions on the improvements from redevelopment projects. Under the bill, for the first five years after a project receives a permanent certificate of occupancy, no tax would be imposed on the improvements on the property. However, the land on which the project is located would continue to be taxed during the first five years. Following the initial five-year period, the developer would be required to enter into an agreement to pay annual payments in lieu of taxation to the municipality for an additional five-year period. Over the course of this five-year period, the payments by the developer of the project shall increase by 20 percent annually. | In Committee |
| S2930 | Makes various changes to process for access to government records; appropriates $10 million. | An Act concerning access to government records, amending and supplementing various parts of the statutory law, and making an appropriation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S2438 | Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders. | Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders. | In Committee |
| S2404 | Permits voluntary participation in treatment as condition of pretrial release under certain circumstances. | Currently, under N.J.S.A.2A:162-24, upon a motion of the prosecutor, a court can revoke the release of an eligible defendant who is released from custody pending trial upon a finding that the defendant, while on release, violated a restraining order or condition of release, or upon a finding of probable cause to believe that the eligible defendant has committed a new crime while on release. The court may not revoke the release unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that no monetary bail, non-monetary conditions of release or combination of monetary bail and conditions would reasonably assure the eligible defendant's appearance in court when required, the protection of the safety of any other person or the community, or that the eligible defendant will not obstruct or attempt to obstruct the criminal justice process. This bill provides that the court may, after a finding for detention, permit an eligible defendant whose pretrial release has been revoked to voluntarily agree to enter, participate and complete drug, alcohol, or mental health treatment at an approved program or facility. The bill further requires that, if the court permits the eligible defendant to enter treatment under these circumstances, the court require the approved program or facility to provide participation reports to the court, and the eligible defendant agree to provide the approved program or facility with any release or authorization necessary to comply with the court's reporting requirements. It is ordinarily within the discretion of the court to require, as a non-monetary condition of pretrial release, that an eligible defendant take a specific action, including undergoing available medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment, including treatment for drug or alcohol dependency. In this instance an eligible defendant whose pretrial release has been revoked would voluntarily agree to participate in treatment in lieu of detention and provide the court with necessary documentation of compliance with the order. This bill complies with Recommendation #24 of the New Jersey Supreme Court Reconvened Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform. | In Committee |
| S3238 | Requires Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery-Armed Forces Qualifying Test to be offered as alternative assessment for high school graduation proficiency test requirement. | This bill requires the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery- Armed Forces Qualifying Test to be offered as alternative assessment for the high school graduation proficiency test requirement. Current law requires public high school students to pass the State graduation proficiency test to demonstrate mastery of the State graduation proficiency standards. State Board of Education regulations establish graduation pathways, which provide that a student may demonstrate proficiency by: 1) achieving a passing score on the State graduation proficiency test; 2) achieving a passing score on a corresponding substitute competency test; or 3) demonstrating proficiency through the portfolio appeals process. The regulations define "substitute competency test" to mean, for students in the classes of 2018 through 2022, an alternative set of third-party assessments approved by the Commissioner, including, but not limited to, the SAT, PSAT, ACT, ACT-Aspire, Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery-Armed Forces Qualifying Test, or Accuplacer, that can be used to demonstrate competency in the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for students who have not demonstrated proficiency on the State graduation proficiency test. In May 2023, the State Board of Education approved the graduation test requirements for the 2024 and 2025 classes, as well as the list of substitute competency tests, but removed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery-Armed Forces Qualifying Test. It is the intent of this bill to reinstate the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery-Armed Forces Qualifying Test as an alternative assessment by adding it back to the list of substitute competency tests. | In Committee |
| S2969 | Provides counties discretion related to retirement of county debt service and amount that can be raised under property tax levy cap. | An Act concerning the effects of the debt service exclusion from the county property tax levy and amending P.L.1976, c.68, P.L.1994, c.100, and P.L.2007, c.62. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| A4011 | Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act," revises calculation of gas tax rate, and establishes annual fee for zero emission vehicles. | An Act concerning the financing and construction of transportation infrastructure in the State, revising various parts of the statutory law, and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| S2931 | Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act," revises calculation of gas tax rate, and establishes annual fee for zero emission vehicles. | This bill amends the "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act of 1984" to make changes necessary to support the State's Annual Transportation Capital Program for Fiscal Years 2025 through 2029. These changes also revise the rate of tax imposed on highway fuels under the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax and establish an additional annual fee for zero emission vehicles from which all revenues would be dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF). Transportation Trust Fund Authority Renewal The bill extends and increases the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority's (authority) existing authorization to issue transportation program bonds. Under current law, the authority is authorized to issue such transportation program bonds as are necessary to fund the Annual Transportation Capital Program, in an amount not to exceed $12 billion, through June 30, 2024. The bill extends this authorization through June 30, 2029 and increases the authority's existing aggregate bonding capacity to $15.6 billion. The bill authorizes $10.367 billion in capital program expenditures for a five-year period from Fiscal Year 2025 through Fiscal Year 2029. Specifically, this bill allows for an average annual capital program size of $2 billion from Fiscal Year 2025 through Fiscal Year 2029. However, during Fiscal Years 2027, 2028, and 2029, the bill requires certain amounts appropriated in excess of $2 billion to be allocated to counties, municipalities, the Department of Transportation, and the New Jersey Transit Corporation for transportation projects. Under current law, the authority is required to count premiums, and not bond discounts, against its authorized bonding capacity for transportation program bonds. This bill provides that for Fiscal Year 2016 and thereafter, any net premiums received by the authority in connection with the issuance of transportation program bonds are to be counted against the authority's authorized bonding capacity. This change allows the authority to account for the value of remaining bond premiums after subtracting the value of bond discounts in blended bond issuances when adjusting its bonding capacity after issuing transportation program bonds. Revision to Rate-Setting Procedure for Determining PPGRT Rate Under current law, the rate of tax imposed under the Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax (PPGRT) is annually adjusted by the State Treasurer to ensure that the State realizes a statutorily prescribed revenue target, more commonly referred to as the "highway fuel cap," based on 2016 collections of highway fuel taxes. The cap amount is based on the Fiscal Year 2016 sum of: (1) the taxes collected on the 12.48 percent and four cent tax rates for highway fuels taxes, (2) the amount derived from taxing the gallonage of highway fuel subject to the four cent motor fuel tax, and (3) the amount that would have been derived from taxing the gallonage of highway fuel subject to the motor fuel tax at a rate of 23 cents per gallon. All revenues collected are deposited into the TTF to support transportation infrastructure projects and debt service on transportation bonds. This annual adjustment mechanism is currently set to expire at the conclusion of State Fiscal Year 2026. The bill would modify this mechanism, beginning with Fiscal Year 2025, to gradually raise the highway fuel cap amount through Fiscal Year 2029. The amount of revenue required to be collected on highway fuel would be as follows: $2,032,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2025; $2,115,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2026; $2,199,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2027; $2,282,000,000 in Fiscal year 2028; and $2,366,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2029. If the actual revenues generated fall above or below the highway fuel cap amount set for the fiscal year, the rate of tax would be adjusted accordingly to ensure the highway fuel cap amount is realized. The bill also provides that after the State Treasurer has determined the rate of tax pursuant to the bill, the new rate would take effect on January 1 of Fiscal Year 2025 through Fiscal Year 2029 rather than October 1, as is done under current law. Abolishment of the Review Council The bill would also abolish the three-member review council tasked with monitoring the implementation of the PPGRT. The review council is currently composed of the State Treasurer, the Legislative Budget and Finance Officer, and a public member jointly selected by the other two members. Under current law, following any legislative action that halts, delays, or reverses implementation of changes to the PPGRT as enacted in 2016, the review council is required to certify whether the scheduled implementation of the 2016 changes to the tax have been impeded. Additional Fee for Zero Emission Vehicles The bill also institutes an additional fee for zero emission vehicles registered in the State. The fee would be collected by the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission at the same time the vehicle is initially registered or renewed, as the case may be. Beginning on July 1, 2024, the amount of the fee would be $250 and increase by $10 on July 1 of each year until 2028. After that time, the amount of the fee would be set at $290. A "zero emission vehicle" is defined under the bill as a vehicle certified by the California Air Resources Board or a vehicle that satisfies zero emission vehicle standards for the applicable model year. Vehicles that are produced in lieu of satisfying zero emission vehicle requirements would not be subject to the additional fee. These additional fees would be credited to the "Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Capital Reserves" to support transportation projects. However, the bill specifies that these collections may not be used to pay debt service on transportation system bonds, transportation program bonds, or any other bonds, notes or other obligations, including subordinated obligations of the authority until such time as these revenues may be constitutionally dedicated to the TTF. | In Committee |
| S2958 | Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission. | This bill creates the Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission to assess the effect that rules and regulations and Executive Orders have on the State's economy and to provide recommendations to the Governor to amend any rules and regulations or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State's businesses, workers, and local governments. Under the bill, the commission would be comprised of nine members, consisting of representatives from the Executive and Legislative branches of State government, who are devoted to the common goal of promptly addressing the State's economic viability and prosperity. The bill requires each department, office, division, or agency of the State to cooperate with the commission and furnish it with any information, personnel, and assistance it needs to accomplish its duties. The commission's findings would be advisory and cannot be used as a basis for any legal challenges based upon the action or inaction of any department, office, division, or agency of the State. The bill requires the commission to: (1) review all proposed and adopted rules and regulations and operative Executive Orders issued by the Governor to: assess their potential or actual effects on the State's economy; determine whether their costs and other burdens on businesses, workers, and local governments outweigh their intended benefits; and establish a basis for providing recommendations to the Governor to amend any rules and regulations or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State's businesses, workers, and local governments; (2) call upon any department, office, division, or agency of this State to supply the commission with data and other information, personnel, or assistance it deems necessary to discharge its duties; (3) solicit both written and oral comments from the public, including professional, labor, community, and environmental organizations, businesses, workers, and other affected persons or entities as the commission deems appropriate, and to consider the views expressed by those parties in any report; and (4) provide annually a written report to the Governor and the Legislature in which the commission must provide recommendations to repeal, rescind, or amend any rules and regulations or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State's businesses, workers, and local governments. | In Committee |
| SR83 | Creates Senate Task Force on Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review. | This resolution creates the Senate Task Force on Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review to assess the effect that statutes, rules and regulations, and Executive Orders have on the State's economy and to provide recommendations to repeal, rescind, or amend any statutes, rules and regulations, or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State's businesses, workers, school districts, and local governments. Under the resolution, the bi-partisan task force would be comprised of six members of the Senate. The Senate President would appoint three members and the Minority Leader of the Senate would appoint three members. The Senate President would appoint two co-chairs, who would not be members of the same political party. The Senate President, with the advice of the co-chairs, may appoint additional members of the public to the task force. The members would be representatives who are devoted to the common goal of promptly addressing the State's economic viability and prosperity. The resolution requires the task force to: (1) review statutes, rules and regulations, and Executive Orders issued by the Governor to: assess their potential or actual effects on the State's economy; determine whether their costs and other burdens on businesses, workers, school districts, and local governments outweigh their intended benefits; and establish a basis for providing recommendations to repeal, rescind, or amend any statutes, rules and regulations, or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State's businesses, workers, school districts, and local governments; (2) request data and other information or assistance it deems necessary from any department, office, division, or agency of this State; (3) solicit both written and oral comments from the public, including professional, labor, community, business and environmental organizations, workers, school districts, and other affected persons or entities as the task force deems appropriate, and to consider the views expressed by those parties in any report; (4) hold one public hearing within 60 days following the adoption of this resolution; (5) provide an initial report of findings and recommendations to the Senate one year following the adoption of this resolution; and (6) provide annually a written report to the Senate, in which the task force will provide recommendations to repeal, rescind, or amend any statutes, rules and regulations, or Executive Orders that unduly burden the State's businesses, workers, school districts, and local governments. | In Committee |
| S1423 | Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain ambulance transportation services. | This bill establishes a minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services, an increase of $142 from the State's existing rate of $58 per transport. In doing so, the sponsor aims to ensure that emergency ambulance transportation providers, which deliver integral medical services for those with unplanned urgent and life-threatening health conditions, are given the financial support necessary to serve the community. Currently, New Jersey has the lowest Medicaid reimbursement rate for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services in the region. Surrounding states' rates range from $65.27 in Delaware to $293.90 in Connecticut. Moreover, pending legislation in Pennsylvania would increase that state's rate to $325 per transport, which would be the highest rate in the region. | In Committee |
| S2701 | Revises calculation of maximum allowable annual increase to county tax levy. | This bill modifies the process for calculating the county property tax levy. Under current law, counties are required to calculate the annual property tax levy using two different statutory formulas. One formula for calculating the property tax levy is established pursuant to N.J.S.40A:4-45.4 and another formulas is established pursuant to N.J.S.40A:4-45.45. The calculations performed using these two formulas generally result in the two different county property tax levy amounts. In this circumstance, current law provides that the maximum permitted county tax levy may not exceed the lower of those two calculations. This bill revises this provision of law and instead provides that a county's maximum permitted property tax levy may not exceed the greater of these two calculations. | In Committee |
| S1429 | Allows municipalities to transfer inactive alcoholic beverage retail licenses for use in certain redevelopment and revitalization areas; establishes procedure to transfer inactive retail licenses. | This bill establishes several procedures by which a plenary retail consumption license, generally issued to bars and restaurants, may be transferred for use as part of an economic redevelopment plan or in connection with premises located in a redevelopment, improvement, or revitalization area located in another municipality. The bill defines "redevelopment, improvement, or revitalization area" as an urban enterprise zone; a downtown business improvement zone; a pedestrian mall or pedestrian mall improvement or special improvement district; a transit oriented development; an area determined to be in need of redevelopment; an area determined to be in need of rehabilitation; or any improvement which is 100 percent new construction, which is an entirely new improvement not previously occupied or used for any purpose. Under current law, a municipality may issue plenary retail consumption licenses until the combined total number in the municipality is fewer than one license for each 3,000 municipal residents. This bill allows a municipality that is entitled to issue an additional plenary retail consumption license to offer the license at public sale to the highest bidding governing body of any other municipality in this State. A license transferred to a receiving municipality only is to be used in connection with a premises as part of an economic redevelopment plan or located within a redevelopment, improvement, or revitalization area. The bill requires the host municipality to provide notice of the public sale to the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control and other municipalities at least 90 days prior to the sale. The notice to the municipalities is to specify the minimum acceptable bid and general conditions of sale including a statement that the transferring municipality reserves the right to reject all bids where the highest bid is not accepted. The funds derived from the sale are to be remitted to the municipal treasurer for the general use of the host municipality. A receiving municipality that acquires the license would be entitled to offer the license at public sale. A license issued by the receiving municipality to a qualified bidder that is not actively used in connection with the operation of a premises within two years of the issuance date is to expire and not be reissued by the receiving municipality. The receiving municipality would be prohibited from acquiring more than one license through this bidding process in each calendar year. In addition, this bill establishes two procedures for transferring an inactive plenary retail consumption license to a different municipality. Under current law, an inactive plenary retail consumption license is a license to sell alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption that is not being used at an open and operating licensed premises. A licensee is required to place the license on "inactive status" when the licensed business ceases operation and the license continues to be held by the licensee of record. Under this bill, a license that remains inactive for two license terms is to expire. Prior to the expiration of the license, an inactive license is to be actively used by the license holder or transferred to another person who intends to use the license in a private transaction for fair market value. The bill also allows the holder of the inactive license to apply to the governing body of a sending municipality that issued the license and a receiving municipality located within the same county to use the license in connection with a premises located in the receiving municipality. An inactive plenary retail consumption license used in the receiving municipality only would be used as part of an economic redevelopment plan or in connection with a premises located within a redevelopment, improvement, or revitalization area. The bill requires the transferred license to remain in the receiving municipality and prohibits the transfer of license to any other municipality. Under the bill, the sending and receiving municipalities are to submit to the director notice of the intent to transfer a license at least 90 days prior to the transfer. The bill requires the sending and receiving municipalities to adopt by majority vote identical resolutions authorizing the transfer of the license. The identical resolutions are to establish the license transfer fee agreed upon by both municipal governing bodies. A receiving municipality that acquires a license would be entitled to offer the license at public sale in accordance with current law. A license issued by a receiving municipality that is not actively used in connection with the operation of a premises within two years of the transfer date would expire and not be reissued by the receiving municipality. In addition, the bill provides that these licenses would be subject to certain restrictions. The receiving municipality would be required to issue the license to an applicant who certifies to the sending and receiving municipality that the license will be used in connection with the operation of a restaurant at which the retail sale of food is the primary and principal business. The license holder would then be required to annually submit to the issuing authority a report supported by receipts demonstrating that the sale of food constituted at least 60 percent of the store's total annual sales in the last full calendar year preceding the renewal date. A license holder who fails to demonstrate that the sale of food constituted at least 60 percent of the store's total annual sales in the last full calendar year may be subject to revocation of the plenary retail consumption license. The bill also requires the license holder to cease the sale of alcoholic beverages each day at the time that food service has ended or 11:00 p.m., whichever occurs earlier. A license holder would be entitled to transfer the license to another person in a private transaction, but the bill prohibits the license from being relocated to another premises. This bill also allows a receiving municipality that has reached the license population limitation established under current law to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to acquire an inactive plenary retail consumption license from any license holder in this State. The bill requires the receiving municipality to issue the license for use in connection with a premises as part of economic redevelopment plan or a redevelopment, improvement, or revitalization area. The RFP would specify a time and date after which no further applications from license holders will be accepted. The municipality is to publish the RFP in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State by not less than two insertions, one week apart, the second of which is to be made not less than 30 days prior to the time and date specified in the notice as the time and date after which no further applications will be accepted. In addition, the request for proposal is to be published by the governing body on the official Internet website of the receiving municipality. The RFP is to require that all bids be sealed and remain confidential to other bidders. The holder of an inactive plenary retail consumption license is to apply for permission to transfer the inactive plenary retail consumption license from the sending municipality prior to submitting a bid in response to the RFP. The sending municipality may approve the application by resolution. The sending municipality would be prohibited from requiring the applicant to disclose the location of the proposed licensed premises. After the receiving municipality accepts a successful bid, the sending and receiving municipality are to submit to the director notice of the intent to transfer a license at least 90 days prior to the transfer. The bill requires the sending and receiving municipalities to adopt by majority vote identical resolutions authorizing the transfer of the license. The identical resolutions are to establish the license transfer fee agreed upon by both municipal governing bodies. The bill requires a license that is not actively used within two years of issuance date to expire. A receiving municipality that issued the RFP would be prohibited from acquiring more than one license through this process in each calendar year. Finally, the bill requires the director to establish a four-year timeline for the reissuance of inactive licenses based on the length of time that the license has been inactive. The plenary retail consumption licenses transferred to or acquired by a receiving municipality under the bill's provisions would not be included in the population formula used to issue new licenses. | Dead |
| S2492 | Enhances penalties for distribution and manufacture of certain amounts of fentanyl. | This bill enhances penalties for possession, distribution, and manufacture of fentanyl. The bill would: (1) create new amount thresholds to establish new first-degree crimes for manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or disperse fentanyl or its analog; and (2) reduce the current amount thresholds for second- and third-degree manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing fentanyl or its analog, or possessing such with intent to do so, thus upgrading the penalties for acts committed involving smaller amounts. Currently, under paragraph (4) of subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:35-5, it is a crime of the second degree to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, fentanyl, a Schedule II narcotic drug, or its analog, in a quantity of one ounce or more including any adulterants or dilutants. At present, this is the highest degree of crime for fentanyl set forth in N.J.S.2C:35-5. It is a crime of the third degree if the quantity of fentanyl or its analog involved is less than one ounce including any adulterants or dilutants. See N.J.S.2C:35-5, subsection b., paragraph (5). This is the lowest grading of the crime. Crimes of the second degree is ordinarily punishable by a term of imprisonment of five to 10 years, a fine of up to $150,000, or both. Crimes of the third degree are ordinarily punishable by a term of imprisonment of three to five years, a fine of up to $15,000, or both. This bill would reduce the amount threshold for a crime of the second degree to five grams (0.176 ounce) or more as well as establish a new maximum amount of less than 10 grams (0.35 ounce) for which the aforementioned penalties may be imposed. The bill also establishes that an act committed with an amount of fentanyl above 10 grams (0.35 ounce) would be a new first-degree crime. A crime of the first degree is ordinarily punishable by a term of imprisonment of 10 to 20 years, a fine of up to $200,000, or both. Under this bill, an enhanced fine of up to $500,000 may be imposed for a crime of the first degree. Finally, the bill would reduce the amount threshold for a third degree violation to less than five grams (0.176 ounce). Under this bill, an enhanced fine of up to $75,000 may be imposed for a crime of the third degree. | In Committee |
| S1470 | Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. | This bill provides that a public safety worker who participated in the response to the September 11, 2001 attacks and is treated or monitored through the World Trade Center Health Program established by the Centers for Disease Control is presumed to be compensable under the State workers' compensation law without respect to when the worker files his claim for compensation, except that the claim is required to be filed within two years after the effective date of the bill. A worker is deemed ineligible for the benefits if the worker is eligible for benefits for the same injury, illness, or death under workers' compensation programs of other states or the federal government. The bill requires the Division of Archives and Records Management in the Department of State, and each county, municipality, regional or joint public safety entity, or other agency involved in the public safety, to notify all active and retired personnel and next-of-kin, if the personnel are deceased, of the presumption of compensability within three months of the effective date of the bill. | In Committee |
| S1350 | Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program. | This bill retroactively repeals the $100,000 cap on the sales tax exemption for retail sales of materials, supplies, and services for the exclusive use of erecting structures or buildings on, or improving, altering or repairing the real property of a qualified business, or a contractor hired by the qualified business to make such improvements, alterations, or repairs. This sales tax exemption is currently available to qualified businesses participating in the State Urban Enterprise Zone program. The sales tax exemption was enacted in August of 2021 with a cap of $100,000, and applies to sales and uses on or after January 1, 2022. This bill keeps the exemption in place but eliminates the cap retroactively to January 1, 2022. | In Committee |
| S874 | Exempts all transfers made to lineal relatives from the Transfer Inheritance Tax. | This bill exempts all transfers made to lineal relatives from the Transfer Inheritance Tax. The purpose of the bill is to expand the category of familial transferees covered as exempt Class A Transferees to include lineal relatives that descend or ascend from the decedent by blood or law beyond the first two generations of offspring. Under current law, the Transfer Inheritance Tax explicitly exempts spouses, domestic partners, fathers, mothers, children, grandchildren, and grandparents as Class A Transferees. However, the statute does not explicitly extend exempt Class A Transferee status to such lineal relatives as great grandparents or great grandchildren. This bill extends exempt Class A Transferee status to all lineal relatives that descend or ascend from the decedent by blood or law. The bill's extension of the Class A Transferee exemption to all lineal relatives applies to transfers made on or after January 1, 2022. The bill allows refund claims for Transfer Inheritance Tax payments for transfers made on or after January 1, 2022, but before the date of enactment, which become overpayments due to the enactment of the bill. The bill also contains an administrative provision to maintain the applicability of related regulatory provisions that may otherwise become obsolete on account of the bill's enactment. | In Committee |
| S544 | Provides for public comment period at certain sessions of each house of the Legislature. | This bill would amend the "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.) to require the Senate and General Assembly to each set aside a portion of a session of that house at least four times a year for public comment. Currently, the law requires municipal governing bodies and boards of education, but not other public bodies, to allow a period for public comment at each public meeting. The bill would require that each house adopt reasonable rules governing the order and conduct of the public comment period, including, but not limited to, rules for designating the session at which public comment will be taken, the maximum time allotted to each speaker, the number of speakers per comment period, maintaining order and decorum, and prohibiting personal comments concerning named individuals. | In Committee |
| S1355 | Prevents future tax increases based on revisions to employee unemployment tax wage base; allocates $100 million to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance. | This bill prevents future tax increases on employee wages in support of the State's system of providing unemployment benefits by prohibiting the unemployment tax wage base from rising above the rate in effect for calendar year 2022, and allocates $100 million to the unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance. Current law requires the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to effectively increase taxes on employee wages by annually adjusting the wage base used to calculate employee unemployment taxes. The bill would halt this adjustment to the wage base. The wage base amount determined for 2022 would be used for employee unemployment taxes in calendar year 2023 and subsequent calendar years, unless the calculation would result in a lower wage base, in which case the lower wage base would be used. Employee wage taxes are regressive. It is the sponsor's view that administratively increasing the tax every year is unfair to low and middle class employees. In lieu of additional employee payroll tax increases to support the unemployment compensation fund, the bill appropriates funds from other sources in amounts estimated to sufficiently substitute alternative resources from the next two years of foregone revenues due to a freeze on tax increases. In future years, the State would need to identify further appropriations of alternative resources to the unemployment compensation fund in lieu of employee payroll tax increases to ensure its solvency. | In Committee |
| S2162 | Authorizes certain large food waste generators to send food waste to sanitary landfill facilities for purpose of generating Class I renewable energy. | This bill would authorize certain large food waste generators to send their food waste to sanitary landfill facilities for the purpose of generating Class I renewable energy. Under current law, beginning in October 2021, large food waste generators were required to source separate their food waste and send the food waste to an authorized food waste recycling facility, with certain exceptions. This bill provides that a large food waste generator is deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of P.L.2020, c.24 if, as of the effective date of that law, April 14, 2020, the large food waste generator sent its food waste for final disposal to a sanitary landfill facility that collects and delivers landfill gas to a gas-to-energy facility as fuel for the generation of Class I renewable energy. The exemption would apply only so long as the large food waste generator continues to dispose of its food waste in this manner. Under section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51), "Class I renewable energy" is defined to include electric energy produced from methane gas from landfills. | In Committee |
| S58 | Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions. | The bill grants a property tax exemption to honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability in proportion to their disability percentage rating. The exemption is only granted to those with a disability percentage rating of at least 30 percent, and the exemption is capped at $10,000. Those with a 100 percent disability percentage rating would still be allowed a 100 percent property tax exemption without a cap, as is the case under current law. In addition, the bill grants those honorably discharged veterans having less than a 100 percent service-connected disability, but who are unemployable, a 100 percent property tax exemption, which matches the current 100 percent property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a 100 percent disability percentage rating. As under current law, the bill allows the 100 percent property tax exemption to extend to the surviving spouse of a veteran. However, the newly allowed property tax exemption for a veteran with a less than 100 percent property tax exemption would not extend to the surviving spouse. The bill also eliminates all references to medical conditions so that any service-connected disability, as determined by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs, will make a veteran eligible for the property tax exemption. Finally, the bill proclaims that the State shall annually reimburse taxing districts, including for administrative costs, for the property tax exemptions granted to disabled veterans and their surviving spouses. The bill includes reporting provisions so proper reimbursement can be made. | In Committee |
| S1278 | Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers. | This bill requires certain information to be included in the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP) and the School Employees' Health Benefits Program (SEHBP) claims experience data to be provided to certain public employers. Under current law, the SHBP provides upon request and not more than once in a 24-month period complete claims experience data to a public employer other than the State that participates in the SHBP. This bill changes the 24-month period to not more than once per calendar year, and adds language to allow the majority representative of the employees of that public employer to request and receive the claims experience data if the public employer requested the data. Under the bill, the same requirements would apply to the SEHBP. This bill requires certain information to be included in the claims experience data for SHBP and SEHBP. The information specified in the bill includes, but is not limited to, medical claims summary report by classification; top 50 drugs or medicines that require a doctor's prescription by total number dispensed; top 50 drugs or medicines that require a doctor's prescription by total dollars paid; number and type of ongoing maintenance prescriptions by mail order and retail; prescription utilization summary; prescription executive summary report; prescription trend performance summary for each plan design; and a prescription key performance indicator report. Current law requires the SHBP to issue claims experience data only in a manner that complies with the privacy requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and related regulations. The bill further specifies that no information will be released in such form as to result in the identification of an individual or in such form as to adversely affect personal privacy rights. Under the bill, the same requirements would apply to the SEHBP. | In Committee |
| S856 | Indexes various thresholds and qualifications under New Jersey gross income tax for inflation. | This bill indexes for inflation various gross income thresholds and qualifications under the New Jersey gross income tax. Under the gross income tax, many provisions are structured so that the provisions apply only to those with particular amounts of income. This bill adjusts those provisions so that income levels are annually adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In particular, the bill adjusts for inflation: - the minimum taxable income threshold to be subject to the gross income tax, and the minimum taxable income threshold to file a gross income tax return. The minimum taxable income threshold for both is currently $10,000 for individuals who are single or married filing separately and $20,000 for married filing jointly. Those amounts will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022. - the income limitation on the three deductions allowed pursuant to the "New Jersey College Affordability Act." Each deduction is currently limited to those with gross income of $200,000 or less. That amount will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022. - the income limitation on the credit allowed pursuant to the "Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act." That credit is currently limited to those with gross income not exceeding $50,000 or $100,000 if filing jointly. Those amounts will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022. - the income limitation on the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services. That credit is equal to a percentage that the taxpayer is allowed under the federal income tax, but is reduced and phased out as the taxpayer's income increases to $150,000. The phase out will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022. - the income limitations on the pension exclusion and other retirement income exclusion. Those exclusions are reduced and phased out as the taxpayer's income increases to $150,000. The phase out for each deduction will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022. - for those required to make estimated income tax payments, the income threshold for additional estimated payments to avoid incurring underpayment penalties. Because of the complexity of exactly estimating tax payments, an alternative amount of payment is allowed to be paid without incurring penalties for underpayment of estimated tax. If a taxpayer makes payments equal to 100 percent of the taxpayer's tax liability for the previous year, or 110 percent for taxpayers with taxable income for the preceding taxable year exceeding $75,000 or $150,000 for those filing jointly, then the taxpayer will not incur penalties for underpayment of estimated tax. The income criteria for the 110 percent payment requirement will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022. - the income limitation on the rebate allowed for those with a dependent child. That rebate is currently limited to those with gross income not exceeding $75,000 or $150,000 if filing jointly. Those amounts will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022. - the income tax brackets and tax amounts per bracket under the optional pass-through business alternative income tax. These income tax brackets and tax amounts per bracket are currently structured to approximate tax liability under the gross income tax. The income tax brackets and tax amounts per bracket will be adjusted annually for inflation beginning with tax year 2022 to conform with the changes to the gross income tax brackets and tax amounts per bracket proposed in Senate Bill No. 676 of the 2022-2023 session. | In Committee |
| S1382 | Exempts certain oversized vehicles from requirement of additional escort vehicle if transported load is property illuminated during nighttime. | This bill provides an exemption for certain oversized vehicles or combination of vehicles from the requirement to be accompanied by an additional escort vehicle when traveling during the nighttime hours of sunset to sunrise. Specifically, these vehicles or combination of vehicles would not be required to be accompanied by an additional escort vehicle if the load transported by the vehicle or combination of vehicles is illuminated with additional lighting so as to be clearly visible from 1,000 feet in all directions of traffic. Currently, oversized vehicles or combinations of vehicles are required to receive a special written permit from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission in order to be operated within the State, and depending on the size of the oversized vehicle or combination of vehicles, one or more escort vehicles may be required to accompany the vehicle. However, under current State regulations, when an oversized vehicle or combination of vehicles is permitted to travel during the nighttime hours of sunset to sunrise, an additional escort vehicle is also required to accompany the vehicle or combination of vehicles. This bill would provide an exemption to the requirement for an additional escort vehicle during nighttime hours when the load transported by the oversized vehicle or combination of vehicles is illuminated according to the bill's provisions. | In Committee |
| S882 | Extends period of usefulness of fire engines for bonding purposes from 10 to 20 years; eliminates exclusion of passenger cars and station wagons. | This bill amends N.J.S.40A:2-22, a section of the "Local Bond Law," to increase the period of usefulness of fire engines, apparatus, and equipment, for bonding purposes, when purchased new, from 10 to 20 years. The bill also allows for passenger cars and station wagons, when purchased new, to be financed for a period not to exceed five years. This bill specifies that the period of usefulness for certain vehicles and apparatus for bonding purposes is as follows: (1) for automotive vehicles, including original apparatus and equipment, when purchased new, the period of usefulness is five years, with the bill extending applicability for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) below 15,000 pounds, and the period of usefulness is 10 years for vehicles with GVWR in excess of 15,000 pounds; and (2) for major repairs, reconditioning, or overhaul of fire engines and apparatus, ambulances, rescue vehicles, and similar public safety vehicles, the bill extends applicability to public works vehicles with GVWR in excess of 15,000 pounds, and heavy construction equipment with a weight in excess of 10,000 pounds, which may reasonably be expected to extend for at least five years the period of usefulness thereof, the period of usefulness is five years. The bill also defines "Gross vehicle weight rating" to mean the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single or combination (articulated) vehicle. The GVWR of a combination (articulated) vehicle, commonly referred to as the "gross combination weight rating" or "GCWR," is the GVWR of the power unit plus the GVWR of the towed unit or units. | Dead |
| S2160 | Allows seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license holder to exchange license for full-year consumption license. | This bill allows a person who held a seasonal retail consumption license prior to the bill's effective date to surrender the license to the issuing authority, which then may exchange the license for a plenary retail consumption license. This license will permit the licensee to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the licensed premises throughout the entire year. Under the bill, a person who exchanges a seasonal retail consumption license would have the same privileges and be entitled to sell alcoholic beverages during the same times and days as other plenary retail consumption license holders in the same municipality. The fee to convert a seasonal license would be based upon the average sales price of plenary retail consumption licenses in the municipality in which the licensed premises is located during the two years immediately preceding the bill's effective date. If a plenary retail consumption license has not been sold during the two years immediately preceding the bill's effective date, the fee is to be based upon the average sales price of the last three plenary retail consumption licenses sold preceding the bill's effective date. If the licensed premises is located within the boundaries of two or more municipalities, the highest average sale price of the two or more municipalities would be used to calculate the fee. The calculation to determine the fee would not include de minimis or related party transfer sales. The fee to convert a seasonal license would not exceed $250,000. A person who exchanges a license would also be required to pay the same annual fee as a plenary retail consumption license holder. A seasonal retail consumption license allows for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption for a limited time during the summer or winter season. A license issued during the summer season allows the licensee to serve alcoholic beverages from May 1 through November 14. The holder of a winter seasonal license may sell alcoholic beverages from November 15 to April 30. A seasonal license is subject to the same population restrictions as a plenary retail consumption license, and is included in the total number of consumption licenses that a municipality may issue. A municipality may issue one of these licenses -both seasonal and plenary retail consumption- for each 3,000 persons residing in the municipality. Therefore, the bill does not allow for the issuance of new licenses, but rather allows seasonal licensees to sell alcoholic beverages during the entire year. | In Committee |
| S1632 | Adjusts bid threshold amounts for certain public research universities; permits certain contracts for school districts, municipalities, and counties to be awarded by qualified purchasing agent. | This bill adjusts the public bidding threshold amounts for certain public research universities, school districts, municipalities, and counties. The bill increases the public bidding threshold for contracts through which workers employed in the performance of the contract are not subject to the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" to $100,000 for Rowan University, Montclair State University, Kean University, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The bill reflects the changes made to the "State College Contracts Law" by P.L.2021, c.417 and makes the same changes for the public research universities in the State. Under current law, these public research universities are prohibited from entering into contracts that exceed the threshold unless the university publicly advertises for bids and awards the contract to the entity whose bid would be most advantageous for the university. The public bidding threshold was originally $17,700 for NJIT, $30,700 for Rowan University, and $33,000 for Montclair State University and Kean University. Pursuant to the statutes governing each university, the threshold is adjusted every two years by the Governor, in consultation with the Department of Treasury, in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers in the New York City and Philadelphia areas, as reported by the United States Department of Labor. This bill increases the public bidding thresholds for all four public research universities for any contract through which workers employed in the performance of the contract are not subject to the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" to $100,000. The bidding threshold for contracts through which workers employed in the performance of the contract are subject to the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" are unaffected by the bill for Rowan University, Montclair State University and Kean University, and is amended to $29,100 for NJIT to match the most recent threshold determined by the Governor in July 2021. Under the bill, the thresholds will continue to be adjusted by the Governor every two years, in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. The bill also increases the public bidding threshold for contracts executed under the Public School Contracts Law. Current law permits a board of education to authorize a purchasing agent to award a contract that does not exceed a statutorily authorized amount, currently set at $32,000, through solicitation of competitive quotations rather than public bidding. The bill stipulates that a contract having an anticipated value in excess of $17,500, but below the applicable bidding threshold, is not required to be awarded by a board of education and may be awarded by a purchasing agent that holds a qualified purchasing agent certificate. Additionally, current law stipulates that if the purchasing agent possesses a qualified purchasing agent certificate, the board may establish that the bid threshold be up to a statutorily authorized amount, currently set at $44,000. The bill increases this bid threshold when a purchasing agent holds a qualified purchasing agent certificate to $25,000 or the amount determined by the governor pursuant to the bill. Under current law, the Governor is required to adjust the thresholds every five years in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the index rate. The bill also increases the public bidding threshold for contracts executed under the Local Public Contracts Law. Current law permits a contracting unit, as defined under the Local Public Contracts Law, to authorize a purchasing agent to award a contract that does not exceed $17,500 through solicitation of competitive quotations rather than public bidding. The bill stipulates that a contract having an anticipated value in excess of $17,500, but below the applicable bidding threshold, is not required to be awarded by the governing body of the contracting unit and may be awarded by the purchasing agent. Under current law, a purchasing agent under the Local Public Contracts Law is required to hold a qualified purchasing agent certificate. Additionally, current law stipulates that if a governing body of a contracting unit has designated a purchasing agent, the contracting unit may establish that the bid threshold be up to a statutorily authorized amount, currently set at $44,000. The bill increases this bid threshold to $60,000 or an amount determined by the Governor pursuant to the bill. Under current law, the Governor is required to adjust the threshold every five years in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the index rate. | Dead |
| S345 | Establishes "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program." | This bill establishes the "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program" (RESIC), which creates a regulatory mechanism that enables water and wastewater utilities (utilities) to recover the costs of investment in certain non-revenue producing utility system components that enhance water and wastewater system resiliency, environmental compliance, safety, and public health. The bill authorizes a utility to petition the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) concerning RESIC activities through the submission of a foundational filing. A utility that offers more than one regulated service may file a joint foundational filing for a RESIC that includes infrastructure investments for multiple regulated services or separate foundational filings to establish a separate RESIC for each regulated service offered by the utility. If a utility files separate foundational filings, each RESIC approved by the BPU would be subject to a separate revenue recovery cap. Under the RESIC program, after approval of the foundational filing, a utility may charge customers for the costs of installing, rehabilitating, improving, or replacing utility system infrastructure in accordance with the bill. However, the bill provides that the total revenues recovered through the RESIC rate may not exceed the RESIC-cap, which amount equals five percent of the utility's total annual revenues, as adjusted for certain approved charges. Under the bill, the utility would also be required to identify the amounts owed by each customer, based on the RESIC rate, separately on the customer's utility bill. | Dead |
| S2161 | "New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act." | This bill, the "New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act," guarantees the right of New Jersey ticket purchasers to opt-out of ticket restrictions that limit their ability to use, sell, or give away the tickets they have purchased. Specifically, this bill allows ticket issuers to sell tickets through a ticketing system that restricts the rights of consumers to resell their tickets only if, at the time of the initial sale, the consumer is offered the option to purchase the same ticket in a form not subject to restrictions by the issuer. Issuers would be permitted, however, to sell or give away tickets in a non-transferable form in the context of targeted promotions or private events. The bill prohibits any penalty or discrimination against a ticket holder solely because the ticket was resold or because of the specific ticket platform on which the ticket was resold. The bill provides for the recognition of the rights of issuers and venue owners and operators to institute policies governing overall operation of entertainment events and ticket sales. The bill exempts from the provisions of the bill issuers of tickets for an entertainment event held in a venue owned or operated by an entity which is subject to a hotel and motel occupancy fee pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2003, c.114 (C.54:32D-1) and located in a city the governing body of which has levied a retail sales tax pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1947, c.71 (C.40:48-8.15). The consumer choice provisions of this bill protecting the right of ticket purchasers to resell their tickets have been in effect in New York State for six years. | In Committee |
| S1387 | Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy. | This bill requires the distribution of additional State aid to municipalities under the "Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Act." Budget constraints required reductions in the amount of Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief Aid (CMPTRA) distributed to all municipalities in Fiscal Years 2009, 2010, and 2011. Some municipalities also experienced reductions in their Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid (ETR Aid) distribution during that period. This supplemental funding would restore, over a two-year period, approximately $331 million in reductions to CMPTRA and ETR Aid. In Fiscal Year 2023, municipalities would receive an aid increase equal to 50 percent of the difference between the distribution of CMPTRA and ETR Aid they received in Fiscal Year 2008 and Fiscal Year 2012. The fully restored amount would be distributed beginning in Fiscal Year 2024 and in each fiscal year thereafter. The total amount of aid to be restored to each municipality would be in addition to the total amount of CMPTRA and ETR Aid distributed to each municipality in Fiscal Year 2012. This legislation also extends the existing ETR Aid "poison pill" protection to ensure that each municipality received an aid amount not less than the combined payment of CMPTRA and ETR Aid to municipalities in Fiscal Year 2012 and the additional aid distributed under the bill. This bill also amends current law to require a municipality to subtract any additional amount of ETR aid it receives, pursuant to the bill, from its adjusted tax levy when computing that amount for its next fiscal year. By deducting the additional amount of ETR Aid from the previous year's levy, municipalities would be permitted to raise a lower amount of taxes through the levy for municipal purposes. The bill prohibits a municipality from anticipating, for purposes of preparing its annual budget, the receipt of any State aid payment from the ETR aid under the provisions in the bill. The bill also requires a municipality to amend its local budget to properly reflect the total amount distributed to the municipality from the ETR aid. | In Committee |
| S792 | Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax. | This bill indexes for inflation the taxable income brackets under the New Jersey gross income tax. This adds to the State personal income tax a common-sense taxpayer protection called inflation indexing that has been provided under the federal income tax since the 1980s. Inflation indexing means that tax brackets are revised annually to reflect nominal price and wage increases that result from inflation. When tax brackets are not indexed for inflation it results in what is called "bracket creep," which is an increase in effective tax rates caused by inflation. Higher income can bump a taxpayer into the next tax bracket, even if that higher income is merely keeping pace with inflation. A lack of inflation adjustment can also push more of a taxpayer's income into the highest bracket for which they qualify. The final result is a tax increase that occurs without any legislation being passed. Indexing addresses this by altering each bracket level each year by the level of annual inflation. Under this bill the inflation adjustment for taxable income brackets is the national consumer price index for all urban consumers as prepared by the United States Department of Labor. This is the same measure of inflation that is used for indexing the taxable income brackets under the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bill compares an annual inflation measure from the year prior to the one for which taxes will be imposed to a base year measure from the year prior to the one in which the bill is enacted. This delay allows the Director of the Division of Taxation to determine the adjusted amounts when the tax year begins. | In Committee |
| S1562 | Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test. | This bill eliminates the high school graduation proficiency test, which is required under current law to be taken in the 11th grade. It is the belief of the sponsor that graduation exit testing does not accurately represent student learning or career and college readiness. Studies have shown numerous flaws with standardized testing, including variation in student performance based on external circumstances, strong racial and socioeconomic biases, and inconsistency with material taught in class. The purpose of using standardized tests as graduation requirements is often to assess college readiness, however studies have shown that other metrics, such as grade point average, can predict the likelihood of graduation from college up to five times better than standardized test scores. In recent years, many states have eliminated graduation exit testing for these reasons, and currently only 11 states still maintain a testing requirement for high school graduation. The bill prohibits the State Board of Education from including in the standards for graduation from high school a requirement that students achieve satisfactory performance on the Statewide graduation proficiency test. The bill also amends current law to remove various references to the graduation proficiency test, including: the requirement that a Statewide proficiency test be included in the State or district standards for graduation from high school; the requirement that an out-of-school youth or adult age 18 or older pass the graduation proficiency test before being granted a State endorsed diploma; the requirement that school district report cards include information regarding the results of the graduation proficiency test; and the requirement that renaissance school projects be evaluated based on students' performance on the graduation proficiency test. The bill clarifies that a student participating in the State Seal of Biliteracy program would not be required to take a State graduation proficiency test as a condition of graduation from high school. Finally, the bill repeals the section of law that requires the State to administer a graduation proficiency test to all 11th grade students and certain 12th grade students, and repeals the section of law that requires the Commissioner of Education to consult with educators, parents, students, business and community representatives, and members of minority groups while developing the graduation proficiency test. The bill also repeals sections of law requiring the commissioner and the Joint Committee on the Public Schools to review and report on performance on the graduation proficiency test. | In Committee |
| S2042 | Establishes spotted lanternfly control grant program in Dept. of Agriculture; appropriates $5 million. | This bill would require the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, to establish a program to provide grants to municipalities in the State for spotted lanternfly control. Under the program, the Division of Plant Industry would: (1) develop guidelines and procedures for the submission of applications by municipalities to receive a program grant; (2) establish criteria for a municipality to qualify for a program grant; (3) establish a system to prioritize the issuance of grants to municipalities, in greatest need, that: are located in spotted lanternfly quarantine zones as designated by the Department of Agriculture; have incurred damages caused by spotted lanternflies; have demonstrated widespread infestations among buildings located within the municipality; or have native vegetation that is threatened by spotted lanternflies; and (4) designate acceptable uses for the grants, including, but not limited to: the inspection of buildings located within a municipality for infestations; the use of extermination services; and the engagement in remediation activities. The bill appropriates $5 million from the General Fund to be used for the grant program established pursuant to the bill. | In Committee |
| S352 | Requires certain wholesale pricing of motor fuels be set using formula. | This bill prohibits a distributor, refiner, wholesaler, or supplier from charging a tank wagon price to a retail dealer unless that price is set using a negotiated and agreed-upon formula. The negotiated price shall not be more than five cents per gallon above the listed price for that product at the distribution terminal at the time it was purchased. "Tank wagon price" is defined under the "Unfair Motor Fuels Practices Act" as the invoice cost of motor fuel to the retailer. The provisions of this bill do not apply if the retail dealer owns the property the station is located on or if the property is leased directly to the retail dealer by a third party who is not a distributor, refiner, wholesaler, or supplier. Additionally, this bill does not apply to consignment sales of motor fuels or contracts existing before its effective date. Contracts negotiated and entered into after the effective date must comply with the requirements of the bill. An entity that prohibits a provision of the bill is subject to a fine of $5,000 per delivery of motor fuel priced in violation of the bill. | In Committee |
| S2059 | Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing. | This bill establishes a nonpublic school consortium transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for participating school districts' mandated nonpublic school busing for those students. Under the program, a participating school district will disburse to the consortium an amount equal to the aid in-lieu-of transportation amount (currently set at $1,022) for each nonpublic school pupil who is attending a nonpublic school which is a part of the consortium and who is required by law to be transported by a school district. The consortium is to assume the responsibilities of transporting the pupils for whom it receives the aid in-lieu-of transportation amount. The bill provides that if the per pupil cost of the lowest bid received exceeds the aid in-lieu-of transportation amount, the parent or guardian of the student will be eligible to receive the aid in-lieu-of transportation amount from the consortium for that school year. In addition to providing transportation for students who are mandated to be transported, the consortium may provide non-mandated busing to students attending the nonpublic schools that are a part of the consortium, provided that the parents or guardians of those students pay all of the costs of that transportation. At the end of the school year, the consortium will refund to individual participating school districts a portion of the aid-in-lieu-of amount the district provided to the consortium for a nonpublic school student who did not receive transportation for the entire school year. If any unexpended funds remain, the bill requires the consortium to allocate that amount among the school districts in proportion to the number of nonpublic school pupils for whom the school district distributed funds to the consortium. The bill requires the Commissioner of Education to establish a committee to oversee the operations of each consortium in implementing the program. The oversight committee will consist of five members appointed by the commissioner, one of whom must represent a nonpublic school that is part of the consortium, and one of whom must represent a school district that is participating in the program. Under the provisions of the bill, the consortium is required to annually enter into a contract with an independent entity to audit the implementation of the program and the audit is required to be submitted to the commissioner no later than December 1 of each year. The bill stipulates that nothing in the bill is to be construed as altering the amount paid by the State for nonpublic school transportation costs pursuant to N.J.A.A18A:39-1a for any school district that participates in the program. The bill takes effect immediately and provides that the program will first be applicable in the 2023-2024 school year. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1636 | Changes MVC voter registration procedures. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2167 | Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to comply with breakfast and lunch standards adopted by USDA. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S317 | Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act." | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2019 | Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S862 | Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition; makes report available to public. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2051 | Requires law enforcement officer to conduct risk assessment of and provide assistance to domestic violence victims. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1403 | Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1320 | Requires certain information be included in certain contracts with licensed public adjusters. | Senate Floor: Concur Governor Recommendations | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S1067 | Directs DHS to conduct landscape analysis of available mental health services. | Senate Floor: Concur Governor Recommendations | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A2929 | Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A3323 | Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A3361 | Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or industrialized buildings or manufactured homes. | Senate Floor: Concur Governor Recommendations | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A3128 | Authorizes HMFA to use certain tax credits; directs HMFA to conduct tax credit auctions to provide financial assistance for certain housing purposes. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A1948 | Requires VCCO to issue annual report to Governor and Legislature. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A1682 | Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2346 | Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $5 million. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2373 | Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A3424 | 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. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A3518 | Requires MVC to create digital driver's licenses and digital non-driver identification cards. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2783 | "Travel Insurance Act." | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A3802 | Differentiates certain legal services from traditional insurance products. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| SJR96 | Permanently designates August 17th as "Nonprofit Day" in NJ. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2951 | Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2961 | Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S2961 | Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| SJR100 | Designates July of each year as "Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month" in NJ. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4085 | Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3041 | Prohibits cooperative from receiving public works contract when cooperative-approved vendor fails to pay prevailing wage; concerns cooperative purchasing agreements with other states; and permits contracting units to award certain indefinite contracts. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4178 | Authorizes State Treasurer to grant temporary deed of easement in Borough of Sea Girt in Monmouth County. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3132 | Imposes certain requirements on secondhand dealers of cellular telephones and wireless communication devices. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3189 | Makes various changes to "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act" and Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program; repeals "New Jersey Ignite Act." | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4331 | Establishes licensure for cosmetic retail services. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4429 | Expands prohibitions on employers concerning requirements for employees to attend or listen to communications related to political matters. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3287 | Provides gross income tax deduction for amounts paid to taxpayers for sale of certain real property interests for conservation purposes. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3309 | Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3309 | Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4455 | Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3418 | Authorizes certain types of permanent structures, recently constructed or erected on preserved farmland, to be used, in certain cases, for purposes of holding special occasion events thereon. | Senate Floor: Concur Governor Recommendations | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4603 | Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under "Right to Farm Act". | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4712 | Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4765 | Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances; requires driver's manual to include information on sharing roadway with motorists for certain road users. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3618 | Directs DEP and DOT to establish "Wildlife Corridor Action Plan." | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4897 | Revises law requiring certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3711 | Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3776 | Establishes Chronic Absenteeism Task Force. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4937 | Concerns satellite cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis Regulatory Commission membership, and post-employment restrictions on State employees. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4937 | Concerns satellite cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis Regulatory Commission membership, and post-employment restrictions on State employees. | Senate Floor: Amend | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4954 | Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4971 | Requires EDA to provide grants to certain small businesses affected by State infrastructure and construction projects. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A4969 | Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3858 | Requires school bus personnel members to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transportating students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features; makes appropriation. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3887 | Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-and county-owned lakes and reservoirs. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5049 | Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3910 | Makes various changes to provision of preschool aid and facilities requirements; establishes Universal Preschool Implementation Steering Committee; requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3917 | Makes various changes to school funding law and Educational Adequacy Report; establishes Special Education Funding Review Task Force. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3931 | Updates requirements for licensure in occupational therapy. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3933 | Establishes School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program; appropriates $500,000. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3944 | Provides that certain non-profit corporation alcoholic beverage theater licensees include disregarded entities of such corporations; allows certain community theaters to sell alcoholic beverages. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5100 | Re-appropriates unexpended balance of FY2024 appropriation for Town of West New York to support recreation center; appropriates $3 million for Town of West New York - Recreation Center to restore lapsed FY2024 funding. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5130 | Requires enforcing agency to conduct inspection of construction in specified time window. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S3982 | Requires certain information be provided to parent at least two business days prior to annual Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meeting; establishes IEP Improvement Working Group in DOE. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5170 | Requires State to purchase certain unused tax credits issued under New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4028 | Limits amount of payment that State agency as property owner may withhold from certain contractors on State construction contracts to two percent of amount due. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5199 | Requires resident and fellow physicians employed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, who are eligible for coverage in SHBP, to be eligible to enroll and receive health insurance on first day of employment. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5267 | Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5267 | Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5267 | Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage. | Senate Floor: Reconsidered Vote | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5267 | Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage. | Senate Floor: Amend | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5264 | Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4122 | Revises apportionment of State lottery contributions. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4135 | Provides allowance for certain redevelopment projects undertaken by institutions of higher education under New Jersey Aspire program. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5309 | Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by advanced practice nurses and physicians for license renewal. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5378 | Modifies provisions of Cultural Arts Incentives Program, New Jersey Aspire Program, and Grow New Jersey Program; eliminates Community-Anchored Development Program. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5381 | Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4263 | Revises certain provisions concerning, and establishes certain education and data reporting requirements related to, involuntary commitment. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5447 | Prohibits sweepstakes model of wagering; establishes new penalties for unlawful gambling operations and practices; directs Division of Consumer Affairs and Division of Gaming Enforcement to enforce penalties. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5463 | Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4293 | Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU. | Senate Floor: Reconsidered Vote | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4293 | Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU. | Senate Floor: Concur in House Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4293 | Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5563 | Establishes "Summer Termination Program" for certain utility customers. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Nay |
| A5563 | Establishes "Summer Termination Program" for certain utility customers. | Senate Floor: Amend | 06/30/2025 | Nay |
| A5546 | Concerns financial powers and responsibilities of Capital City Redevelopment Corporation. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4376 | Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5687 | Establishes Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program to incentivize in-State manufacturing investments and job creation. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| A5688 | Imposes surcharge on hotel occupancies in certain municipalities to fund fire services; provides for appropriation. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4426 | Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects in FY2026. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4426 | Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects in FY2026. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4467 | Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2026. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4467 | Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2026. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4451 | Clarifies requirements for land use plan element and housing plan element of municipal master plan. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| SCR131 | Approves FY2026 Financial Plan of NJ Infrastructure Bank. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4400 | Extends hours that minor employed by national sports association, league, or team may work under certain circumstances. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4387 | Requires establishment of tracking system in Division of Consumer Affairs to determine compliance with continuing education requirements. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4423 | Authorizes BPU to provide site approval for small modular reactors; authorizes operators of small modular reactors to store spent nuclear fuel on-site. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4476 | Permits awarding of contracts for certain preschool education services by resolution of board of education; extends maximum length of preschool education services contracts to three years. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4472 | Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for local bond ordinances involving hazard mitigation and resilience projects. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4506 | Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4530 | Requires BPU to revise community solar program targets. | Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| S4530 | Requires BPU to revise community solar program targets. | Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments | 06/30/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | District 36 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 05/19/2003 | |
| NJ | District 36 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/08/2002 | 01/21/2024 |