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Vol. XLIV No. 29 219th
Legislature
First Annual Session
SENATE ACTION FOR JUNE 22, 2020 (QUORUM)
Bills
Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:
SCR118 Sweeney,S Living Guru-recognizes importance of Shri
Guru Granth Sahib Ji; promoting peace
Bills
Introduced:
S2586 Cunningham,S Sentencing reform-implements Crim. Sentencing
& Disposition Comm recommendations REF SJU
S2587 Singleton,T Juror source lists-expands category of lists
from which list is compiled REF SJU
S2588 Cunningham,S Postsecondary education
institutions-establish certain requirements for closures REF SHI
S2589 Cryan,J Police officers-concerns psychological
testing REF SLP
S2590 Cryan,J/Gopal,V+1 Civil svc exam for police-require questions
to identify implicit racial bias REF SLP
S2591 Pou,N Inmates, certain-provides for
resentencing REF SLP
S2592 Pou,N Sentencing-establishes youthful age of
defendant as mitigating factor REF SLP
S2593 Cunningham,S Parole-permits AOC retroactively
rescind/modify mandatory term for cert offenses
REF SLP
S2594 Cunningham,S Compassionate release program-establish for
certain inmates REF SLP
S2595 Cunningham,S Corrections Rehab & Crime Prevention
Fund-establish; require cost savings study
REF SLP
S2596 Ruiz,M/Cruz-Perez,N Farm
workers-concerns protective health materials;$5M REF SEG
S2597 Gopal,V/Vitale,J Alcoholic
beverages-extends time license holders may sell following COVID-19 REF SLP
S2598 Gopal,V Ballot Cure Act-establishes to modify &
establish various voting procedures REF
SSG
S2599 Weinberg,L/Gopal,V Sexual
misconduct by persons in auth./trust position-estab. hotline & web portal
REF SSG
S2600 Weinberg,L NJT reforms-incr. transparency &
accountability; estab. Customer Advocate Office REF STR
S2602 Ruiz,M/Cruz-Perez,N Farm Worker
Epidemic Health & Safety Act- concerns public health & protections REF SEG
Bills
Referred/SBA:
S277 Kean,T/Weinberg,L+1 Emma's Law-sch bus
transporting students w/special needs equip w/safety features
S2517 Sweeney,S/Weinberg,L+1 Paratransit svcs.-adopt
best practices, greater coordination, estab
councils;$6M
Bills
Transferred:
S2423 Pou,N Bankruptcy proceedings-concerns
exemptions FROM SBA TO SCM
S2430 Greenstein,L/Diegnan,P Accidental
disability & death benefits-extend elig,
PFRS/PERS during st of emerg FROM SSG TO SBA
Co-Sponsors
Added:
S693 (Kean,T) Educational Opportunity Fund-Higher Education
Secretary create/maintain database
S989 (Cunningham,S) Healthy Terminals Act-req. airport/train
station workers be paid cert wages/benf
S990 (Cunningham,S) Science courses, various aspects of
computer-school districts report to DOE
S2090 (Oroho,S) Military, serving outside of State, combat
zone compensation-exclude income tax
S2160 (Corrado,K) Special education unit-create within Office
of Admin. Law; require annual report
S2535 (Gopal,V) Marijuana and hashish offenses-provide cert.
criminal and civil justice reforms
S2590 (Singleton,T)
Civil svc exam for police-require questions to identify implicit racial
bias
SCR44 (Kean,T) Educational Opportunity Fund Board-modernize
regulations, student funding levels
SR57 (Bateman,C) Climate change damages-Gov/AG
pursue legal action against fossil fuel companies
Co-Prime
Sponsors Added:
S807 (Kean,T) Dependent care expenses-higher ed instit distribute info,
allowance availability
S1019 (Beach,J) Early Innovation Inspiration School Grant
Pilot Program-establish 4 year
S2160 (Oroho,S) Special education unit-create within Office
of Admin. Law; require annual report
S2312 (Oroho,S) Transportation agencies-establish procedures
for awarding design-build contracts
S2415 (Ruiz,M)
School Connectivity Grant
Program-establish online instruction
S2470 (Oroho,S) Non-commercial announcements w/out public ads
for bid-St. award single contract
S2485 ScaSa (2R) (Cryan,J)
Eviction-authorize municipality to prohibit during time surrounding
COVID-19
S2502 (O'Scanlon,D) Business immunity, COVID-19 related-establish
against claims for exposure
S2540 (Ruiz,M) Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant
Program-establishes;$750K
S2553 (Kean,T) Veterans-concerns residency status, pub instit of higher edu during
health emerg
S2566 (Gopal,V) Nursing homes & personal protection
equipment-maintain supply for residents
SCR44 (Cunningham,S) Educational Opportunity Fund Board-modernize
regulations, student funding levels
The Senate adjourned at
5:45 P.M. to meet again on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 (QUORUM).
ASSEMBLY ACTION FOR JUNE 22, 2020 (QUORUM)
Bills
Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:
AJR171 Speight,S Black Lives Matter Day-designates July
13th
Bills
Introduced:
A3 Pintor
Marin,E/Burzichelli,J FY20 approp
act-amends & supplements, extension of fiscal year through Sep 30 REF ABU
A4287 Vainieri
Huttle,V Jury
duty during coronavirus 2019-temporarily reduces age to opt out REF ASE
A4288 Vainieri
Huttle,V
Long-term care facilities-concerns rights of LGBTQI & HIV-positive
residents REF ASE
A4289 Schaer,G Discrimination-codifies protections for
persons on grounds of disparate impact
REF AJU
A4290 Vainieri
Huttle,V/Chiaravalloti,N+1 Long-term care facilities-establishes
communication & notification requirements
REF ASE
A4291 Murphy,C/Benson,D Vehicle
identification placards-permits hearing impaired persons to apply REF ATR
A4292 Sumter,S Racial Equity Rapid Resp. Team-estab; concerns racial/ethnic minority & COVID-19 REF ACD
A4293 Sumter,S Racial & ethnic impact assessment related
to COVID-19-req State agencies perform
REF ASL
A4294 Pintor
Marin,E Retail
during public health emergency & state of emerg.-permits
certain activity REF ACO
A4295 Simonsen,E Student-athlete physical exams-waives
requirement during 2020-2021 school year
REF AED
A4296 McGuckin,G/Catalano,J
Affordable housing compliance, mun.-extends
deadline for midpoint status report REF
AHO
A4297 Houghtaling,E/Downey,J Bingo &
raffles-permits the conduct of remotely
REF ATG
A4298 Moen,W/Carter,L
Environmental infrastructure projects-Infra. Bank expend cert sums to
make loans REF
AEN
A4299 Mejia,P/McKnight,A
Environmental infrastructure projects-appropriate funds to DEP for
FY2021 REF AEN
A4300 Pintor
Marin,E
Alcoholic beverages, outdoor sale-allow municpal
board/body establish guidelines REF AOF
A4301 Houghtaling,E/Downey,J Alcoholic bev. liability insur.-reimburse
portion if sales lower than estimated
REF AFI
A4302 Jimenez,A Main-in voters-requires notice mailed
confirming ballot was received & counted
REF ASL
A4303 Murphy,C Smart Planning Wireless & Water Public
Utility Fac. Act-incentivizes placement
REF ATU
A4304 Moen,W+1 Manufacturing Reboot Program-provide finan. assistance to manuf.
bus;$10M to EDA REF ACE
A4305 Houghtaling,E/Downey,J Veterans'
organizations-require EDA to provide certain assistance REF AMV
A4306 Dunn,A Driving privileges-grants cert individuals
w/out road test during COVID-19 emerg REF ATR
A4319 Burzichelli,J Alcoholic beverage licensing-estab privileges for licensee; auth
cert activities REF AAP
ACR182 Murphy,C/Benson,D+1 #StandUpHumanRights-acknowledges
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
REF AHU
ACR183 Pinkin,N/Mukherji,R FY 2021
Financial Plan of NJ Infrastructure Bank-approves REF AEN
Bills
Recommitted:
A2636 Aca (1R) Jasey,M/Wimberly,B+1 Affordable housing units-concerns online
marketing RCM AAP
Bills
Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:
A4003 Aca (1R) Conaway,H/Jimenez,A Health
care professionals-restricts use of restrictive employment covenants REP/ACA
A4004 Aca (1R) Sumter,S/Jimenez,A+1 Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Task Force
on Racial & Health Disparities
REP/ACA
A4215 Aca (1R) Lopez,Y/Pinkin,N+1 Telemedicine and telehealth-concerns laws
pertaining to use REP/ACA
A4251 Conaway,H/Karabinchak,R
Diagnostic laboratories & personnel-concerns immunities for COVID-19
services REP
A4252 Aca (1R) Conaway,H/Karabinchak,R
Coronavirus disease 2019 laboratory testing-requires availability REP/ACA
A4253 Acs (ACS) Conaway,H/Pinkin,N Clinincal labs & electronic med record
companies-include gender, race, ethnicity
REP/ACS
AJR167 Vainieri
Huttle,V
Sexual assault by staff against inmates in St correctional fac-create study comm REP
S2467 Aca (1R) Pou,N/Addiego,D+5 Telemedicine and telehealth-concerns laws
pertaining to use REP/ACA
SJR79 Sca (1R) Greenstein,L/Gill,N+1 Sexual assault by staff against inmates in St
correctional fac-create study comm REP
Bills
Combined:
A4200 Conaway,H/Karabinchak,R+1 Telehealth and telemedicine equal
reimbursement rate-requires COMB/W A4179
(ACS)
Bills
Reported Referred/AAP:
A970 Acs (ACS) Conaway,H/Lampitt,P+7 Students w/depression-public schools required
to administer written screenings REP/ACS
REF AAP
A4179/4200 Acs (ACS) Downey,J/Houghtaling,E
Telemedicine & telehealth-revise requirements for health insur/Medicaid to cover
REP/ACS REF AAP
Bills
Transferred:
A970 Conaway,H/Lampitt,P+7 Students w/depression-public schools required
to administer written screenings FROM
AED TO AHE
A4179 Downey,J/Houghtaling,E
Telemedicine & telehealth-revise requirements for health insur/Medicaid to cover
FROM AFI TO AHE
A4200 Conaway,H/Karabinchak,R+1 Telehealth and telemedicine equal
reimbursement rate-requires FROM AFI TO
AHE
A4251 Conaway,H/Karabinchak,R
Diagnostic laboratories & personnel-concerns immunities for COVID-19
services FROM AJU TO AHE
AJR167 Vainieri
Huttle,V
Sexual assault by staff against inmates in St correctional fac-create study comm FROM ALP TO AWC
SJR79 Sca (1R) Greenstein,L/Gill,N+1 Sexual assault by staff against inmates in St
correctional fac-create study comm FROM ALP TO AWC
Co-Sponsors
Added:
A268 (Johnson,G) Sexual assault-bars fund use &
nondisclosure agreements settle St officer claims
A655 Aca (1R) (Benson,D) Senior citizens-written notice concerning
risks/prevention of fraud and ID theft
A680 (Chiaravalloti,N) Long-term care facilities-estab
requirements concerning rights of LGBT residents
A970 Acs (ACS) (Jimenez,A) Students
w/depression-public schools required to administer written screenings
A1408 (Tucker,C;
Houghtaling,E; Carter,L) Apprenticeship mentoring-estab
for women, minorities and persons w/disabilities
A1812 (Dunn,A) Child custody-establishes presumption of
joint legal and physical custody
A2196 (Vainieri
Huttle,V) St.
pensions-proh investment, req
divestment in pub traded fossil fuel companies
A2212 (Moen,W) Environmental permits in burdened
communities-concerns
A2487 (Schaer,G) Healthy Terminals Act-req. airport/train
station workers be paid cert wages/benf
A2638 (Danielsen,J) Human trafficking-pub. trans
emp complete training course, handling &
responding
A2683 (Murphy,C) U-4 or Pink, CDS-criminalizes manufacture,
sale or possession
A2773 (Webber,J) Farms, commercial-allows holding 14 special
occasion events per year
A3872 (Dunn,A) Tuition and fees at higher education
institutions-concerns
A3997 (Reynolds-Jackson,V) Nonprofit
corporations & charitable organizations-concerns cert annual filings
A3999 (Verrelli,A;
Reynolds-Jackson,V)
Essential employees-concerns emp benefits
coronavirus 2019 infections contracted
A4014 (Reynolds-Jackson,V) EDA
loans-provide to qualif small bus &
not-for-profit corp during st
of emerg
A4034/4226 Acs (ACS) (Danielsen,J) Resid prop owner/tenant prot, emerg impact-mortgage forbearance & rent reduction
A4042 (Benson,D;
Lopez,Y) St
contracts for service-disabled vet-owned business-estab
price preference prog
A4149 (Dunn,A) Agriculture food products from NJ farmers
affected by pandemic-concerns purchase
A4170 Aca (1R) (Lopez,Y) Data privacy-restrict use collected for
purposes of contact tracing for COVID-19
A4179 (Freiman,R) Telemedicine & telehealth-revise
requirements for health insur/Medicaid to cover
A4185 (Wimberly,B;
Murphy,C)
Clean Energy Equity Office-estab; direct
programs for overburdened communities
A4189 (Thomson,E) Business immunity, COVID-19 related-establish
against claims for exposure
A4215 Aca (1R) (Benson,D) Telemedicine and telehealth-concerns laws
pertaining to use
A4255 (Thomson,E) Murphy's Law-nullify Gov. emerg.
order, rule, regulation when Gov. violates same
A4259 (Reynolds-Jackson,V) Mail-in
ballots, voted-allows office of municipal clerk receive by hand delivery
A4288 (Verrelli,A) Long-term care facilities-concerns rights of
LGBTQI & HIV-positive residents
A4290 (Benson,D; Verrelli,A) Long-term care facilities-establishes
communication & notification requirements
A4291 (Verrelli,A) Vehicle identification placards-permits
hearing impaired persons to apply
A4298 (Conaway,H) Environmental infrastructure projects-Infra.
Bank expend cert sums to make loans
A4299 (Verrelli,A) Environmental infrastructure
projects-appropriate funds to DEP for FY2021
A4304 (Verrelli,A) Manufacturing Reboot Program-provide finan. assistance to manuf.
bus;$10M to EDA
ACR181 (Space,P) Emerg. orders, rules, regs effective
period-constit amendment, limits to 14 days
ACR182 (Vainieri, Huttle,V) #StandUpHumanRights-acknowledges
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Prime
Sponsors Withdrawn:
A4151 (Murphy,C) Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advisory
Council-revises and updates membership
Second
Prime Sponsors Added:
A2846 (Karabinchak,R) Low-income person-permits local units &
authorities to reduce water/sewer fees
A3009 (Murphy,C) Basic Skills Training Prog.
for Economic Growth-increases reporting requirements
A4008 (Murphy,C) Apprenticeship training-provide secondary
classroom experience credit
A4033 (Giblin,T) 2020 NJ Burial Assistance
Program-establishes; $20M
A4140 (Lopez,Y) Public school districts and county
colleges-concerns subcontracting agreements
Second
Prime Sponsors Added: (contd)
A4151 (Vainieri
Huttle,V) Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Advisory Council-revises and updates membership
A4182 (Wimberly,B) Rent payments-allow tenant to use credit card
during COVID-19 pandemic
A4192 (Dunn,A) State agencies-required to develop/submit
information technology strategic plan
A4215 Aca (1R) (Pinkin,N) Telemedicine and telehealth-concerns laws
pertaining to use
A4231 (Conaway,H) Pesticides-require retailers post signs
regarding risks to pollinators
A4232 (Dancer,R) Deer fencing on certain farmland-creates
program in Department of Agriculture
A4239 (Dunn,A) Community-based residential prog. & group homes-allow cert. in-person visitation
A4277 (Benson,D) Early Innovation Inspiration School Grant
Pilot Program-establish 4 year
A4278 (Benson,D) CBT & income tax credit-allows bus. providing annual physical/mental screenings
Third
Prime Sponsors Added:
A1424 (Benson,D) Senior Citizen Home Repair and Modification
Program-establishes;$10M
A1773 (Dunn,A) Nurses, advanced practice-establishes tuition
reimbursement program
A2559 (DeCroce,B) Veterans, war service disabilities-increase
in allowance paid
A3797 (Chiaravalloti,N) Bias Crime Offender Registry-establishes
A4136 (DeCroce,B) Coronavirus 2019 testing-require for patients
and staff of certain facilities
A4150 (DeCroce,B) Personal protection equip-hospitals/long-term
care fac maintain 90 day supply
A4182 (Calabrese,C) Rent payments-allow tenant to use credit card
during COVID-19 pandemic
A4215 Aca (1R) (Freiman,R) Telemedicine and telehealth-concerns laws
pertaining to use
A4225 (Schaer,G) Professional or occupational
license-prohibits lawful presence as qualification
A4231 (Dancer,R) Pesticides-require retailers post signs
regarding risks to pollinators
A4251 (Jimenez,A) Diagnostic laboratories &
personnel-concerns immunities for COVID-19 services
A4253 Acs (ACS) (Jimenez,A) Clinincal labs & electronic med record
companies-include gender, race, ethnicity
A4278 (Vainieri
Huttle,V) CBT
& income tax credit-allows bus. providing annual
physical/mental screenings
A4290 (DeCroce,B) Long-term care facilities-establishes
communication & notification requirements
A4291 (Vainieri
Huttle,V) Murphy,C/Benson,D Vehicle identification placards-permits
hearing impaired persons to apply
ACR181 (Wirths,H) Emerg. orders, rules, regs effective
period-constit amendment, limits to 14 days
ACR182 (Mukherji,R) #StandUpHumanRights-acknowledges Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
The Assembly Speaker has made the following appointments:
*Effective June 22, 2020
Joint Committee on
the Public Sshools:
Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey (27)
Assemblyman Ralph R. Caputo (28)
Assemblywoman Verlina
Reynolds-Jackson (15)
Assemblyman Benjie E. Wimberly
(55)
Assemblywoman BettyLou
DeCroce (26)
Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso
(13)
Assemblyman Erik K. Simonsen
(1)
Note to the
6/18/2020 Digest:
Bills
Passed:
A4263 Sumter,S/Holley,J+7 Deadly force-clarifies law enforce. Knowingly
chokes another person engages in (72-0-6) *NOT*
(72-1-5)
The Assembly adjourned at 8:04 P.M. on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, to
meet again on Thursday,
June 25, 2020 (QUORUM, Committees at the Call of the Assembly Speaker).
SENATE ACTION FOR JUNE 24, 2020 (QUORUM)
Bills
Introduced:
S20 Sarlo,P/Cunningham,S FY20 approp
act-amends & supplements, extension of fiscal year through Sep 30 REF SBA
The Senate adjourned at 9:45
P.M. to meet again on Thursday, June 25, 2020 (QUORUM, Committees at the Call of the
Senate President).
Bills
Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:
None
Bills
Signed Into Law Since Last Session (6/18/2020):
P.L.2020, c.38.
A741 Johnson,G/Conaway,H+7 6/19/2020
Fuel Cell Task Force-establishes and increases use of fuel cells in
State
P.L.2020, c.39.
A4126 Aca (1R) Egan,J/Pinkin,N+4
6/19/2020 Utility pymt, water/sewer-authorities waive interest & lien
enforce during emerg