UEZ Bill Keeps Zones Active in Bridgeton, Camden, Newark, Plainfield and Trenton
Aquaculture,
Homeless Prevention, Help for Identity Theft Victims, Electronic Waste Management & Sexual Assault Survivor Act Improvements Also on Tap
(TRENTON) – The Assembly on Thursday will consider legislation to extend Urban Enterprise Zone programs, enhance protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms for abusers, improve homeless prevention efforts, grant drivers more time to resolve parking violations before having their license and registration suspended, require the state make quarterly pension funding payments and bar persons under age 18 from getting married.
Also on tap is legislation to boost aquaculture, assist identity theft victims, enhance the electronic waste management program, assist microentrepreneurs and improve the Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act.
The session is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. and will be streamed live at:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp
Bill No. Sponsor Description
A-389 Benson, Daniel R.
/Mukherji, Raj Requires health insurance coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.
A-492 Aca Russo, David C.
/Coughlin, Craig J. Protects employee rights to ownership and usage of employee inventions developed entirely on employee’s own time and without using employer’s resources.
A-783 AcaAa Andrzejczak, Bob
/Johnson, Gordon M.
/Benson, Daniel R.
/Muoio, Elizabeth Maher
/Land, R. Bruce “Music Therapist Licensing Act.”
A-1411 Aa Johnson, Gordon M.
/Pinkin, Nancy J.
/Holley, Jamel C. Grants certain employment protections to campus police officers.
A-1658 AcaAca Schaer, Gary S.
/Mosquera, Gabriela M.
/Green, Jerry
/Tucker, Cleopatra G.
/Lampitt, Pamela R.
/Vainieri Huttle, Valerie
/Quijano, Annette
/Wimberly, Benjie E.
/Pintor Marin, Eliana
/Jasey, Mila M. Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
A-1954 Aca Coughlin, Craig J.
/Benson, Daniel R.
/Spencer, L. Grace Makes changes to funding provisions for financial assistance and grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
A-2087 Aca Mukherji, Raj
/Schaer, Gary S.
/Downey, Joann Grants drivers additional time to resolve parking violations prior to license or registration suspension.
A-2106 Aca Mukherji, Raj
/Chaparro, Annette
/Holley, Jamel C.
/Jimenez, Angelica M.
/Pintor Marin, Eliana
/Sumter, Shavonda E. Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.
A-2991 Conaway, Herb
/Mukherji, Raj
/Karabinchak, Robert J. Requires Attorney General to provide identity theft passport to certain victims of identity theft.
A-3091 Aca Munoz, Nancy F.
/Gusciora, Reed
/O’Scanlon, Declan J.
/Oliver, Sheila Y.
/Lagana, Joseph A.
/Lampitt, Pamela R.
/Mukherji, Raj
/Sumter, Shavonda E. Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
A-3333 Aca Singleton, Troy
/Mukherji, Raj
/Oliver, Sheila Y.
/Muoio, Elizabeth Maher
/Houghtaling, Eric Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.
A-3338 Aca Eustace, Tim
/Lagana, Joseph A.
/Vainieri Huttle, Valerie
/Muoio, Elizabeth Maher
/Mukherji, Raj
/Benson, Daniel R.
/Jimenez, Angelica M.
/Giblin, Thomas P.
/Moriarty, Paul D.
/Lampitt, Pamela R. Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.
A-3351 AcaAs Lampitt, Pamela R.
/Andrzejczak, Bob Creates license to manufacture and sell hard cider and mead.
A-3489 Spencer, L. Grace
/Tucker, Cleopatra G.
/Houghtaling, Eric Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
A-3721 AcaAa Chaparro, Annette
/Mukherji, Raj
/McKnight, Angela V. Prohibits use of gap in automobile insurance coverage as rating factor in automobile insurance underwriting under certain circumstances.
A-3896 Aca Sumter, Shavonda E.
/Mukherji, Raj Concerns sale of certain tires.
A-4019 Mazzeo, Vincent
/Mukherji, Raj
/Andrzejczak, Bob
/Land, R. Bruce
/DeCroce, BettyLou
/McKnight, Angela V. Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
A-4127 DeAngelo, Wayne P. Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.
A-4189 Aca Gusciora, Reed
/Muoio, Elizabeth Maher
/Mukherji, Raj
/Pintor Marin, Eliana
/Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Extends duration of first five designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissible use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.
A-4207 Aca Vainieri Huttle, Valerie
/Holley, Jamel C.
/Downey, Joann Modifies scope of “Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015” and enforcement of protective orders under that act.
A-4230 Conaway, Herb
/O’Scanlon, Declan J.
/Mukherji, Raj Requires health insurance carriers; SHBP, and SEHBP to inform covered persons about organ and tissue donation.
ACR-180 McKnight, Angela V.
/Holley, Jamel C.
/Danielsen, Joe Urges President and Congress of United States to enact legislation requiring paper account statements be provided to elder adults.
AJR-35 Aca Mosquera, Gabriela M.
/Lampitt, Pamela R.
/Moriarty, Paul D.
/Chiaravalloti, Nicholas
/McKnight, Angela V. Designates November of each year as “Caregivers Awareness Month.”
AJR-51 DeAngelo, Wayne P.
/Quijano, Annette
/Coughlin, Craig J.
/Space, Parker
/Phoebus, Gail
/Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Designates November of each year as “Food Pantry Donation Month” in New Jersey.
AR-169 Downey, Joann
/Houghtaling, Eric
/Caride, Marlene Urges federal Internal Revenue Service to devote additional resources to combat recent surge in tax-related scams that seek to defraud unsuspecting taxpayers.
S-86 ScaSaAca w/GR Bucco, Anthony R.
/Sweeney, Stephen M.
/Bucco, Anthony M.
/Diegnan, Patrick J.
/Rible, David P.
/Singleton, Troy
/Caride, Marlene
/Moriarty, Paul D.
/Schepisi, Holly
/Wimberly, Benjie E. Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.
S-123 ScaSa
(A-3559 Aca) Pennacchio, Joseph
/Rice, Ronald L.
(Holley, Jamel C.
/Oliver, Sheila Y.
/Wimberly, Benjie E.
/Muoio, Elizabeth Maher
/Pintor Marin, Eliana
/Mukherji, Raj) Establishes “Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program” in EDA to assist certain small businesses meet State or federal contract surety bond requirements.
S-601 Scs w/GR Cunningham, Sandra B.
/Vitale, Joseph F.
/Singer, Robert W.
/Muoio, Elizabeth Maher
/Spencer, L. Grace
/Sumter, Shavonda E.
/Holley, Jamel C.
/Oliver, Sheila Y.
/McKnight, Angela V.
/Tucker, Cleopatra G. Revises treatment requirements for convicted drug offenders receiving general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
S-742 Sca
(A-1205) Beach, James
(Mosquera, Gabriela M.
/Holley, Jamel C.
/Rible, David P.) Requires board of education to enter into agreement with law enforcement authorities regarding access to live video streams of public school buildings.
S-790
(A-3256) Sarlo, Paul A.
/O’Toole, Kevin J.
(Lagana, Joseph A.
Benson, Daniel R.
Sumter, Shavonda E.) Requires Police Training Commission to develop accelerated training course for certain county corrections officers.
S-909
(A-2688) Rice, Ronald L.
(Spencer, L. Grace
/Pintor Marin, Eliana) Exempts person who remediates property in environmental opportunity zone from remediation funding source requirement.
S-981
(A-2375) Smith, Bob
/Bateman, Christopher
/Greenstein, Linda R.
(McKeon, John F.
/Gusciora, Reed
/Spencer, L. Grace) Revises “Electronic Waste Management Act.”
S-2276 Sca
(A-3918) Smith, Bob
/Bateman, Christopher
(DeAngelo, Wayne P.
/Eustace Tim
/Rible, David P.) Establishes NJ Solar Energy Study Commission and modifies State’s solar renewable energy portfolio standards.
S-2463
(A-3892) Vitale, Joseph F.
/Rice, Ronald L.
/Allen, Diane B.
(Vainieri Huttle, Valerie
/Lampitt, Pamela R.) Changes the time when child placement review hearings are initiated from 45 days to 60 days.
S-2477 ScaAca
(A-4083 Aca) Sarlo, Paul A.
/Oroho, Steven V.
(Schaer, Gary S.
/Space, Parker
/Mukherji, Raj.
/Singleton, Troy) Concerns certain unused portions of tax credits issued to insurance premiums taxpayers under the Business Employment Incentive Program; exempts certain purchasers of business development incentives from certain State tax notification requirements.
S-2483
(A-4126) Weinberg, Loretta
/Beck, Jennifer
Lampitt, P(Mosquera, Gabriela M.
Greenwald, Louis D.
Downey, Joann
Houghtaling, Eric
Munoz, Nancy F.
Sumter, Shavonda E.
Benson, Daniel R. amela R.)
Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.
S-2526
(A-4105) Diegnan, Patrick J.
/Thompson, Samuel D.
(Dancer, Ronald S.
/DeCroce, BettyLou
/Clifton, Robert D.
/Pinkin, Nancy J.) Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Upper Freehold Township as “State Trooper Anthony A. Raspa Memorial Highway.”
S-2708
(A-4064) Codey, Richard J.
(Jasey, Mila M.
/McKeon, John F.) Authorizes State Treasurer to convey surplus real property known as Millburn Regional Day School in Millburn Township, Essex County, to Millburn Township Board of Education or to Millburn Township for $3,550,000.
S-2749
(A-4328) Sweeney, Stephen M.
/Greenstein, Linda R.
/O’Toole, Kevin J.
(Prieto, Vincent) Provides for procurement by State of pharmacy benefits manager, automated reverse auction services, and claims adjudication services.
SCR-126
(ACR-210) Cruz-Perez, Nilsa
/Beach, James
/Kean, Thomas H.
(Barclay, Arthur
/Jones, Patricia Egan
/Greenwald, Louis D.) Urges DEP Commissioner and Historic Preservation Office to place former Martin Luther King, Jr. home in Camden, NJ on NJ Register of Historic Places.
SJR-29
(AJR-58) Weinberg, Loretta
(Vainieri Huttle, Valerie
/Jasey, Mila M.
/Jones, Patricia Egan
/McKnight, Angela V.
/Phoebus, Gail) Designates one night in November of each year as a “Night of Conversation” about drug and alcohol addiction.
A-4 Prieto, Vincent
/Rible, David P. Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of each year, beginning July 1, 2017.
A-793 Sa Andrzejczak, Bob
/Land, R. Bruce
/Taliaferro, Adam J.
/Van Drew, Jeff
/Connors, Christopher J. Requires Dept. of Agriculture and DEP to work with US Army Corps of Engineers to establish joint permit application process for aquaculture projects.
A-794 Sca Andrzejczak, Bob
/Land, R. Bruce
/Taliaferro, Adam J.
/Van Drew, Jeff
/Connors, Christopher J. Requires Dept. of Agriculture and DEP to adopt coordinated permit application and review program for aquaculture projects.
A-2107 Sca Mukherji, Raj
/Holley, Jamel C.
/Gusciora, Reed Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.
A-2158 ScaSa Diegnan, Patrick J.
/Coughlin, Craig J.
/Wolfe, David W.
/Holley, Jamel C.
/McKnight, Angela V. Authorizes use of emergency reserve fund or proceeds from bonds issued by EDA to finance school security improvements.
A-3396 Aa McKnight, Angela V.
/Chiaravalloti, Nicholas
/Pintor Marin, Eliana
/Holley, Jamel C.
/Wimberly, Benjie E.
/Quijano, Annette Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight.
S-1131 Sca
(A-3489) Rice, Ronald L.
(Spencer, L. Grace
/Tucker, Cleopatra G.
/Houghtaling, Eric) Provides for notification of next-of-kin in event of death of senior citizen in senior housing facility.
S-2098
(A-3549) Sacco, Nicholas J.
/Pennacchio, Joseph
(Johnson, Gordon M.
/Zwicker, Andrew
/Wisniewski, John S.
/Benson, Daniel R.) Exempts hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles from certain labeling requirements.