New Jersey State Legislation

Resolution would make a boat club project eligible for a $280,000 low-interest loan.

New Jersey lawmakers would designate the last Wednesday in October as Vocational Training Day in a resolution and urge the Governor to issue a proclamation.

Resolution condemns the 1891 lynching of 11 Italians and designates October Italian-American Heritage Month, with copies sent to the Governor and New Orleans and New York City mayors.

The Assembly resolution urges the governor to earmark at least $525 million Meta settlement funds for districts below adequacy to boost mental health and achievement.

New Jersey bill would let eligible taxpayers deduct care expenses for relatives age 70+ living with them, up to $3,000 per relative and $6,000 per taxpayer annually.

County commissioners would verify citizenship for most voter registrations and audit the rolls twice yearly. Registrants have 30 days to provide evidence or lose the right to vote.

New Jersey would authorize Alpha Phi Alpha special license plates; motorists would pay a $50 application fee and $10 annual fee, with funds supporting the fraternity after MVC cost reimbursement.

A bill would force landlords to redact a child’s name from eviction filings and prohibit naming a minor in eviction complaints, with penalties of $250, $500, and $1,000 for offenses.

Bill would raise Medicaid income and resource limits for seniors, blind, and disabled. It would extend the same limits to medically needy and Medicare Savings Programs.

Bill would bar federal, state, and local officers from within 200 feet of polling places and ballot drop boxes during elections.

Bill would distinguish tenants from transient hotel guests, ban self-help lockouts, and create expedited eviction and subsidy-relocation processes.

New Jersey bill would require 60-day notice for large practice transactions and keep clinical authority with physicians and dentists.

State lawmakers would create a Social Housing Program and a new Infrastructure Bank Fund. Local governments and developers could pursue tax credits up to 85% of costs.

In New Jersey, a bill would bar eviction of tenants for housing-insecure family members living with them, with rules to be set by the Commissioner of Community Affairs.

Lawmakers would change when future medical costs count as collectible in auto injury cases, applying immediately to pending and future cases, with exceptions for final judgments.

Lawmakers would require a written contract for memorial sales and offer escrow options, effective 180 days after enactment. Violations could bring penalties under the Consumer Fraud Act.

The bill would create a BPU program to subsidize micro-reactors funded by the Global Warming Solutions Fund. Bids would be ranked by price in rounds every 18 months.

The bill would require municipalities to name the exact public use for takings by eminent domain.

The bill would require developers to notify the majority incumbent local exchange carrier and request four-inch raceways for two providers in new homes. The Commissioner would set design rules.

Candidates' names, phone numbers, and email addresses would be required on Election Law Enforcement Commission filings. The measure would take effect January 1 after enactment.

New Jersey bill would require local boards of health to meet quarterly, train members within four months, and hold annual public sessions.

Bill restores the Public Health Council's powers and requires annual funding reports.

Lawmakers would let retirement communities host swimming lessons without losing exemptions, if lessons are registered, limited, and supervised by lifeguard-certified staff.

Lawmakers would create a 19-member commission to study water conservation and reuse in construction.