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Vol. XXX No. 52 218th
Legislature • First Annual Session
SENATE ACTION (QUORUM)
Bills Introduced:
S3271 Cryan,J
Sexual assault-victim's right to appeal
REF SLP
S3272 Cryan,J
Blue Alert System-estab. REF SLP
S3273 Kean,T/Cunningham,S Supporting Ed. & Entrepreneurial
Devel. REF SHI
S3274 Smith,B/Greenstein,L Organic waste, landfills-reduction REF SEN
S3275 Smith,B/Bateman,C Renewable energy-concerns fees, reg. REF SEN
S3276 Stack,B
Doctor, new primary practice-tax credit
REF SHH
S3277 Smith,B
Env. reg.-prev. backsliding REF
SEN
S3278 Ruiz,M
Preg. inmates, edu. svc-req REF
SLP
S3279 Ruiz,M
Inmate, preg. prev. medication-concerns
REF SLP
S3280 Ruiz,M
DOC Division of Women's Services-estab.
REF SLP
S3281 Ruiz,M
Female inmate family planning svc.-req.
REF SLP
S3283 Smith,B
First responder affordable housing-estab REF SCU
S3284 Cunningham,S Workers' Comp Judges-changes
eligibility REF SSG
SJR115 Pennacchio,J Pharmacogenomics Comm.-estab. REF SHH
Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:
A1220 McKeon,J/Vainieri Huttle,V+4 Drama Therapists Lic. Act REP
A4073 Sca (1R) Holley,J/Carter,L+3 Jerry Green Memor. Hwy-desig. Rt.27 REP/SCA
A4299 Aca (1R) Benson,D/DeAngelo,W+1 Francis J McManimon Hwy-portion of Rt195 REP
S675 Bateman,C/Vitale,J+4 Drama Therapists Lic. Act REP
S1214 Sca (1R) Ruiz,M/Cruz-Perez,N+1 NJ Land Bank Law REP/SCA
S1261 Sca (1R) Stack,B/Turner,S+1 Resid construction, light
frame-concerns REP/SCA
S1584 ScaSca (2R) Cruz-Perez,N/Singleton,T+1 Resid. Foreclosure Transformation Act REP/SCA
S1784 Weinberg,L/Gill,N Doula care-prov. Medicaid coverage REP
S2557 Sca (1R) Singleton,T/Oroho,S Prevailing wage-allows stop-work
orders REP/SCA
S2607 Singleton,T/Corrado,K+3 Abandoned homes-rehab. for homeless
vets REP
S2766 Sca (1R) Scutari,N/Cryan,J Jerry Green Memor. Hwy-desig. Rt.27 REP/SCA
S2859 Sca (1R) Greenstein,L/Turner,S Francis J McManimon Hwy-portion of
Rt195 REP/SCA
S2863 Sca (1R) Sarlo,P/Sweeney,S+1 Trans proj-concerns loc aid prog
funding REP/SCA
S2898 Madden,F/Sarlo,P+2 Fire & EMS Crisis Intervention
Svcs. REP
S2992 Sca (1R) Gopal,V/Sarlo,P+2 Horse racing purse subsidies-concerns REP/SCA
S3071 Sca (1R) Madden,F/Lagana,J.A. Pub. works contractors-concerns REP/SCA
S3126 Gopal,V
RR crossings-concern driv responsibility REP
S3139 Sca (1R) Bucco,A.R.+1 Amer. Legion lic. plates-creates REP/SCA
S3140 Bucco,A.R.+1 Sons Amer. Legion lic. plates-creates REP
S3246 Sca (1R) Sarlo,P/Singleton,T Pass-through bus. alternative
tax-estab. REP/SCA
S3247 Van Drew,J Surplus prop, City of Vineland-sell REP
SJR54 Sca (1R) Singer,R
Transit Alt. Rev. Task Force-estab.
REP/SCA
Bills Referred/SBA:
S3139 Sca
(1R) Bucco,A.R.+1 Amer. Legion lic. plates-creates
S3140 Bucco,A.R.+1 Sons Amer. Legion lic. plates-creates
Bills Recommitted:
S1214 Sca
(1R) Ruiz,M/Cruz-Perez,N+1 NJ Land Bank Law RCM SBA
Bills Transferred:
S3042 Sarlo,P/Oroho,S SHBP, SEHBP-creates trust fds. FROM SSG TO SBA
Co-Sponsors Added:
S73 (Ruiz,M)
Disabled vet.-concerns prop. tax
S595 (Singleton,T) Energy storage-BPU conduct analysis
S1339 (Diegnan,P) Behavioral health care svcs-expand insur
S1584 ScaSca (2R) (Ruiz,M)
Resid. Foreclosure Transformation Act
S1780 (Lagana,J.A.) Call Center Jobs Act
S2143 (Ruiz,M)
Vet. housing-grant tax cred. to devel.
S2607 (Cruz-Perez,N; Ruiz,M) Abandoned homes-rehab. for homeless vets
S2668 (Bucco,A.R.) Library Aid;$10.5M
S2915 (Ruiz,M)
Accidential disab. benf.-concerns elig.
S2986 Sca (1R) (Brown,C)
Panic button for hotel emp.-concerns
S3023 (Singleton,T) Probation off. union rep.-concerns
S3125 (Cruz-Perez,N) Coll. Loans repymt St. Students-concerns
S3155 (Bucco,A.R.) Enhanced 9-1-1 pilot prog.-estab.
S3228 Sca (1R) (Greenstein,L) Zackhary's Law-Hit & Run Advisory Prog.
S3237 (Cruz-Perez,N) Food pilot prog.-DOA
S3238 (Cruz-Perez,N) Food surplus donation-DHS estab portal
S3239 (Cruz-Perez,N) Hunger-Free Campus Act-grant prog
SCR110 SaSa (2R) (Pennacchio,J) Vet. prop. tax deduction-extend elig.
Co-Prime Sponsors Added:
S1261 Sca
(1R) (Turner,S) Resid construction, light frame-concerns
S2727 (Turner,S)
Pharm benf managers-concerns
S3042 (Oroho,S)
SHBP, SEHBP-creates trust fds.
S3154 (Bateman,C) Limited breweries-law changes
S3155 (Greenstein,L) Enhanced 9-1-1 pilot prog.-estab.
S3159 (Greenstein,L) Human breast milk-req. Medicaid coverage
S3224 (Corrado,K) Pretrial intervention prog-nonprofit org
S3228 Sca (1R) (Scutari,N) Zackhary's Law-Hit & Run Advisory Prog.
SJR106 (Corrado,K) Law Enforce. Off. Appreciation Day-Jan 9
The
Senate adjourned at 6:30 P.M. to meet again on Monday, December 17, 2018 (SESSION).
ASSEMBLY ACTION (QUORUM)
Bills Introduced:
A4786 DeAngelo,W Parking meter fees-exempts vets REF AMV
A4787 DeAngelo,W Corp bus. tax, emp. reservists-prov
cred REF AAP
A4788 Karabinchak,R Expedited constr. inspection
prog-estab. REF AHO
A4789 Dancer,R
Treatment centers-estab. standards
REF AHU
A4790 Murphy,C
Voter regis. age 16-concerns REF
ASL
A4791 Murphy,C
Limited breweries-law changes
REF AOF
A4792 Lampitt,P
Student loans-estab. tax credit
REF AHI
A4793 Zwicker,A
Charter sch funding-concerns REF
AED
A4794 Zwicker,A
Charter sch finan. reporting-concerns
REF AED
A4795 Zwicker,A
Charter sch. expansion approval
REF AED
A4796 Zwicker,A
Charter sch. enrollment-concerns
REF AED
A4797 Zwicker,A
Charter sch. admission list-maintain
REF AED
A4798 Mukherji,R/Pintor Marin,E Sewer
fees, upaid-proh. interest REF ATU
A4799 Lopez,Y/Coughlin,C Meds. self-admin.-permits certain REF AED
A4800 Rooney,K
Horse, St. animal lic plate-auth
REF ATR
A4801 Greenwald,L Viol. Intervention Prog., fd-estab. REF AHE
A4802 Greenwald,L Viol. intervention progs.-trauma ctr. REF AHE
A4803 Greenwald,L Victim. cert crimes-concerns billing REF AHE
A4804 Greenwald,L Viol. counseling svc.-Medicaid REF AHE
A4805 Greenwald,L Victim counseling svc-concern trauma
ctr REF AHE
A4806 Greenwald,L Hosp-Based Viol Intervention
Prog-estab REF AHE
A4807 Benson,D/Bucco,A.M. Pass-through bus. alternative
tax-estab. REF AAP
Bills Introduced: (cont’d)
A4808 McKnight,A Pub. sch., St. aid-income tax contrib. REF AAP
A4809 McKnight,A Coll loans assist., new
parent-concerns REF AHI
A4810 Burzichelli,J/Houghtaling,E Horse racing purse subsidies-concerns REF ATG
A4811 Downey,J
Intrauterine insemination-health ins req REF AFI
A4812 Downey,J
PIP options avail.-revises REF
AFI
A4813 Downey,J
Workers' comp. suit expenses-concerns
REF ALA
A4814 Downey,J
Transient accommodation taxes-concerns
REF ATG
AJR181 Munoz,N
Pharmacogenomics Comm.-estab.
REF AHE
AR206 Pinkin,N/Lopez,Y Green New Deal-enact REF AEN
Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:
A157 Space,P/Wirths,H Firewood sale-concerns REP
A1241 Aca (1R) McKeon,J/Benson,D+6 NJT-oversight, accountability reforms REP/ACA
A1400 Acs (ACS) Bucco,A.M./Caputo,R+4 Retired correction off-permits appt
cert REP/ACS
A1604 Conaway,H/Murphy,C+1 Recreational Therapists Lic. Act REP
A1852 Lampitt,P/Moriarty,P+6 Wage and hr. law, viol.-incr. penal. REP
A1887 Aca (1R) Muoio,E/Mukherji,R+3 Emergency asst.-allows cert. addt. REP/ACA
A2425 Benson,D/Giblin,T+2 Transp. fringe benf, pre-tax-emp.
prov. REP
A2442 Aca (1R) Benson,D/Rooney,K+1 Nurse aides-estab. reciprocity req. REP/ACA
A2558 AcaAca (2R) DeAngelo,W/Wirths,H+1 Vegetation Mgmt. Response Act REP/ACA
A2614 DeAngelo,W/Mukherji,R Nat. gas, haz. waste-incr. civil
penal. REP
A3115 Timberlake,B/Quijano,A+2 Person's death, police
custody-concerns REP
A3607 AcaAca (2R) Mazzeo,V/Armato,J Recovery resid-concerns vol. cert. REP/ACA
A3614 Burzichelli,J Discrim., unlawful-income tax excl. REP
A4091 Aca (1R) Vainieri Huttle,V/Lopez,Y Victim-Witness Advocacy
Office-concerns REP/ACA
A4134 Aca (1R) Freiman,R/Mukherji,R+10 Secure Choice Savings Prog. Act REP/ACA
A4317 Mazzeo,V+1 Fantasy sports operators-concerns REP
A4392 AcaAca (2R) Burzichelli,J/Giblin,T+7 Aviation fuels-concerns taxation REP/ACA
A4475 Aca (1R) Schaer,G/Jasey,M+1 Coll. Loans repymt St.
Students-concerns REP
A4578 Land,R/Andrzejczak,B Nat. resource restoration proj.;$50M REP
A4579 Lopez,Y/Pinkin,N Dam restoration-approp. bond act
monies REP
A4700 AcaAca (2R) Greenwald,L/Coughlin,C+2 Food Desert Elim. Act-concerns
incentive REP/ACA
A4701 Aca (1R) Spearman,W/Chiaravalloti,N+4 Food surplus donation-DHS estab portal REP
A4702 Aca (1R) Wimberly,B/Jasey,M+5 Hunger-Free Campus Act-grant prog REP/ACA
A4703 AcaAca (2R) Lopez,Y/Holley,J+4 Anti-Hunger Link-food services website REP/ACA
A4704 Aca (1R) Taliaferro,A/Murphy,C+4 Food pilot prog.-DOA REP
A4705 AcaAca (2R) Carter,L/Benson,D+6 NJ Food Waste Task Force-estab. REP/ACA
A4707 Tucker,C/Downey,J+4 Food waste-concerns public awareness REP
A4733 Taliaferro,A/Houghtaling,E+1 Farmland preserv, grants;$15M REP
A4734 Land,R/Taliaferro,A+15 Hist. Trust, hist. site mgt.;$1.190M REP
A4735 Houghtaling,E/Verrelli,A+3 Farmland preserv, nonprofit-$1,591,000 REP
A4736 Armato,J/Freiman,R Farmland preserv. purposes-$8.896M REP
A4748 Pintor Marin,E/Chiaravalloti,N FY2019 env. infra. proj. loans-auth. REP
A4749 Aca (1R) Mukherji,R/McKnight,A Fd. environ. infrastructure proj.-FY2019 REP
A4750 Pinkin,N/Burzichelli,J St capital,park devel proj-approp
$2.94M REP
A4751 Freiman,R/Tully,P+1 St. acquisition of lands-approp
$15.696M REP
A4765 Mazzeo,V
St. admin investments-requirements
REP
A4782 Johnson,G/Conaway,H Predatory Towing Prev
Act-clarification REP
AR195 Andrzejczak,B/Land,R+1 Seafood gleaning pilot prog.-supports REP
S392 Madden,F/Addiego,D+1 Wage and hr. law, viol.-incr. penal. REP
S630 ScaScaAca (3R) Gordon,R/Weinberg,L+5 NJT-oversight, accountability reforms REP/ACA
S679 Bateman,C/Smith,B Nat. gas, haz. waste-incr. civil
penal. REP
S784 Sa (1R) Sarlo,P/Oroho,S+2 Atty.'s fees-income tax excl. REP
S1036 Sweeney,S/Turner,S Person's death, police
custody-concerns REP
S1567 Weinberg,L Transp. fringe benf, pre-tax-emp.
prov. REP
S1965 Sweeney,S+1 Emergency asst.-allows cert. addt. REP
S2533 Sca (1R) Greenstein,L/Cruz-Perez,N+2 Victim-Witness Advocacy Office-concerns REP
S2663 Aca (1R) Sweeney,S/Singleton,T+1 St. admin investments-req rules REP/ACA
S2892 ScaScaAcaAca (4R) Sweeney,S/Ruiz,M Aviation fuel tax exemp.-elim. REP/ACA
S2969 Lagana,J.A./Singleton,T Fantasy sports operators-concerns REP
Bills Recommitted:
A4700
AcaAca (2R)
Greenwald,L/Coughlin,C+2 Food
Desert Elim. Act-concerns incentive RCM
AAP
A4701 Aca (1R) Spearman,W/Chiaravalloti,N+4 Food surplus donation-DHS estab portal RCM AAP
A4702 Aca (1R) Wimberly,B/Jasey,M+5 Hunger-Free Campus Act-grant prog RCM AAP
A4703 AcaAca (2R) Lopez,Y/Holley,J+4 Anti-Hunger Link-food services website RCM AAP
A4704 Aca (1R) Taliaferro,A/Murphy,C+4 Food pilot prog.-DOA RCM AAP
Bills Recommitted: (cont’d)
A4705 AcaAca (2R) Carter,L/Benson,D+6 NJ Food Waste Task Force-estab. RCM AAP
A4707 Tucker,C/Downey,J+4 Food waste-concerns public awareness RCM AAP
S784 Sa (1R) Sarlo,P/Oroho,S+2 Atty.'s fees-income tax excl. RCM AAP
S1965 Sweeney,S+1 Emergency asst.-allows cert. addt. RCM AAP
Bills Transferred:
A1400 Acs
(ACS) Bucco,A.M./Caputo,R+4 Retired correction off-permits appt
cert FROM ALP TO AAP
A2442 Aca (1R) Benson,D/Rooney,K+1 Nurse aides-estab. reciprocity req. FROM AHE TO AAP
A3115 Timberlake,B/Quijano,A+2 Person's death, police
custody-concerns FROM AJU TO AAP
A4317 Mazzeo,V+1 Fantasy sports operators-concerns FROM ATG TO AAP
S1036 Sweeney,S/Turner,S Person's death, police
custody-concerns FROM AJU TO AAP
S2663 Aca (1R) Sweeney,S/Singleton,T+1 St. admin investments-req rules FROM ASL TO AAP
S2969 Lagana,J.A./Singleton,T Fantasy sports operators-concerns FROM ATG TO AAP
Co-Sponsors Added:
A589 (DiMaio,J)
Fair Repair Act
A1056 Aca (1R) (Verrelli,A) Workers, locked out-health insur. benf.
A1094 (Verrelli,A) Salary hist.-proh. emp. from releasing
A1233 (Mejia,P)
Juv. defendants-concerns parole
A1590 Aca (1R) (Jones,P)
Med. records-modifies cert. req.
A1706 Aca (1R) (Webber,J)
Domestic viol. victim-prov. lease prot.
A1833 (Verrelli,A) Juv. depression screenings-benf coverage
A2694 Acs (ACS) (Mukherji,R) Stormwater util.-auth. mun, co. estab.
A3101 (Jasey,M)
Arts and tourism-incr. hotel fee rev.
A3150 (Carter,L)
Fertility Preservation-health benf
A3408 (Verrelli,A) Suicide prev-sch personnel training prog
A3664 (Vainieri Huttle,V) Non-teaching staff-concerns arbitration
A3692 Aca (1R) (Murphy,C)
New Jersey-Made-dev. desig.
A3801 (Reynolds-Jackson,V) Library Aid;$10.5M
A3807 (Verrelli,A) Student ids-contain suicide prev hotline
A3890 Aca (1R) (Murphy,C)
Move over law-penal. points for viol.
A4074 (Sumter,S)
Shift overlap-req. St. correctional fac.
A4075 (Sumter,S)
Law enforcement off., injured-concerns
A4150 Aca (1R) (Verrelli,A) Suspension, student-meet w/sch. psych.
A4265 (Swain,L)
Opioid antidotes-concerns admin.
A4392 AcaAca (2R) (Speight,S) Aviation fuels-concerns taxation
A4397 (Benson,D; Murphy,C; McKnight,A) Sr. cit. housing proj-concerns rent incr
A4464 (DeCroce,B) Min. wage, $13-cert. excep.
A4465 (DeCroce,B) Earned income credit-incr. benf. amt.
A4466 (DeCroce,B) Small bus. tax deduction-provides
A4486 (Murphy,C)
Michael Anthony Fornicola's Law
A4520 (Vainieri Huttle,V) Shore co.-concerns St. and loc. taxes
A4597 (Pintor Marin,E) Security aid, nonpub-incr. pupil fding
A4651 Aca (1R) (Lampitt,P) St. finan. instit., small bus. fees-proh
A4653 Aca (1R) (Lampitt,P) Overdraft prot. svcs.-concerns
A4655 (Benson,D)
Apprenticeship course-tuition fee waiver
A4700 AcaAca (2R) (Pintor Marin,E) Food Desert Elim. Act-concerns incentive
A4704 Aca (1R) (Pintor Marin,E) Food pilot prog.-DOA
A4708 Aca (1R) (Murphy,C; Verrelli,A) Farm Liaison-estab.
AJR87 (Webber,J)
Alice Paul Day-desig. January 11
AJR172 (Verrelli,A; Swain,L; Murphy,C) Food Waste Prev. Day-desig.
AJR174 Aca (1R) (Swain,L)
Reduce food waste-urges food retailers
AR173 (Vainieri Huttle,V) Anthony Bourdain Food Trail-estab.
AR195 (Houghtaling,E) Seafood gleaning pilot prog.-supports
AR203 (Swain,L)
G4 visas concerns same-sex partners
Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:
A4634 (Pinkin,N)
Plug-in electric veh. charging sys-estab
Second Prime Sponsors Added:
A1662 (Jimenez,A) Doula care-prov. Medicaid coverage
A2163 (Webber,J)
Reader Privacy Act-enacts
A3275 (Giblin,T)
Pub. svc priv contracts-estab procedures
A4657 (Benson,D)
Youth apprenticeship pilot prog-estab.
Second Prime Sponsors Added: (cont’d)
A4755 (Mukherji,R) Concussion, student-athlete-sch return
A4775 (Mukherji,R) Hydrofluorocarbon emissions-concerns
ACR208 (Conaway,H) Delaware Riv. Basin wastewater-urges
AJR70 (Wimberly,B) Opioid Antidote Admin. Comm-estab. temp.
AR83 (Verrelli,A) Food policy councils-create
Second Prime Sponsors Withdrawn:
A4782 (Conaway,H) Predatory Towing Prev Act-clarification
Third Prime Sponsors Added:
A135 (Mukherji,R) Resid construction, light frame-concerns
A1104 (Murphy,C)
Econ. Gardening Prog.-creates
A3843 (Verrelli,A) Drug court prog.-desig.
A4475 Aca (1R) (Benson,D)
Coll. Loans repymt St. Students-concerns
A4603 (Benson,D)
Apprenticeship prog.-corp. bus. tax cred
AJR70 (Jones,P)
Opioid Antidote Admin. Comm-estab. temp.
AR195 (Dancer,R)
Seafood gleaning pilot prog.-supports
The
Assembly adjourned at 6:23 P.M. to meet again on Monday, December 17, 2018 (SESSION).
Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:
None
Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (12/6/18):
None