NEW JERSEY

              LEGISLATIVE DIGEST

 

                                                                              for June 10, 2013

 

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Vol. XXV No. 28                                                                                215th Legislature $ Second Annual Session

 

     SENATE ACTION

The Senate did not meet.  The Senate will meet on Thursday, June 13, 2013 (QUORUM, Committee Groups “1” and “2” scheduled to meet).

     ASSEMBLY ACTION (QUORUM)

Bills Introduced:

A4115    Tucker,C    Selective Svc.-make part of driv. lic.   REF AMV

A4186    Space,P    Fraudulent unemp. benf.-concerns assess.   REF ALA

A4187    Egan,J/Dancer,R    Emp. unemp. insur. accounts.-charges   REF ALA

A4188    Bucco,A.M.    Newly hired emp.-concerns reporting req.   REF ALA

A4189    Egan,J/DiMaio,J    Unemp. benf. law-modifies short-time   REF ALA

A4190    Wisniewski,J    Robert A. Briant, Sr. Mem. Bridge-desig.   REF ATR

A4191    Wisniewski,J    All-terrain veh-concern use restrictions   REF ATR

A4192    Cryan,J    Rifle ammunition-reg. sale and purchase   REF ALP

A4193    Moriarty,P/Mainor,C+11    Police veh.-cameras req.   REF ALP

A4194    Fuentes,A    Renaissance sch. proj.-makes changes   REF AED

A4195    Fuentes,A    Firearms, undetectable-proh. sale   REF ALP

A4196    Quijano,A    Emerg. veh.-req. removal of markings   REF AHS

A4197    Wagner,C/Diegnan,P    St assess via internet-proh, 2016 sch yr   REF AED

A4216    Eustace,T    Drugs-incr. penal., improper prescribing   REF AHE

A4217    Greenwald,L/Rible,D    St colleges-concerns contracting   REF AHI

A4218    Greenwald,L/Russo,D    Wine Bd-replaces Advisory Council   REF AAN

A4219    Amodeo,J    Casino fac., small-scale-modify req.   REF ARG

A4220    Angelini,M    Prescription Monitoring Prog.-access   REF AHE

A4221    Angelini,M    Minors-engage, non-profit org.   REF ALA

A4222    Conaway,H    Referrals for health care svc.-concerns   REF AHU

A4223    Giblin,T    Breast cancer awareness-estab. lic plate   REF ATR

A4226    Johnson,G    Rutgers Univ.-concerns cert. fds.   REF AHI

A4227    Burzichelli,J    Claudia's Law-concerns chest x-rays   REF AHE

A4228    Burzichelli,J    Performance guarantees-concerns release   REF AHO

A4229    Wisniewski,J    Salt water taffy-desig. St. candy   REF ASG

A4230    Singleton,T/Barnes,P    Child abuse-disclosure, religious instit   REF AWC

A4231    Spencer,L    Env. Justice Advisory Council   REF AEN

A4232    Fuentes,A    Loc. infrastructure-co. util. auth. fd.   REF AHO

A4233    Oliver,S/Prieto,V    Patient Prot. and Affordable Care Act   REF ABU

AR179    Fuentes,A    Jumpstart Our Bus. Startups Act-reg.   REF ACE

AR180    Jasey,M/Diegnan,P    Educator eval sys-extend thru 2013-14 yr   REF AED

AR181    Brown,C.A.    Juneteenth Independence Day-celebrate   REF ATA

Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:

A1195    Stender,L+3    Rail stations-study platform safety   REP

A1561 Acs (ACS)    Wisniewski,J/Chivukula,U+1    Design-build contracts-award procedure   REP/ACS

A1969    McKeon,J/Tucker,C+2    Vet. prop. tax deductions-extend elig.   REP

A2150 Acs (ACS)    McGuckin,G/Wolfe,D    Sch. bus-enforce law, unlawfully passing   REP/ACS

A2664 Aca (1R)    Conaway,H/Wilson,G    Vet. honorable discharge papers-concerns   REP/ACA

 

Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading: (cont’d)

 

A2937    Jasey,M/Caputo,R+1    Emerg. shelters-prov. refusing cert. svc   REP

A2938    Jasey,M/Caputo,R    Emerg. shelter-concerns admittance   REP

A3142    Albano,N    Eagle Manor, Fairfield Twp-auth. to sell   REP

A3263    Coughlin,C/Green,J    Fire equip-loc. units, purch. agreements   REP

A3414 Aca (1R)    Spencer,L    Grease recycling industry-concerns reg.   REP/ACA

A3517    Gusciora,R/Bucco,A.M.+27    Fed. svc academy, NJ resid-issue St flag   REP

A3541    Johnson,G/DeCroce,B    Highlands Water Prot. and Planning Act   REP

A3554 Aca (1R)    Albano,N/Andrzejczak,B    Cruelly restraining a dog-crim. offense   REP/ACA

A3557 Acs (ACS)    Albano,N    Animal cruelty viol.-recover costs   REP/ACS

A3874    Prieto,V/Ramos,R    Shore prot. funding-revises elig.   REP

A3900 Aca (1R)    Caride,M/Albano,N    Animal cruelty offenses-estab addl penal   REP/ACA

A3901    Albano,N/Andrzejczak,B    Animal cruelty offenses-min. crim. penal   REP

A3903 Acs (ACS)    Albano,N/Andrzejczak,B    Animal cruelty, abuse-revise offenses   REP/ACS

A3907 Aca (1R)    Albano,N/Andrzejczak,B    Animal cruelty-revise provisions   REP/ACA

A3933 Aca (1R)    Handlin,A/Prieto,V    Piers-allow devel.   REP/ACA

A3943 Aca (1R)    Barnes,P    Protestant Episcopal Church-incorp.   REP/ACA

A3951 Aca (1R)    Vainieri Huttle,V/Johnson,G    Devel. center closures-concerns   REP/ACA

A3978 Aca (1R)    Lampitt,P/Casagrande,C    Pertussis vaccine-req. new mothers info.   REP/ACA

A3986    Benson,D/Diegnan,P+4    Special ed.-concerns   REP

A3997    Casagrande,C/Singleton,T    Sch. superintendents-concerns contracts   REP

A4044    Lampitt,P    The Wage Transparency Act   REP

A4097    Vainieri Huttle,V/Gusciora,R+2    Sex change-revise birth cert. procedure   REP

A4124    Lampitt,P    Unfair Wage Recovery Act   REP

A4190    Wisniewski,J    Robert A. Briant, Sr. Mem. Bridge-desig.   REP

A4191    Wisniewski,J    All-terrain veh-concern use restrictions   REP

ACR177 Aca (1R)    Andrzejczak,B/Milam,M+1    Vet. Hosp. Task Force-support   REP/ACA

AR123    Chivukula,U/Oliver,S    Diwali-observe as a sch. holiday   REP

AR135    Riley,C    Plastic products-encourage recycling   REP

AR157 Aca (1R)    Eustace,T/Schepisi,H+1    Commuter rail lines, cert.-rescind incr.   REP/ACA

AR167    Burzichelli,J    Biofuel use-supports devel.   REP

AR177    Stender,L/Conaway,H+1    Job banding prog.-objects estab.   REP

S1888    Codey,R/Allen,D    Emerg. shelter-concerns admittance   REP

S1889    Codey,R/Stack,B+1    Emerg. shelters-prov. refusing cert. svc   REP

S1918    Cardinale,G/Gordon,R+2    Fire equip-loc. units, purch. agreements   REP

S2042    Van Drew,J/O'Toole,K    Eagle Manor, Fairfield Twp-auth. to sell   REP

S2620    Sacco,N/Cunningham,S    Shore prot. funding-revises elig.   REP

S2680 Sca (1R)    Sacco,N/Kyrillos,J    Piers-allow devel.   REP

Bills Reported Referred/AAP:

A2413 Aca (1R)    Wagner,C/Vainieri Huttle,V+1    Truth In Tolling Act   REP/ACA REF AAP

A2837 Acs (ACS)    McKeon,J    Forest stewardship prog.-St.-owned land   REP/ACS REF AAP

A3898 Aca (1R)    Ramos,R/Spencer,L    Storm shelter constr.-auth. mun. finance   REP/ACA REF AAP

A4064    Singleton,T/Conaway,H    MV fines-support safe rt sch initiatives   REP REF AAP

A4065 Aca (1R)    Singleton,T/Conaway,H    Pedestrian safety-incr. fine for viol.   REP/ACA REF AAP

A4141 Aca (1R)    Casagrande,C/Tucker,C    POWs-create exemp, cert MVC fees   REP/ACA REF AAP

S1085 Scs (SCS)    Smith,B/Norcross,D+1    Forest stewardship prog.-St.-owned land   REP REF AAP

S1434 Sca (1R)    Weinberg,L/Pennacchio,J    The Truth In Tolling Act   REP REF AAP

Bills Reported Referred/ABU:

A3308 Aca (1R)    Barnes,P/Ramos,R+1    Court fees-revise or supplement   REP/ACA REF ABU

A4183 Aca (1R)    Eustace,T/Albano,N    Env infrastructure proj, 2013-approp fds   REP/ACA REF ABU

A4184 Aca (1R)    Andrzejczak,B/Wagner,C+3    Env. Infrstructure Trust-make proj loans   REP/ACA REF ABU

A4185 Aca (1R)    Ramos,R/McKeon,J+1    Env. infrastructure proj.-makes changes   REP/ACA REF ABU

ACR195 Aca (1R)    Spencer,L/Jasey,M    Finan. Plan, FY2014-approves   REP/ACA REF ABU

S2207 Aca (1R)    Sweeney,S/Weinberg,L+1    Court fees-revise or supplement   REP/ACA REF ABU

Bills Transferred:

A3263    Coughlin,C/Green,J    Fire equip-loc. units, purch. agreements   FROM AHO TO ATR

S1918    Cardinale,G/Gordon,R+2    Fire equip-loc. units, purch. agreements   FROM AHO TO ATR

 

 

Co-Sponsors Added:

A1195   (Johnson,G)    Rail stations-study platform safety

A1659   (Spencer,L)    Tuition, in-St. rates-concerns

A2006   (McKeon,J)    Constr officials-mun. hire priv. company

A2413 Aca (1R)   (Eustace,T)    Truth In Tolling Act

A2937   (Johnson,G)    Emerg. shelters-prov. refusing cert. svc

A3308 Aca (1R)   (O'Scanlon,D)    Court fees-revise or supplement

A3422 Aca (1R)   (Vainieri Huttle,V)    Electric power supplier-proh cert claims

A3906   (Spencer,L)    Mugshots-exemp. open pub. records law

A4056   (Ciattarelli,J)    High-risk pregnancy, cert-req. screening

A4118   (Coughlin,C)    Crime victim-clarify impact statement

A4125   (Diegnan,P)    Sick leave, earned-concerns

ACR177 Aca (1R)   (Rumpf,B)    Vet. Hosp. Task Force-support

ACR179   (Benson,D; Schepisi,H)    Sales tax rev., FY15-FY44-preservation

Second Prime Sponsors Added:

A2664 Aca (1R)   (Wilson,G)    Vet. honorable discharge papers-concerns

A3162   (Johnson,G)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

A4105   (Rumana,S)    Dusty's Law-killing, injuring, guide dog

ACR73   (Gove,D)    Vet. prop. tax deduction-extend elig.

Second Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:

A3162   (Fuentes,A)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

Third Prime Sponsors Added:

A336   (Gusciora,R)    Scrap metal bus.-revises law

A1756 Aca (1R)   (Handlin,A)    Appraisal Mgmt. Company Regis. Act

A3162   (Fuentes,A)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

A3686   (Coughlin,C)    Sch. bd. memb. candidates-concerns

A3978 Aca (1R)   (Vainieri Huttle,V)    Pertussis vaccine-req. new mothers info.

A4056   (Lampitt,P)    High-risk pregnancy, cert-req. screening

A4138   (Casagrande,C)    Alimony-proh., domestic viol. offender

A4148   (Ciattarelli,J)    Student loan debt-concerns

A4175   (Wagner,C)    Advanced placement exam fees-concerns

A4197   (Jasey,M)    St assess via internet-proh, 2016 sch yr

ACR193   (Quijano,A)    Hurricane Sandy disaster area-allocation

AJR106   (Casagrande,C)    Entertainment Ratings Labeling Awareness

AR177   (Wisniewski,J)    Job banding prog.-objects estab.

Third Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:

A3162   (Ramos,R)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

Fourth Prime Sponsors Added:

A531 Aca (1R)   (Albano,N)    Farming activities-concerns complaints

A2729 Aca (1R)   (Gusciora,R)    MV fuel pricing-concerns discrimination

A3162   (Ramos,R)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

A3517   (Gove,D)    Fed. svc academy, NJ resid-issue St flag

A3541   (Schepisi,H)    Highlands Water Prot. and Planning Act

A4177   (Caputo,R)    Charter sch.-estab. review bd.

AR157 Aca (1R)   (Johnson,G)    Commuter rail lines, cert.-rescind incr.

AR177   (McKeon,J)    Job banding prog.-objects estab.

Fourth Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:

A3162   (Connors,S)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

 

 

 

Fifth Prime Sponsors Added:

A1969   (Wilson,G)    Vet. prop. tax deductions-extend elig.
A3162   (Connors,S)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

A4134   (Rumana,S)    Unemp. comp. law-revise cert. exemp.

Fifth Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:

A569   (Bucco,A.M.)    FamilyCare-determine income elig.
A3162   (Jimenez,A)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

Sixth Prime Sponsors Added:

A1969   (Brown,C.J.)    Vet. prop. tax deductions-extend elig.
A3162   (Jimenez,A)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

Sixth Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:

A3162   (Schaer,G)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

Seventh Prime Sponsors Added:

A3162   (Schaer,G)    Higher Ed. Citizenship Equality Act

ACR177 Aca (1R)   (Wilson,G)    Vet. Hosp. Task Force-support

Tenth Prime Sponsors Added:

AR123   (Rumana,S)    Diwali-observe as a sch. holiday

The Assembly adjourned at 4:28 P.M. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 to meet again on Thursday, June 13, 2013 (QUORUM, Committees at the Call of the Speaker).

Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:

None

Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (06/06/13):

None.