Health Care Consumer Cost Transparency Act, On-Campus Crime Reporting,
County Government Reform, Atlantic City Growth Tax Credit Program, Help for Homeless Students, Improved Care for Children who have been Sexually Assaulted, License Endorsement for Autonomous Vehicles, Improved Pedestrian Safety & Enhanced Railroad Bridge Safety Reporting Also on Tap
(TRENTON) – Public hearings on four proposed constitutional amendments that would go to voters for approval, along with legislation to raise the tobacco age to 21, prohibit schools from holding back student athletes for non-academics, improve transparency of student social media monitoring by testing companies and study electronic driver’s licenses in New Jersey highlight Thursday’s Assembly committee meetings.
Also on tap: the Health Care Consumer Cost Transparency Act, improved on-campus crime reporting, county government reform, the Atlantic City Growth Tax Credit Program, help for homeless students, improved care for children who have been sexually assaulted, driver’s license endorsement for autonomous vehicles, improved pedestrian safety and enhanced railroad bridge safety.
The meetings are slated to being at 10 a.m. and will be streamed live at:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp.
THURSDAY’S AGENDAS:
The Assembly Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. in Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex.
The public hearing is being held in compliance with Article IX, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution and Rule 19:3 of the General Assembly on the following Assembly Concurrent Resolutions:
ACR-1
Prieto/Wisniewski/
Singleton/Lagana Amends State Constitution to dedicate all State revenues from motor fuels and petroleum products gross receipts tax to transportation system.
ACR-2 (2R)
Caputo/Prieto/Schaer/
Vainieri Huttle/Mukherji/
Lagana/Eustace/Caride/
Jimenez/Johnson/
McKeon//Giblin/Oliver/
Spencer/Jasey/Tucker/
Pintor Marin Proposes constitutional amendment to allow Legislature to authorize by law establishment and operation of casinos in certain counties.
ACR-3 (1R)
Prieto Proposes constitutional amendment to require payments by State to State-administered retirement systems and establish in Constitution right of public employees to pension benefit; provides for enforcement of funding obligations and benefit rights.
ACR-4 (1R)
Greenwald/McKeon/
Singleton Proposes constitutional amendment to change membership of legislative Apportionment Commission; imposes certain requirements on commission for process and legislative district composition.
The Assembly Education Committee will meet at 10 a.m. in Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex.
The following bills will be considered:
A-1849
Lampitt/Spencer
(pending referral) Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
A-1976
Riley/Lampitt/Mosquera
(pending referral)
S-485
Cunningham/Ruiz
(pending referral)
Requires president of public institution of higher education to regularly report on-campus criminal and fire events to the institution’s governing board.
A-4779
Gusciora/Spencer Requires Commissioner of Education to declare educational state of emergency for certain districts with low proficiency rates in language arts and literacy and provides for corrective measures.
A-4832
Burzichelli/Jasey/McKeon
S-3221
Codey/Barnes Prohibits school districts from joining associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports unless association limits certain student-athletes who repeat middle school grade to only six consecutive semesters of interscholastic eligibility after entering ninth grade.
A-4901
Jasey
S-2923 (1R)
Ruiz/Turner Requires school district or charter school to provide notification to parent or guardian of enrolled student on upcoming administration of State assessments or commercially-developed standardized assessments.
A-4924
Diegnan
(pending intro and referral)
S-1687
Ruiz/Vitale Permits students made homeless by act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend tuition-free the school district in which they resided prior to being homeless for two school years after the event.
A-4925
Diegnan
(pending intro and referral)
S-2922 (1R)
Ruiz/Turner Requires DOE on its website to link to Department of Treasury’s website where list is maintained of all third party individuals and vendors employed or retained for work associated with State assessments.
A-4926
Diegnan
(pending intro and referral)
S-489
Cunningham/Kean, T
(pending referral) Authorizes institutions of higher education to grant college credit to high school students who complete the Jersey Boys State or Jersey Girls State program.
The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee will meet at 10 a.m. in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex.
The following bills will be considered:
A-685
Cryan/McKeon/
Munoz, N/Wisniewski/
Benson Requires driver’s license examination to include questions on distracted driving; makes it a violation for motorists to talk or text on hand-held wireless devices while vehicle is temporarily stopped.
A-1326
Quijano/O’Scanlon/
Benson
S-734 (1R)
Kean, T/Sacco Directs MVC to establish driver’s license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
A-3888
Lampitt/Benson/
Vainieri Huttle/Eustace
S-2521 (SCS)
Gill/Allen Establishes Pedestrian Safety Study Commission.
A-4110
Dancer/Benson
S-2695
Kean, T/Sacco Requires MVC conduct study and make recommendations concerning electronic driver’s licenses and mobile applications.
A-4592
Vainieri Huttle/
Lagana/Johnson/Muoio
S-2979
Weinberg/Sacco/Gordon Requires owner of railroad bridge to submit bridge inspection records to DOT.
A-4755
Garcia/Eustace/Lampitt/
Spencer Requires NJT to limit fare increases under its discount program for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and college students; designated as “Fare Affordability and Ridership Empowerment (FARE) Act.”
A-4756
Garcia/Eustace/Lampitt/
Spencer “Transparency, Responsibility, and Accountability for New Surcharges and Increases in Ticketing (T.R.A.N.S.I.T.) Act”; increases number of public hearings NJT is required to hold prior and subsequent to fare increase or change or abandonment of service.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee will meet at 1 p.m. in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex.
The following bills will be considered:
A-952 (ACS)
Singleton/Coughlin/
Schaer/Lampitt/
Spencer/Lagana “Health Care Consumer Cost Transparency Act”
A-3254
Vainieri Huttle/
Angelini/Lampitt/
Diegnan/Jasey
S-602
Codey/Vitale Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
A-3607
Dancer/McGuckin/
Rible/Bucco
(pending referral)
S-3201 (1R)
Barnes/Holzapfel
(pending referral) Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement.
A-3717 (1R)
Vainieri Huttle/
Benson/Lagana/
Sumter/Mukherji Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain evidence-based behavioral health services; designated as the Mental Health Access Act.
A-4004 (1R)
Mazzeo/Andrzejczak
S-2654 (2R)
Whelan/Singer Establishes “Atlantic City Growth Tax Credit Program” to grant tax credits to promote the development of non-rental housing in Atlantic City.
A-4702
Vainieri Huttle/Spencer
(pending referral)
S-3243 (1R)
Vitale/Greenstein
(pending referral) Provides that if minor appears to have been sexually assaulted, health care professionals in addition to physicians may authorize forensic sexual assault examination and urgent medical care without parental consent.
A-4704
Diegnan
(pending referral)
S-2880 (1R)
Lesniak/Kean, T
(pending referral) Provides up to $25 million in tax credits under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program for certain infrastructure at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
A-4768
Burzichelli
(pending referral) Requires county superintendent of elections to operate pursuant to county administrative code.
A-4769
Burzichelli
(pending referral) Limits increase in annual budget requests of certain county entities.
A-4771
Burzichelli/Muoio
(pending referral) Requires filing of financial agreement for long term tax exemption with county finance officer and counsel; requires quarterly payment of county share of payment in lieu of tax.
A-4772
Burzichelli
(pending referral) Permits counties to impose one-percent hotel tax.
A-4856
Vainieri Huttle
(pending referral) Clarifies best interests of the child should be primary consideration in actions undertaken by State governmental entities and courts of law.
A-4868
Burzichelli/Taliaferro/
Quijano
(pending referral) Establishes “Court Security Enhancement Fund” and increases court fees, fines and penalties.
A-4913
Muoio
(pending referral)
S-2806 (1R)
Cunningham/Vitale/
Singer
(pending referral) Removes restrictions on convicted drug offenders receiving general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
A-4918
Gusciora/Kean, S
(pending referral) Clarifies stadiums and arenas owned by local government entities are exempt from property taxation.
AR-268
Moriarty
(pending referral) Urges Council on Local Mandates to dismiss complaint filed by Deptford Township regarding cameras in police vehicles.