NEW JERSEY

LEGISLATIVE DIGEST

for January 10, 2017

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Vol. XXIX No. 1 217th Legislature $ Second Annual Session

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The Members of both Houses of the 217th Legislature met in Joint Session to receive the State of the State Address from the Honorable Chris Christie, Governor of the State of New Jersey.

SENATE ACTION (SESSION)

Nominations Advise and Consent:

TO BE A JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT:

John D. O'Dwyer, of Waldwick.

Thomas T. Booth, Jr., of Voorhees.

Judith S. Charny, of Cherry Hill.

Frank J. DeAngelis, of Towaco.

Darren T. DiBiasi, of Glen Rock.

Linda W. Eynon, of Cherry Hill.

Noah Franzblau, of Mountain Lakes.

Joseph G. Monaghan, of Harrington Park.

Christine Susan Orlando, of Haddon Heights.

Yolanda Carmen Rodriguez, of Mount Laurel.

Tara Schillari Rich, of Secaucus.

Vincent J. Militello, of Bayonne.

TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE:

Elissa Mizzone Testa, of Wayne.

Jeffrey N. Rabin, of Mount Laurel.

Carl V. Buck, III, of Mount Laurel.

TO BE THE BURLINGTON COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS:

Honorable George T. Kotch, of Burlington Township, to replace Joanne Nyikita.

TO BE THE PUBLIC DEFENDER:

Honorable Joseph E. Krakora, of Scotch Plains.

Bills Introduced:

S2898 Bucco,A.R. Retired correction off-permits appt cert REF SLP

S2899 Cruz-Perez,N Animal rescued from mv-immunity REF SEG

S2900 Cruz-Perez,N Hepatitis C-auth lab, perform rapid test REF SHH

S2901 Cruz-Perez,N Constr. industry-notify cert. rights REF SLA

S2902 Cruz-Perez,N Minor, cash payroll ck.-finan instit req REF SCM

S2903 Beck,J Mil connected student aid-prov cert dist REF SED

S2904 Beck,J Discrim., long-term care fac.-evaluate REF SHH

S2905 Beck,J Discrim., health care-estab. task force REF SHH

S2906 Rice,R St pension fd-req manager auth to invest REF SSG

S2907 Greenstein,L Domestic viol.-cert. req. policies REF SLP

S2908 Stack,B Med sharps retailers-waste disposal prog REF SEN

S2909 Stack,B Emp. agencies-cert. civil rights prot. REF SLA

SCR140 Beck,J Pub. sch. fd. reform-estab Jt. Leg. Comm REF SED

Bills Passed:

SR99 Sweeney,S/Kean,T Nominations-amend Senate Rule 20:5 (31-1)

SR100 Sa (1R) Sweeney,S/Kean,T Sen Select Committee, Sch Fding Fairness (Voice)

Concurrent Resolution Passed:

Providing for the Legislature to hold a joint session for the purpose of receiving the Governor's State of the State Address.

Bills Returned Second Reading/Amended:

SR100 Sa (1R) Sweeney,S/Kean,T Sen Select Committee, Sch Fding Fairness (33-0) (Sweeney)

Bills Withdrawn From The Files:

S2385 Lesniak,R Estate tax-terminates FROM SBA

S2596 Singer,R/Vitale,J Coll. Cred. Req. Comm.-Estab. FROM SHI

Co-Sponsors Added:

S211 Scs (SCS) (Stack,B) Sch. bus-unlawfully passing, enforce law

S265 (Gordon,R) Disab vet. prop. tax exemp-St reimb. mun

S403 (Beck,J) Self-Service Storage Fac. Act-suppl.

S512 (Bateman,C) Fruit and veg donation-corp bus tax cred

S516 (Bateman,C) Stephen Komninos' Law-devel. disab. prot

S2281 (Gordon,R) Vet, total disab.-elig, prop tax exemp.

S2491 (Beach,J) Mil. uniform, HS graduation-permitted

S2662 (Bucco,A.R.) Charlie's Law-deny svc. dog access

S2859 (Bucco,A.R.) Mil. discharge upgrade info.-DMVA req.

SCR136 (Bucco,A.R.) Vets., surviving spouse-homestead rebate

SR98 (Beck,J) Impact aid pymts, increase-urges fed

Co-Prime Sponsors Added:

S2863 (Pennacchio,J) Motor vehicle reg.-concerning date

S2883 (Beach,J) Veteran's prop. tax deduct-extends elig.

SR100 Sa (1R) (Kean,T) Sen Select Committee, Sch Fding Fairness

Third Prime Sponsors Added:

SR100 Sa (1R) (Turner,S) Sen Select Committee, Sch Fding Fairness

The Senate adjourned at 4:35 P.M. to meet again on Thursday, January 12, 2017 (QUORUM, Committee Groups “3” and “4” scheduled to meet).

ASSEMBLY ACTION (SESSION)

Bills Introduced:

A34 Prieto,V/Singleton,T Building Our Future Bond Act;$34.2M REF AHI

A4433 Handlin,A Transp.Trust Fund Auth. Act-amended REF ATR

A4434 Handlin,A Transp. Trust Fund Auth.-certain req. REF ATR

A4435 Handlin,A Trans planning, funding-reduce cert cost REF ATR

A4436 Handlin,A Mun. publish legal notice-permits cert. REF ASL

A4437 Space,P Death penalty-reinstates certain REF AJU

A4438 Space,P Mand. affordable housing devel. fee-elim REF AHO

A4439 Eustace,T/McKeon,J Mercury relays, switches-prohibits cert. REF AEN

A4440 Vainieri Huttle,V Prescr. Monitoring Prog-prov cert access REF AHE

A4441 Vainieri Huttle,V Transient guest accommodation-req. lic. REF AHO

A4442 Webber,J Pub. sch. emp.-review emp. history REF AED

A4443 Quijano,A/Oliver,S Pres. Barack H. Obama Hwy.-designates REF ATR

A4444 Quijano,A Workers' comp. claims-concerns dispute REF ALA

A4445 Quijano,A/DeCroce,B Assault on disabled-upgrades REF AJU

A4446 Quijano,A Worker'comp. coverage-concerns cert. emp REF ALA

A4447 Quijano,A PFRS, PERS-incr. accidental death benf. REF ASL

Bills Introduced: (cont’d)

A4448 Taliaferro,A Prop. Assessment practice-revises REF ASL

A4449 Brown,C/Land,R Driver, Pedestrian Mutual Responsibility REF ATR

A4450 Dancer,R Law enforcement uniform vendors-concerns REF ALP

A4451 Bucco,A.M./Caputo,R Retired correction off-permits appt cert REF ALP

A4452 Downey,J/Houghtaling,E Michael Massey's Law-display lights REF ATR

A4453 Downey,J/Houghtaling,E Pub, resides cert fed prop-req enroll REF AED

A4454 Tucker,C/Andrzejczak,B Agric. Experiment Station-approp $300K REF AMV

A4455 Dancer,R Various revenues, mun. budget-concerns REF ASL

A4456 Caride,M Record expungment-directs certain REF AJU

A4457 Caride,M Bd of dir., sch emp.-prov cert. immunity REF AED

A4458 Benson,D Fireworks-authorizes sale, possession REF ALP

A4459 Bucco,A.M. Prof. occup. lic.-req. AG supervision REF ARP

A4460 Jones,P/Mosquera,G Vet.-extends full discrim. law prot. REF AMV

A4461 Sumter,S/Munoz,N Child support termination-concerns REF AJU

A4462 Lagana,J Amusement games lic-permits cert alco REF ATG

A4463 Kennedy,J/Holley,J Automatic defibrillator-requires REF AHI

A4464 Land,R/Andrzejczak,B Punch-board game-permits REF ATG

A4465 Andrzejczak,B/Land,R Pension pymts.-excl. cert. income tax REF AAP

A4466 Peterson,E/Muoio,E+2 Domestic viol, minor-prov addl factor REF AJU

A4467 Mazzeo,V/Conaway,H Overdose Prevention Act-clarifies REF AHE

A4468 Schaer,G Early Intervention Support Svc-concerns REF AHU

A4469 Schaer,G Mental health screening svc-concerns REF AHU

A4470 Schaer,G Behavioral Health Svc Task force-estab REF AHU

A4471 Howarth,J Compassionate Care Pet Protection Act REF AAN

A4472 Carroll,M/Oliver,S+1 Drunk Driving offense-restricts levy REF ALP

AJR135 Land,R/Andrzejczak,B Acute Myeloid Leukemia Day-desig REF AHE

AR201 Dancer,R Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl-no pardon REF ASL

AR202 Houghtaling,E/Downey,J Impact aid pymts, increase-urges fed REF AED

AR203 Eustace,T Sikhs in mil-urges allow turbans, beards REF AMV

Concurrent Resolution Passed:

Providing for the Legislature to hold a joint session for the purpose of receiving the Governor's State of the State Address.

Bills Received from Governor/Conditional Veto:

A312 Aca (1R) Singleton,T/Lampitt,P+5 Loc Govt Svc Div-prop tax info, web page

Bills Given First Reading w/Governor's Recommendation:

A312 Aca w/GR (2R) Singleton,T/Lampitt,P+5 Loc Govt Svc Div-prop tax info, web page

Bills Given Second Reading w/Governor's Recommendation:

A312 Aca w/GR (2R) Singleton,T/Lampitt,P+5 Loc Govt Svc Div-prop tax info, web page

Bills Withdrawn From The Files:

A4419 O'Scanlon,D+1 Teeth whitening services-proh. licensure FROM ARP

Co-Sponsors Added:

A306 (Lagana,J; Caputo,R; Conaway,H) Housing Assist. for Vets. Act-estab.

A413 (Chaparro,A) Sample ballot-request by electronic mail

A543 (Muoio,E; Oliver,S) First responders-req./training standards

A621 Aca (1R) (Holley,J; Lampitt,P) Amusement game-permited to sell alco bev

A752 (Johnson,G) Credit card interchange fees-concerns

A851 (Jones,P) Autonomous veh.-driv. lic. endorsement

A1115 Acs (ACS) (Johnson,G) Police complaint-appt special prosecutor

A1866 (Benson,D) Michelle Sous' Law-blood sample req.

A2337 (Muoio,E) Prescription drugs-health benf. coverage

A2338 Acs (ACS) (Caputo,R) Dogs and Cats-proh. sight-unseen sale

A3398 (Pinkin,N) Beehives-concerns pesticide applications

A4081 (Danielsen,J) Charlie's Law-deny svc. dog access

A4165 Aca (1R) (DeCroce,B; Giblin,T) High sch driv ed course-req cert info

A4320 (Downey,J; Caride,M) Digital breast screening-insur. cover

Co-Sponsors Added: (cont’d)

A4409 (McKnight,A) Safe Streets Law Enforcement Grant Fd

A4419 (Handlin,A) Teeth whitening services-proh. licensure

A4420 (Handlin,A) Interior Designers Cert. Act-repeals

A4421 (Handlin,A) Hair braiding, eyebrow treading-concerns

A4422 (Handlin,A) Milk, cream sampling-remove lic. req.

A4472 (Handlin,A) Drunk Driving offense-restricts levy

AR35 (Wisniewski,J) PennEast Pipeline proj. in NJ-oppose

Second Prime Sponsors Added:

A414 (Chaparro,A) Sr. cit., cert.-limits rent incr.

A1195 (Wimberly,B) Mortgage loan discrimination-proh.

A2401 (Wimberly,B) Energy efficiency prog.-expands

A2828 (Wimberly,B) Energy audits-estab prov finan incentive

A3130 (Benson,D) Energy slamming practices-incr. penal.

A3359 (Chiaravalloti,N) Sex offender-proh job contact w/children

A3656 (Singleton,T) Snowplow svc. contracts-concerns

A3789 (Singleton,T) Disab. person-cred, improve home access

A4219 (Benson,D) Organ donation-allows 14yr old, auth

A4304 (Wimberly,B) Soil lead test-req. pub. access

A4305 (Wimberly,B) Soil lead tesing-req. cert.

A4306 (Wimberly,B) Soil, drinking water-reduce exposure

A4309 (Wimberly,B) Asbestos inspection-estab. reg.

A4405 (Benson,D) Law enforcement-req cert driv ed include

A4407 (Mukherji,R) Traps-bans certain

A4408 (Mukherji,R) Stillbirth-prov. income tax credit

A4409 (Vainieri Huttle,V) Safe Streets Law Enforcement Grant Fd

A4423 (Benson,D) Gov. affairs agents-concerns disclosure

AR91 (Wimberly,B) Aerospace engineering-higher ed. offer

AR168 (Wimberly,B) Manuf. Univ. Act-Urges enact

AR200 (Benson,D) Statewide Water Suppy Plan-urges update

Third Prime Sponsors Added:

A505 (Giblin,T) Judicial salaries-concerns incr.

A2401 (Benson,D) Energy efficiency prog.-expands

A2800 (Johnson,G) Govt. payments-estab. securtiy standards

A3265 Aca (1R) (Chiaravalloti,N) Advanced Manufacturing Council-creates

A3835 (Kennedy,J) Tiny Home Pilot Prog.-estab.

A4035 (Muoio,E) Opioid prescrip.-seven day restriction

A4081 (Benson,D) Charlie's Law-deny svc. dog access

A4234 (Giblin,T) Joint insur. fd.-allows cert.

A4408 (Webber,J) Stillbirth-prov. income tax credit

A4451 (DeCroce,B) Retired correction off-permits appt cert

A4463 (DeCroce,B) Automatic defibrillator-requires

ACR151 (Wimberly,B) Microgrids constr.;mun.facility-urge

AR186 (Lagana,J) Student debt-allows cert. discharge

Fourth Prime Sponsors Added:

A34 (Wimberly,B) Building Our Future Bond Act;$34.2M
A441 (Wimberly,B) Solar power incentive prog.-estab.

A2204 (Wimberly,B) Electric generation fac-concern metering

A3611 (Wimberly,B) Lead paint inspect.-prior to home purch

A3749 (Wimberly,B) 100 Percent Disab. Vet-parking privilege

A3825 (Benson,D) Clean Energy Tech. Center-estab.

A4081 (Wimberly,B) Charlie's Law-deny svc. dog access

A4091 Aca (1R) (Benson,D) Voting participation right-enhance resid

A4238 (Lagana,J) Higher Ed Student Asst Auth-transparency

A4320 (Auth,R) Digital breast screening-insur. cover

A4381 (Wimberly,B) Spec. needs regis.-req. guidlines

A4406 (Mukherji,R) Homeless families-prov. emerg. asst.

A4415 (Benson,D) Water loss audits-req. purveyors

AR131 (Wimberly,B) Sustainable Water infrast. Invest.-pass

Fifth Prime Sponsors Added:

A34 (Burzichelli,J) Building Our Future Bond Act;$34.2M
A3631 (Mukherji,R) Angel Investor Tax. Cred Act-investments
A4320 (Lampitt,P) Digital breast screening-insur. cover

A4406 (DeCroce,B) Homeless families-prov. emerg. asst.

Sixth Prime Sponsors Added:

A452 (Wimberly,B) Vet. rental asst.-concerns

A2190 Aca (1R) (Houghtaling,E) Career, tech ed cert pilot prog-concerns

A3585 (Wimberly,B) Lead paint inspection req.-concerns

A4284 (McKnight,A) Drinking water-sch. dist. reimb.

Seventh Prime Sponsors Added:

A1440 (Sumter,S) Caregiver's Assistance Act

Eighth Prime Sponsors Added:

A3555/2249 Acs (ACS) (Mukherji,R) Arts and tourism-incr. hotel fee rev.

A4399 (Mukherji,R) Gold Star Family Counseling Prog.-estab.

Ninth Prime Sponsors Added:

A4400 (Mukherji,R) Gold Star Family Scholarship Prog.-estab

The Assembly adjourned at 5:30 P.M. to meet again on Thursday, January 12, 2017 (QUORUM, Committee Groups “A” and “B” scheduled to meet).

Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:

None

Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (01/09/2017):

None