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Vol. XXX No. 24                                                                                  218th Legislature $ First Annual Session

 

     SENATE ACTION

The Senate did not meet.  The Senate will meet on Monday, May 21, 2018 (QUORUM, Committee Groups “1” and “2” scheduled to meet).            

     ASSEMBLY ACTION (QUORUM)

Bills Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:

AJR125    Quijano,A    World Refugee Day-desig. June 20th  

Bills Introduced:

A3953    DiMaso,S/Thomson,E    Coll., priv. and police-civil immunity   REF AJU

A3954    DiMaso,S    Ferry boats-concerns duration contract   REF ASL

A3955    Vainieri Huttle,V    Patient info.-limits cert.   REF AHU

A3956    Vainieri Huttle,V    Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act   REF ALP

A3957    Wirths,H    Mun. court costs-concerns   REF AJU

A3958    Wirths,H    Children's psych. fac.-on-site staff req   REF AHU

A3959    Wirths,H    Intestate estates-concerns   REF AJU

A3960    Johnson,G    Non-flushable disposable wipes-label   REF ACO

A3961    Auth,R    Prop. Tax Relief and Ed Empowerment prog   REF ASL

A3962    Murphy,C    Smoking w/children in auto-proh.   REF AWC

A3963    Murphy,C    Labor contractors-concerns   REF ALA

A3964    Murphy,C    Fabrication, cert.-concerns wage req.   REF ALA

A3965    Wolfe,D/DeCroce,B    MV-concerns regis. fee   REF ATR

A3966    Schepisi,H    Child, unemancipated-reg. court auth.   REF AJU

A3967    Thomson,E    State sch. aid-concerns calculation   REF AED

A3968    Rooney,K    Snowplow svc. contracts-concerns   REF ACO

A3969    Thomson,E    Prop tax exemp-concerns finan agreements   REF ASL

A3970    Rooney,K    Cats or dogs-proh.   REF AAN

A3971    Quijano,A    Med. marijuana-concerns   REF AHE

A3972    Quijano,A    PFRS, PERS-incr. accidental death benf.   REF ASL

A3973    Quijano,A    Resid. tenancy security deposit-actions   REF AHO

A3974    Quijano,A    New home fire safety-concerns   REF AHO

A3975    Quijano,A/Giblin,T    Family leave, temp. disab.-revise law   REF ALA

A3976    Barclay,A    St.-admin. retir. sys.-SPRS svc. credit   REF ASL

A3977    Lopez,Y    Nurse lic.-concerns   REF ARP

A3978    Lopez,Y    Work First NJ-incr. benf. amount   REF AHU

A3979    Lopez,Y/Vainieri Huttle,V    Incarcerated primary caretaker parents   REF ALP

A3980    Clifton,R/Benson,D    MV-concerns St. purch.   REF AEN

A3981    McGuckin,G/DeCroce,B    Rental veh.-concerns   REF ACO

A3982    McGuckin,G    9-1-1 sys-concerns interference   REF AHS

A3983    McGuckin,G/DeCroce,B    Higher ed cyber security-concerns   REF AHI

A3984    Dancer,R    Taxation on real prop.-concerns   REF ASL

A3985    Dancer,R    Lottery-outcome determined by horse race   REF ATG

A3986    Dancer,R    Children-estab. invol. civil commitment   REF AHU

A3987    Murphy,C/Armato,J    Generic drug-proh excessive price incr.   REF AHE

A3988    Armato,J/Murphy,C    Prescrip. meds.-concerns   REF AHE

A3989    Sumter,S/Mazzeo,V    St. contracts-contractor req. to use   REF ASL

A3990    Mukherji,R    Tuition rates, cert. students-concerns   REF AHI

Bills Introduced: (cont’d)

 

A3991    Mazzeo,V    Elections Security Act-estab.   REF ASL

A3992    McKeon,J    Investment mgmt. svc.-concerns taxation   REF ABU

A3993    McKeon,J    Pharmacy benf.-concerns   REF AFI

A3994    Zwicker,A    Drilling platform-liab, haz sub in water   REF AEN

A3995    Benson,D/Murphy,C    Pretrial risk assessment-concerns   REF AJU

A3996    Pinkin,N    Office of Clean Energy-creates   REF ATU

A3997    Pinkin,N    Energy storage-BPU conduct analysis   REF ATU

A3998    Pinkin,N    LED tech, cert. street lights-req. mun.   REF AEN

A3999    Pinkin,N    Solar energy sys expenditures-tax credit   REF ATU

A4000    Pinkin,N    Street lights-concerns   REF ATU

A4001    Pinkin,N    Class 1 renewable energy-contract   REF ATU

A4002    Pinkin,N    Solar energy sys.-building fee exempt   REF ATU

A4003    Pinkin,N    Landscape, St proj-req St manage   REF AEN

A4004    Pinkin,N    Solar installation subcode-req DCA   REF ATU

A4005    Pinkin,N    Zero emission veh charging station-benf.   REF ATU

A4006    Pinkin,N    Solar Roof Installation Warranty Prog.   REF ATU

A4007    Pinkin,N    St House Complex-env sustainability plan   REF AEN

A4008    Pinkin,N    Sch dist bldgs-energy efficiency improv   REF AEN

A4009    Pinkin,N    Pub. util customers-demand response prog   REF ATU

A4010    Pinkin,N    Electric power suppliers-concerns lic.   REF ATU

A4011    Pinkin,N    Solar energy generation fac.-recycle   REF AEN

A4012    Pinkin,N    Nat. gas suppliers-concerns lic.   REF ATU

A4013    Coughlin,C    Non-profit hosp-reinstate prop tax exemp   REF ASL

A4014    Lopez,Y/Pinkin,N    Methylene chloride paint-proh sale   REF ACO

AJR122    Chaparro,A    Hispanic Journalist Pride Day-Sept 20th   REF ASL

AJR124    Munoz,N/DeCroce,B    Cancer Survivor Mo.-desig. June ea. yr.   REF AHE

AJR126    Munoz,N    Visiting Nurse Assoc. Day-desig. May 6   REF AHE

AJR127    Dancer,R    Gastroparesis Awareness Mo-design August   REF AHU

AJR128    Handlin,A/DeCroce,B    Megan's Law Risk Assess. Review-estab.   REF ALP

AJR129    Peters,R+1    Sergeant Domnick Pilla, Jamie Smith Day   REF ASL

AJR130    Lopez,Y/Vainieri Huttle,V    Endometriosis Awareness Mo-desig. March   REF AWC

AJR131    Downey,J    Marijuana-reclassify   REF AJU

AR161    Kean,S    N. Ireland agreement-express support   REF ASL

AR162    Benson,D    Pretrial risk assess. process-expand   REF AJU

Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:

A111    DeAngelo,W/Danielsen,J+3    Combat Action Badge-auth. lic. plate   REP

A317    Pinkin,N/McKeon,J+10    Judges-estab. domestic viol training   REP

A377    Jimenez,A/Sumter,S+1    Uninsur. patients-hosp. emp. assist   REP

A432    Schaer,G/Greenwald,L+1    Auto. Insur. Risk Exchange-concerns appt   REP

A605 Acs (ACS)    Danielsen,J    Health care prov network-proh. cert sale   REP/ACS

A781 Aca (1R)    Andrzejczak,B/Land,R+3    Animal cruelty viol.-recover costs   REP/ACA

A1029    Johnson,G+1    Alco bev-sell in resid. redevel areas   REP

A1334    Gusciora,R/Eustace,T+1    Animal cruelty-expand to include theft   REP

A1526    Zwicker,A/Johnson,G+2    Freelance workers-concerns pymt.   REP

A1527    Zwicker,A/Benson,D+4    Internet prov-subscriber id confidential   REP

A1718 AcaAca (2R)    Vainieri Huttle,V/Gusciora,R+5    Birth cert., gender change-revises proc.   REP/ACA

A1859 Aca (1R)    Lampitt,P/Barclay,A    Self-driving mv-clarifies insur. req.   REP/ACA

A1903    Mukherji,R/Pintor Marin,E+6    Green bldg. proj.-concerns applications   REP

A1923 Aca (1R)    Mukherji,R/Zwicker,A    Nosey's Law-proh cert. animal acts   REP/ACA

A1980    Sumter,S/Mukherji,R+5    TDI-estab. partial return to work prog.   REP

A2015 Aca (1R)    Coughlin,C/Lagana,J.A.+3    Food-limited on brewery premises   REP/ACA

A2162    Wimberly,B/Sumter,S+5    Police, ff civil svc. lists-concerns   REP

A2318 Aca (1R)    Vainieri Huttle,V/Murphy,C    Animal rescued from mv-immunity   REP/ACA

A3086    Greenwald,L    SPRS health benf.-St. pay full cost   REP

A3162 AcaAcs (ACS)    Eustace,T/Calabrese,C+4    Bus, owned by cert. persons-assist. prog   REP/ACS

A3218    Andrzejczak,B/Land,R    Humane societies-concerns mun. contract   REP

A3274    Vainieri Huttle,V/Dancer,R    Dog, used in higher ed research-adoption   REP

A3354 AcaAca (2R)    DeAngelo,W/Benson,D+3    Water supply operator-take exam   REP/ACA

A3652 Aca (1R)    Zwicker,A/Coughlin,C+1    Sci., Innovation & Tech. Comm.-re-estab.   REP/ACA

A3862    Quijano,A/Chaparro,A    Pension, St.-proh. cert. investments   REP

A3923    Zwicker,A/Mukherji,R    Internet websites, commercial-concerns   REP

A3937    DeAngelo,W    Water sys. emp.-reside in same mun.   REP

AJR29    Wimberly,B/Conaway,H+2    Youth Smoking Prev. Awareness-desig. May   REP

AJR44    Vainieri Huttle,V/Chiaravalloti,N+12    Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day-desig.   REP

AR45    Thomson,E    Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act   REP

 

 

 

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

 

S478 ScaAca (2R)    Vitale,J/Weinberg,L+5    Gender change-revise birth cert. proc.   REP/ACA

S844    Turner,S/Cruz-Perez,N+2    TDI-estab. partial return to work prog.   REP

S1207    Sweeney,S/Oroho,S+1    SPRS health benf.-St. pay full cost   REP

S1208 Sca (1R)    Beach,J/Oroho,S+3    Pension fds.-proh. cert. investments   REP

S1914    Ruiz,M/Cruz-Perez,N    Pension, St.-proh. cert. investments   REP

Bills Combined:

A2656    Lampitt,P    Tobacco cessation svc.-Medicaid cover   COMB/W A2444 (ACS)

Bills Reported Referred/AAP:

A997    Rooney,K/Johnson,G+1    Pension fds.-proh. cert. investments   REP REF AAP

A1093 Aca (1R)    Downey,J/Pinkin,N    Shore Prot. Master Plan-update   REP/ACA REF AAP

A2444/2656 Acs (ACS)    Benson,D/Pinkin,N+2    Tobacco cessation benf.-Medicaid cover   REP/ACS REF AAP

A3494    Burzichelli,J/Mukherji,R    Liquor lic-creates new and addl licenses   REP REF AAP

A3888 Aca (1R)    Houghtaling,E/Downey,J    Alco. bev. lic.-allows issuance   REP/ACA REF AAP

A3927 Aca (1R)    Conaway,H    HIV-prov. info. and offer screening   REP/ACA REF AAP

A3998    Pinkin,N    LED tech, cert. street lights-req. mun.   REP REF AAP

Bills Recommitted:

A3354 AcaAca (2R)    DeAngelo,W/Benson,D+3    Water supply operator-take exam   RCM AAP

S844    Turner,S/Cruz-Perez,N+2    TDI-estab. partial return to work prog.   RCM AAP

Bills Transferred:

A3086    Greenwald,L    SPRS health benf.-St. pay full cost   FROM ASL TO AAP

A3888 Aca (1R)    Houghtaling,E/Downey,J    Alco. bev. lic.-allows issuance    FROM ALP TO AOF

A3937    DeAngelo,W    Water sys. emp.-reside in same mun.    FROM ASL TO AAP

S1207    Sweeney,S/Oroho,S+1    SPRS health benf.-St. pay full cost    FROM ASL TO AAP

 

Bills Withdrawn From The Files:

A3523    Lampitt,P    Summer meal prog, sch fac-notify student    FROM AED

Bills Received from Governor/Conditional Veto:

A3010   Mosquera,G/Sumter,S+13    Energy assist.-prov. $21 min. annually  

Bills Given First Reading w/Governor's Recommendation:

A3010   Mosquera,G/Sumter,S+13    Energy assist.-prov. $21 min. annually  

Bills Given Second Reading w/Governor's Recommendation:

A3010 w/GR (1R)    Mosquera,G/Sumter,S+13    Energy assist.-prov. $21 min. annually  

Co-Sponsors Added:

A108   (Space,P; Wirths,H)    Prevailing wage-allows stop-work orders

A317   (Tucker,C)    Judges-estab. domestic viol training

A1096   (McKeon,J; Benson,D)    Child's consumer report-security freeze

A1356   (Tucker,C)    Handicapped caregiver-concerns parking

A1504 Aca (1R)   (Andrzejczak,B)    Aid in Dying-Terminally Ill Act.

A1718 AcaAca (2R)   (Tucker,C)    Birth cert., gender change-revises proc.

A1980   (Tucker,C)    TDI-estab. partial return to work prog.

A2431   (Jasey,M)    Prescription drugs-health benf. coverage

A2606   (Chiaravalloti,N)    MVC database-mark deceased individuals

A2773   (Timberlake,B)    HS students-concerns finan. literacy

A3162 AcaAcs (ACS)   (Johnson,G)    Bus, owned by cert. persons-assist. prog

A3408   (Benson,D; Schepisi,H)    Suicide prev-sch personnel training prog

A3562   (Jimenez,A)    Human trafficking-expand Commission duty

A3601   (DeAngelo,W)    Wage pymt.-concerns alt. methods

Co-Sponsors Added: (cont’d)

 

A3602   (DeAngelo,W)    Incarcerated indiv.-proh temp disab benf

A3630   (Mukherji,R; Holley,J)    Personal care svc., Medicaid-reimb

A3683 Aca (1R)   (Chiaravalloti,N)    Healthcare worker-auth parking privilege

A3696   (Benson,D)    Firearms-safe storage req.

A3714   (DeAngelo,W)    Constr. workforce recruitment prog-estab

A3722   (Tucker,C)    Incarcerated person-student finan. aid

A3766 Acs (ACS)   (Benson,D)    Pub. off., cert. offense-forfeit pension

A3801   (Lampitt,P; McKnight,A)    Library Aid;$10.5M

A3911   (Holley,J; Dancer,R; Land,R; DeAngelo,W; Andrzejczak,B)    Casinos-auth. wagering

ACR101   (Giblin,T)    Beekeeping reg.-leg. intent

AJR61   (Handlin,A)    Small Bus. Mo.-desig. May of each year

AJR121   (DeAngelo,W)    Gateway Prog.-prov. funding to complete

AJR123   (Benson,D)    Wounded Warrior Appreciation Wk.-May

AR85   (McKeon,J)    Mil. Surviving Spouses Equity Act

AR115   (Peterson,E)    Organ harvesting-denounces

AR160   (Handlin,A; Lampitt,P)    Jewish people-historical connection

Co-Sponsors Withdrawn:

A1045 Aca (1R)   (Dancer,R)    Horse-boarding bus.-clarify sales tax

Second Prime Sponsors Added:

A1093 Aca (1R)   (Pinkin,N)    Shore Prot. Master Plan-update

A3072   (Kennedy,J)    Tiny Home Pilot Prog.-estab.

A3578   (Murphy,C)    Regulatory Flex Act-expands scope

A3715   (Dancer,R)    Firearm display, lic. dealers-clarify

A3729   (Armato,J)    Dogs, assist.-approved to use in court

A3824   (Murphy,C)    Portable benf. for cert workers-concerns

A3883   (Murphy,C)    Cremains disposal-concerns claiming

A3906   (Vainieri Huttle,V)    Non-profit Security Grant Pilot Prog

A3923   (Mukherji,R)    Internet websites, commercial-concerns

A3929   (Benson,D)    Pub. util. svc-prov 5 day shutoff notice

A3936   (Benson,D)    Green infrastructure finan. prog.-estab.

A3941   (Conaway,H)    Manufacturing sector-student gain emp.

A3945   (DeAngelo,W)    Vet peer support help line-study

A3948   (Vainieri Huttle,V)    Sexual harrassment-concerns

A3949   (DeAngelo,W)    Base realignment, closure-approp. req.

ACR159   (DeAngelo,W)    Delaware Riv Basin flooding-address risk

Third Prime Sponsors Added:

A323   (Zwicker,A)    Funeral directing-concerns practice

A1218   (Jasey,M)    Plastic grocery bags-decrease use

A1810   (Mukherji,R)    Low-speed elec bicycle-permits operation

A1923 Aca (1R)   (Holley,J)    Nosey's Law-proh cert. animal acts

A2318 Aca (1R)   (Mukherji,R)    Animal rescued from mv-immunity

A2424   (Armato,J)    Amino acid-based formula-insur. cover

A3630   (Benson,D)    Personal care svc., Medicaid-reimb

A3866   (Benson,D)    Suicide prev. training-concerns

A3883   (Tucker,C)    Cremains disposal-concerns claiming

A3945   (Benson,D)    Vet peer support help line-study

A3948   (Murphy,C)    Sexual harrassment-concerns

A3987   (DeCroce,B)   Generic drug-proh excessive price incr.

AJR123   (Mukherji,R)    Wounded Warrior Appreciation Wk.-May

AR160   (Holley,J)    Jewish people-historical connection

Fourth Prime Sponsors Added:

A1045 Aca (1R)   (Dancer,R)    Horse-boarding bus.-clarify sales tax

A3850   (Downey,J)    Insur. Fair Conduct Act

AJR121   (DeCroce,B)    Gateway Prog.-prov. funding to complete

 

 

 

The Assembly Speaker has made the following joint appointment:

 

*Effective May 14, 2018

 

Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission:

 

Deborah T. Poritz, of Princeton (Chair)

The Assembly adjourned at 6:31 P.M. to meet again on Thursday, May 24, 2018 (SESSION).

Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:

None

Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (5/14/18):

P.L.2018, c.13.   A1114    Downey,J/Houghtaling,E    5/16/2018    Pub, resides cert fed prop-req enroll