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Assemblywoman
Rose Marie Heck
New Jersey  General Assembly, 38th District, Bergen County

Serving  the communities of: Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Elmwood  Park, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry,  Lodi, Paramus, Ridgefield, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack,  Teterboro

Email:  Rose Marie Heck

 Legislation Archive:

Summary  of Assemblywoman Heck's Bills
that have been Signed into Law

 

Bill Number

 

2002-2003   Primary Sponsor - Rose M. Heck

A2869

Designates State office building in Asbury  Park as "Thomas S. Smith,  Sr. State Office Building."

S1498

Provides for mandatory participation in school breakfast  program for certain schools.

 

 

2002-2003   Co-Sponsorship - Rose M. Heck

A306

Requires Commissioner of Human Services to streamline food  stamp application form.

A445

Prohibits use of cell phone while driving school bus.

A607

Encourages the recycling and reuse of used computers.

A677

Permits board of education to disqualify low bidder if any  school district or the EDA in certain cases has had prior  negative experience with the bidder.

A701

Requires that home care services providers give advance information  to patients about their employees' training.

A710

Prohibits discrimination by landlords against tenants based  on source of income or age of children under "Law Against  Discrimination."

A972

Extends time to file complaint for drunk driving from 30  to 90 days.

A1558

Establishes "Amber's Plan" to broadcast public  alerts concerning abducted children.

A1616

Requires employer prior notification to employees if health  benefits coverage is terminated and insurer prior notification  to employer of premium increase.

A1753

Provides that marriage license applications and marriage  licenses shall not contain information on race.

A1769

Requires certain public utilities to notify appropriate law  enforcement official of service shutoffs to multifamily  housing unit customers under certain circumstances.

A1874

Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying  prevention policies.

A1893

Doubles the drug enforcement and demand reduction fines imposed  for the possession or distribution of certain club drugs.

A2264

Requires criminal history record background checks for health  care professionals as condition of initial licensure.

A2489

Authorizes Adjutant General to issue service medal to commemorate  50th anniversary of ending of Korean War; appropriates $5,000.

A2685

Requires DHS to consider character of staff of adoption agencies  as condition of approval to operate.

A3173

Amends Megan's Law to comply with requirements of federal  Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act.

S106

Provides that disabled students at institutions of higher  education are eligible for reasonable substitution of specific  courses required for the completion of degree requirements.

S495

Establishes New  Jersey Collaborating  Center for Nursing.

S576

Authorizes an increase in administrative penalties for prevailing  wage violations.

S658

Establishes Task Force on Workplace Violence.

S1396

Regulates certain entities as Health Care Service Firms.

S1709

Provides for notification of charges pending for a disqualifying  crime or offense against a public or nonpublic school employee  or a school bus driver who has previously undergone a criminal  history background check.

SJR27

Designates month of April in each year as "Sexual Assault  Awareness Month" in New  Jersey.

SJR32

Designates October 31st, Halloween, of each year as "UNICEF  Day" in New  Jersey.

 

 

2000-2001   Primary Sponsor - Rose M. Heck

A48

Establishes New  Jersey Cultural Trust.

A317

Requires Commission on Cancer Research to encourage research  on cancer pain management and palliative care.

A1484

Revises administrative rule-making process.

A1500

Imposes civil penalties on domestic violence offenders and  establishes Domestic Violence Victims Fund. *

A1513

Requires certain landlords to notify tenants when property  is in flood area.

A2185

Appropriates $38,695,000 from the Developmental Disabilities'  Waiting List Reduction and Human Services Facilities Construction  Fund to DHS.

A2897

Makes certain technical corrections to N.J.S.2C:24-4.

A2920

Appropriates an amount, not to exceed $30 million, in certain  State revenues for energy assistance programs. *

A3356

Exempts children and victims for the payment of costs related  to the maintenance and support of certain institutionalized  individuals. *

A3422

Gives county surrogate the option to deposit minors' funds  in any federally insured bank within the United  States.

A3552

Special legislation to permit permanent appointment of Robert Chinchar to the South Hackensack  Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.

A3553

Special legislation to permit appointment of PasqualDeRito to Cliffside Park  Police Department and enrollment in PFRS.

A3727

"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act."

 

 

2000-2001   Co-Sponsor - Rose M. Heck

A4

Establishes sex offender Internet registry; appropriates  $500,000.*

A6

"New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act";  appropriates $500,000.*

A11

Provides for mandatory minimum five year prison term without  parole for persons convicted of certain firearms offenses  with prior violent crime convictions. *

A20

Appropriates $26.3 million in federal Low Income Home Energy  Assistance Program funds.

A21

Provides for presumption of death for persons exposed to  catastrophic events.

A22

Concerns certain public benefits available to persons affected  by September  11, 2001 terrorist attack on US.

A40

Establishes a New  Jersey Earned Income  Tax Credit.

A41

Appropriates $30 million from "Garden State Green Acres  Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands  for recreation and conservation purposes.

A43

Appropriates $39,895,889 from "Garden State Green Acres  Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond  acts for local government open space acquisition or park  development projects; and approves funding of certain local  government park development projects.

A44

Approves $16,001,500 in State funding for certain local government  open space acquisition projects.

A45

Approves $9,749,389 in State funding for certain "urban  aid" local government park development projects.

A106

Establishes new procedures for the application for services  provided to the developmentally disabled.

A622

Extends period for a judge to issue a summons for illegally  passing a school bus and certain other motor vehicle and  traffic violations.

A1209

Designates portion of Route 18 as "World War II Veterans' Memorial Highway"; appropriates  $25,000.*

A1309

Provides for public access to government records; protects  certain government records from public disclosure; establishes  Privacy Study Commission and appropriates $95,000 to commission.  *

A1330

Expands certain veterans' benefits to certain participants  in the Lebanon Crisis of 1958.

A1332

Allows stalking victims protected by temporary restraining  order to register to vote without disclosing street address.

A1424

Prohibits use of DOT property for the storage or handling  of radioactive-contaminated material.

A1448

Grants to certain probation officers in new unit certain  powers of enforcement and authority to carry firearms subject  to Supreme Court rule. **

A1624

Increases penalties for violations of Law Against Discrimination.

A1722

Updates law concerning certain banks which the State Treasurer  can select as custodian of funds, securities and assets  of the State and as fiscal agent for State pension agencies.

A1846

Eliminates corporation business tax on regular income of  S corporations.

A1914

Incorporates balanced and restorative justice principles  in juvenile justice system.

A1915

Creates Coordinating Committee on Youth in Department of  State; appropriates $50,000.

A1970

Provides that Governor's Council for Medical Research and  Treatment of Infantile Autism shall be funded annually at  $1.5 million.

A1984

Supplemental appropriation of $99,000 to DHSS for grant to HealthDecisions New Jersey to support New Jersey Comfort Care Coalition.

A2143

Establishes the "New Jersey Individual Development Account  Program," appropriates $2 million from federal Temporary  Assistance to Needy Families funds. **

A2250

Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund  for completion of Korean War Memorial in Atlantic  City.

A2273

Provides enhanced benefits to survivors of certain PFRS members.

A2313

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for colorectal  cancer screening.

A2397

Clarifies provisions concerning luring or enticing a child.

A2398

Extends by six months the recovery and refund periods for  the sales and use tax refunds for flood victims of Hurricane  Floyd.

A2460

Authorizes North Jersey district water supply commission to participate in certain  flood protection project; requires State to indemnify commission.  **

A2489

Provides that landlord of commercial property must follow  lease terms controlling disposal of abandoned tenant property.

A2525

Concerns carnival-amusement ride safety.

A2633

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross  income tax returns to New Jersey Prostate Cancer Research  Fund.

A2750

Provides for principal location of "New  JerseyTransportationHeritageCenter"  in Phillipsburg,  with satellite location in Netcong.

A2803

Creates the crime of possession of forged or altered retail  sales receipts, universal product code labels and counterfeit  checks; clarifies forgery statute.*

A2928

Extends transportation services to nonpublic school pupils  who reside in certain regional and consolidated school districts  that provide aid in-lieu-of payments. *

A3035

Limits liability of landowners who allow public access on  lands subject to conservation or trail easements held by  government entities or certain nonprofit organizations.  *

A3050

"Leonard Cohen's Law"; concerns hospital patient  transfers.

A3082

Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property  tax reimbursement program beginning in tax year 2000.

A3098

Allows association libraries to apply for certain library  grant funds. *

A3201

Specifies the crimes encompassed by the provisions of the  "No Early Release Act," including murder.

A3218

Provides Medicaid coverage for certain breast and cervical  cancer-related treatment services for presumptively eligible  persons under federal law.

A3302

Enters New  Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.

A3340

Removes requirement that a public utility employee's Social  Security number appear on employee's identification badge.

A3344

Permits hospital to make payment arrangements with certain  patients as condition of providing services.

A3577

Revises certain mandates, requirements and procedures for  local governments. *

S2

Accelerates phase-in of the NJ SAVER rebate.

S6

"Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act."

S28

Authorizes reciprocal agreements with other states for wage  collection.

S67

Prohibits driving while under the influence of inhalants  or other substances containing toxic fumes or vapors.

S116

Requires criminal history record checks for all certified  nurse aides, personal care assistants and homemaker-home  health aides; requires plan for similar checks to be conducted  on other providers of home care services.*

S215

Increases veteran's property tax deduction.

S256

Requires certain new employers to reimburse certain former  employers for law enforcement training costs.*

S412

Prohibits smoking on school grounds.

S516

Clarifies health insurance coverage requirements for Pap  smears and requires same coverage under State Health Benefits  Program.*

S530

Provides for life sentence without parole eligibility for  persons convicted of murder under certain circumstances.

S692

Permits municipalities to enact ordinance prohibiting possession  or consumption of alcoholic beverages on private property  by underage persons.*

S986

Permits jointure commissions to provide services to school  districts including, but not limited to, education of disabled  pupils.

S1096

Mandates universal screening of newborns for hearing loss.

S1108

Increases penalty for causing death or injury of another  while driving with suspended license.

S1239

Requires parental consent prior to the tattooing or body  piercing of minors.

S1252

Increases the criminal penalties for manufacture or distribution  of MDMA, known as "ecstasy," and MDA.*

S1330

Requires health insurers that provide prescription drug coverage  to issue standardized pharmacy identification cards. **

S1358

Requires BPU to enforce new FCC rules on slamming and to  institute actions against telecommunications service providers  pursuant to agreement with FCC.

S1372

Revises procedure for self-administration by school pupils  of medication for asthma, appropriates $344,000. *

S1515

Makes certain acts of animal cruelty crimes of the fourth  degree; requires juveniles adjudicated deliquent for certain animal cruelty offenses to receive court-ordered  psychological counseling.***

S1587

Requires law enforcement agencies to impound vehicles of  persons arrested for DWI and to issue responsibility warnings  to persons assuming custody of persons arrested for DWI.*

S1616

Criminalizes the use of the Internet and other electronic  communication devices to commit harassment or stalking.

S1641

Directs that certain juvenile justice records be available  to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors on a 24-hour  basis.

S1833

Provides full PFRS credit for transferred PERS service of  certain PFRS members. *

S1867

Requires cell phone use to be noted in traffic accidents.

S1908

Provides additional means of verification of agreement to  change electricity or natural gas suppliers.

S1921

Establishes breast cancer public awareness campaign in DHSS;  appropriates $90,000.

S1922

Supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to DHSS for grant to  Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey to support  its Breast Cancer Awareness Project.

S1961

Revises PFRS funding to reduce local employers' contributions  by $150 million for FY 2001. *

S2047

Increases age for permit to purchase a handgun from 18 to  21 years; changes related laws on temporary transfer and  exemptions.*

S2113

TransfersState Library to ThomasEdisonState College.

S2167

Excludes certain State education funds from the calculation  of proportionate share under the Individuals with Disabilities  Education Act.

S2421

Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure  projects.

S2450

Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for active members  and retirees; revises calculation of assets and establishes  benefit enhancement fund.

S2494

Requires paid leave of absence to members of certain law  enforcement and firefighter associations to attend State  or national conventions.

S2573

Increases TPAF and PERS retirement benefits for certain active  and retired employees. *

S2575

The "New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Act;" appropriates $8.95  million.

S2701

Appropriates $10.8 million from various Green Acres bond  funds for local government open space acquisition and park  development projects.

S2708

Requires four year digitized picture driver's license; tightens  requirements for issuance of driver's license to legal aliens;  appropriates $1.5 million.*

 

 

1998  - 1999  Primary Sponsor - Rose M. Heck

A1300

Provides additional civil penalties for deceptive consumer  practices.

A1301

Establishes four regional diagnostic and treatment centers  for child abuse; appropriates $1.5 million.

A1308

Clarifies offense of endangering the welfare of an elderly  person or disabled adult to include abandonment; upgrades  to crime of the third degree.*

A1323

Establishes Small-Medium Business Child Care Consortium Incentive  Demonstration Program.

A1332

Clarifies that depiction and dissemination of images or simulations  on the Internet of child pornography constitutes crime;  establishes enhanced penalties.*

A1646

"Uniform Interstate Family Support Act."

A1918

Allows deduction against gross income for qualified conservation  contribution.

A1974

Appropriates $70,000 to DEP for study and identification  of historic sites associated with women and the development  of the "New Jersey Women's Heritage Trail."

A2101

Revises statutes concerning sentencing sex offenders to Adult  Diagnostic and TreatmentCenter.

A2102

Revises procedures for parole from Adult Diagnostic and TreatmentCenter.

A2281

Imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for a second  or subsequent offense of enticing or luring a child.

A2439

Allows family members of the murder victim to attend the  condemned person's execution.

A2463

Provides for the inclusion of students courtesy bused for  hazardous route conditions in the calculation of regular  vehicle capacity utilization for the purposes of State transportation  aid.*

A2736

Appropriates $31,050,000 from the Developmental Disabilities'  Waiting List Reduction and Human Services Facilities Construction  Fund to the Departments of Human Services and Law and Public  Safety.

A2785

Requires fingerprinting of domestic violence offenders.

A2849

Establishes a public library project grant program.*

A3269

Authorizes the electronic processing of motor vehicle transactions.

A3408

Provides sales tax exemptions for certain purchases by flood  victims of Hurricane Floyd.

A3519

Revises and strengthens various laws concerning public contracting.

S1391

Establishes showing of obscene films or materials to persons  under 18 years of age as crime by violator four or more  years older than the person viewing them; upgrades sale,  distribution rental or exhibition.*

 

 

1998  - 1999  Co-Sponsor - Rose M. Heck

A16

Restructures electric and gas utility industries.

A17

Permits the victim's survivor in any homicide prosecution  to present a photograph of the victim taken before the homicide  at sentencing.

A63

Restores budget language affecting PAAD program for prescription  refills.

A126

Increases amount of certain retirement income that may be  excluded from gross income under the gross income tax act.

A553

Prohibits smoking in child care centers when children are  present.

A726

Increases penalties for stealing or damaging airport, traffic,  or railroad crossing signs or equipment.

A808

Establishes Office of Disability Services in DHS.

A928

Prohibit operation of sexually oriented business within 1,000  feet of any hospital or child care center.

A1040

Authorizes Attorney General to assist New  Jersey residents' legal  challenge of New York City Personal Income Tax; appropriates  $95,000.

A1109

Establishes a domestic violence central registry.*

A1512

"The Senior Citizens Fraudulent Claims Act."

A1581

Allows advanced practice nurses to order and prescribe controlled  dangerous substances to patients in end-of-life situations  or with terminal illnesses.*

A1586

Denies custody and visitation rights to a minor child by  individuals convicted of certain crimes.

A1653

Requires health insurance coverage for health wellness examinations  and counselling; appropriates  $95,000.*

A1670

Establishes Neighborhood-Based Child Care Incentive Demonstration  Program.

A1689

Enhances penalties for prostitution in certain cases.

A1710

Permits certain firefighters to become members of New Jersey  State Firemen's Association.

A1801

Establishes "Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention  Services" telephone hotline.

A1848

Provides penalties for possession of a firearm or other weapon  under certain circumstances in the course of committing  certain CDS-related offenses.

A1983

The "Higher Education Incentive Funding Act;" appropriates  $5 million.*

A2050

Clarifies sales and use tax imposition upon prepaid telephone  calling arrangements.*

A2117

Establishes additional penalities for DWI with child as passenger.**

A2133

Requires health benefits coverage for annual mammograms for  women age 40 and over.

A2246

Amends stalking law; provides for temporary restraining order  for children and certain adults who are victims of stalking.*

A2299

Permits JRS, PERS, PFRS, SPRS and TPAF retirees to repay  pension loans through deductions from retirement benefit  payments.*

A2302

Provides immunities and other benefits to persons who participate  in search and rescue teams.*

A2370

Expands definition of candidate under "The New Jersey  Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act"  to include individual considering whether to be candidate  for public office.*

A2460

"Arthritis Quality of Life Initiative Act;" appropriates  $634,000.

A2511

Provides civil immunity to public entities for the damages  resulting from computer failure in certain circumstances.

A2639

Modifies procedures for inclusion of persons in Longshoremen's  Register.

A2738

Increases New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority  spending cap and bonding cap to $900 million for Fiscal  Year 2000.*

A2739

"Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Bond Act  of 1999," authorizes bonds for $500 million and appropriates  $5,000.*

A2786

Clarifies and strengthens domestic violence training requirements  for law enforcement officers; appropriates $250,000.*

A2789

Requires annual domestic violence training for family court  judges.

A2790

Strengthens requirements for court-ordered counseling of  domestic violence offenders.

A2826

Prohibits licensed dealers from transferring handguns to  purchasers unless accompanied by trigger lock, locked case,  gun box, container or other secure facility; appropriates  $90,000.*

A2884

Directs the EDA to establish informational sessions for veterans.

A3073

Establishes thermal imaging camera grant program in DCA.**

A3145

Provides for stabilization of intermunicipal tax sharing in the meadowlands district.

A3544

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross  income tax returns for organ donor education programs.

AJR21

Establishes "Regional Intergovernmental Transportation  Coordinating Study Commission."

AJR29

Permanently establishes the second week in May as "Human  Potential Week."

AJR30

Designates November 20 of each year as "Bill of Rights  Day in New Jersey."*

AJR48

Designates a portion of State Highway Route No. 9 as the  "Joann H. Smith  Memorial Highway."

AJR51

Recognizes "Code Adam" program, commends and encourages  adoption and institution of such programs by retail and  businesses establishments.

AJR70

Establishes World War II Veterans' Memorial Advisory Commission.

S6

Establishes State program to assist local law enforcement  agencies in combating child abductions.

S10

Requires annual inflation adjustment increases in State aid  for municipalities under the Consolidated Municipal Property  Tax Relief Aid program and the Energy Tax Receipts Property  Tax Relief Fund program.

S12

The "New  JerseySchool Assessment Valuation Exemption Relief and Homestead Property Tax Rebate Act" (NJ SAVER and Homestead Rebate Act).

S56

Requires certain unmarried parents to acknowledge paternity  within 120 days of child's birth or prior to date of preliminary  hearing to be entitled to notice of adoption.*

S271

Changes retreat doctrine regarding use of deadly force with  respect to victims of domestic violence assailed by cohabitant  spouses or cohabitant household members in a shared dwelling.

S316

Allows insignia upon Silver Star special license plate.

S375

Reallocates up to $7.5 million to offset federal administrative  funding reductions in the food stamp program and provides  reimbursement for certain administrative costs of the food  stamp program.**

S452

Establishes "Fost-Adopt Demonstration  Program for Boarder Babies and Children" in DYFS; appropriates  $90,000.

S706

Prohibits insurers from denying health benefits to victims  of domestic violence.

S854

Increases penalties for certain alcohol-related driving offenses  including those in school zones.*

S869

Concerns UI benefits for victims of domestic violence.

S895

"New Jersey Sexually Violent  Predator Act."

S947

Adds violation of domestic violence restraining order to  list of 'aggravating factors' in death penalty statute.

S1073

Establishes procedures for authorizing changes in telecommunications  service providers.*

S1273

Permits HMO enrollees residing in nursing homes or certain  retirement communities with nursing homes to continue to  receive care at that nursing facility under certain circumstances.*

S1345

Establishes registration fees for certain private passenger  vans and noncommercial trucks equipped with mechanical devices  for handicapped.*

S1399

Lowers eligibility threshold for assistance from "Catastrophic  Illness in Children Relief Fund."

S1418

Increases specified amounts for contributions to special  funds made through the gross income tax return.

S1448

Establishes Council on Gender Parity in Labor and Education;  appropriates $95,000.

S1495

Establishes permanent 9-1-1 Commission; includes  wireless telephone companies in 9-1-1 legislation.*

S1551

Authorizes underground storage tank loans to school districts  upon adoption of resolution by board of education.

S1640

Increases requirements for court and State Police reporting  of statistical information concerning domestic violence  incidents.

S1697

Establishes procedures allowing the issuance of restraining  orders against persons charged with or convicted of certain  offenses.

S1705

Implements federal "Adoption and Safe Families Act of  1997."

S1756

Provides for presumptive eligibility for NJ KidCare under certain circumstances.

S1757

Establishes partnership between NJ KidCare and schools, child care centers, registered family day care  homes, unified child care agencies, health centers and local  health departments; appropriates $75,000.*

S1758

Disregards gross family income from 200% to 350% of official  poverty level in determining income eligibility for NJ KidCare.*

S1789

"New Jersey Homeless Youth Act;" appropriates $1  million.*

S1941

Establishes the Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Political Leadership at the Center for the American  Woman and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics; appropriates $100,000.

S1977

Provides for continuity of legal representation through Office  of the Public Defender for children and indigent parents  in child abuse and termination of parental rights proceedings.

S2177

The "Emergency Disaster Relief Act of 1999"; appropriates  $80 million.

SJR10

Designates December 7 of each year as "Pearl Harbor  Remembrance Day" in New Jersey.

SJR44

Designates April in each year as "Women's Wellness Month."

 

 

1996-1997  Primary Sponsor - Rose  M. Heck

A24

Allows victim input in setting conditions of parole.

A1762

Permits certain retired law enforcement officers to carry  handguns under certain conditions.

A1836

"Law Enforcement Officers' Protection Act."

A2407

"Electrology Practice Act."

A2634

Permits certain crime victims to use post office box or different  address for driver's license and registration.*

A2884

Waives the preexisting condition limitation in individual  health benefits plans for certain former employees whose  previous coverage lapsed.

A3059

Appropriates $31,555,000 from the Development Disabilities'  Waiting List Reduction and Human Facilities Construction  Fund.

A3315

Supplemental appropriation of $5,000,000 to the Judiciary  for court services.

 

 

1996-1997   Co-Sponsor - Rose M. Heck

A14

Enacts various provisions of welfare reform including supportive  services and income disregards.

A15

Enacts various provisions of welfare reform, including program  eligibility, legal immigrants and emergency assistance.

A21

Allows board to consider all relevant information at subsequent  parole hearings, changes parole standard, eliminates certain  credits to inmates denied parole.

A23

Authorizes preparation of inmate risk-assessment and psychological  evaluations for Parole Board use.

A25

Establishes a parole advisory board.*

A26

Provides for vice-chairman, permanent alternate member on  State Parole Board.

A111

Permits senior citizens to rent a room in their homes to  one person under certain circumstances.

A202

Requires nursing home to provide copy of contract to resident  upon admission.*

A371

Permits certain nonprofit student loan funds to conduct raffles.

A450

Clarifies procedures used in civil commitment of certain  criminal defendants.

A465

Clarifies methods for condominium associations to enforce  rules and collect assessments.

A489

Requires preparole and presentence reports to include disposition of prior charges  suspended due to mental incompetency;  requires defendants and inmates to undergo pychiatric examinations under certain circumstances, permits the State  to obtain reimbursement from defendants, inmates and health  insurers.**

A671

Establishes certain standards and provides certain tax advantages  for medical savings accounts.*

A879

Establishes several procedures with regard to civil actions  filed by inmates of State and county correctional institutions.

A971

Allows certain individuals or entities access to records  of child abuse reports.

A995

Requires criminal history record checks of certain persons  applying for jobs to provide care for the elderly.

A1243

Requires DYFS child abuse record information checks on employees  of licensed or life-safety approved child care centers.*

A1253

Eliminates statute of limitations for sexual assault.**

A1331

Requires DOT to prepare an inventory of lands owned by the  State and held for transportation projects which are not  under construction.

A1397

Provides procedure for school districts which determine to  share the services of a superintendent or business administrator.

A1414

Creates the "Business Relocation Assistance Grant Program"  and makes an appropriation therefor.

A1415

Creates employment incentives through grant program and sales  and use tax exemption; appropriates General Fund revenues.*

A1418

Provides that licensed audiologists and speech-language pathologists  are eligible for reimbursement under certain health insurance  policies.

A1526

Authorizes Commissioner of Corrections to transfer certain  ADTC inmates; specifies parole restrictions for inmates  transferred for refusing treatment.*

A1590

Provides funding for Health Access NJ program and drug abuse  programs.*

A1668

Alters cap on tax due for transfers of hazardous substances.

A1760

Strengthens reporting requirements of State cancer registry,  appropriates $400,000 to DOH.*

A1775

Approves funding of certain farmland preservation projects  in northern NJ.

A1779

Prohibits receipt, distribution, and exhibition of sexually  oriented and obscene material at the Adult Diagnostic and TreatmentCenter.

A1842

Exempts certain owner-occupied condominiums, cooperatives  and mutual housing corporations from the Hotel and Multiple  Dwelling Law.*

A1846

Makes various changes to the statute concerning the crime  of arson.*

A1856

Establishes "Body Armor Replacement" fund; provides  grants to replace protective body vests for local law enforcement  officers, State police and State corrections officers every  five years.*

A2157

Increases cigarette tax by $0.40 per pack; increases tobacco  products tax to 48%; annually dedicates $155 million to  Health Care Subsidy Fund and $50 million for school facilities.*

A2187

Revises statutes concerning telecommunications crime.

A2231

Provides statutory framework for dealing with NJT rail passenger  service fare evasion and proof of fare payment; provides  penalties not exceeding $100 for violation of act.*

A2259

Establishes a licensing program for hospice care programs.

A2278

Concerns withholdings and deductions from unemployment compensation  benefits.

A2358

Appropriates $475,000 from 1992 bond act for a farmland preservation  project and reappropriates $8,000  from 1989 bond act for a soil and water conservation project.

A2416

Permits loans to be made from Airport Safety Fund to aviation  enterprises and certain airports for capital and related  purposes, and permits certain other expenditures.

A2457

Permits Attorney General to recover costs in certain consumer  fraud actions.

A2519

Creates a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program; appropriates  $90,000.*

A2560

Authorizes development of seven public-private transportation  demonstration projects over next five fiscal years.

A2725

Increases penalties for sexual assault committed with the  use of certain substances; criminalizes sale and possession  of "rape drugs."*

A2741

Restores State aid in the 1997-98 school year to school districts  with adminstrative penalties in  the 1996-97 and provides additional aid to certain other  districts; appropriates $8,127,271.**

A2824

The "Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Act;"  replaces method of distributing certain funds guaranteed  to municipalities from the State's taxation of energy and  telecommunications.

A2825

Revises taxation of gas, electric and telecommunications  public utilities and sales of electricity, natural gas and  energy transportation service under transitions to competitive  markets.

A2883

Provides gross income tax filing extension for certain Armed  Forces personnel.

A2956

Prohibits the use of booby traps and fortification of structures  under certain circumstances.

A2957

Increases penalties for distribution of large quantities  of marijuana and methamphetamine; adds marijuana to "Controlled  dangerous substance production facility" statute.

A2958

Imposes anti-drug profiteering penalty against certain drug  dealers.

A2962

Requires criminal background checks for nurse aid, personal  care assistant, and homemaker-health aide certification  applicants.*

A3149

Expands range of health care organizations and projects eligible  for New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority  financing.

AJR36

Designates October as New  Jersey Seafood Promotion  Month.

S39

Makes various changes in the law in order to facilitate the  remediation of contaminated real property; appropriates  $5 million.** *(Brownfields Legislation)

S74

Requires the imposition of a mandatory extended term for  repeat firearm offenders in cases where the prior conviction  occurred in another jurisdiction.

S263

Supplemental appropriation of $2,236,000 in federal funds  for VCCB crime victim assistance and compensation.

S264

Excludes persons convicted of indictable offenses from jury  duty.

S269

Designated the 'Health Care Quality Act.'

S627

Changes certain provisions of State Health Benefits Program.

S800

Designated the "New Jersey Urban Redevelopment Act;"  appropriates $10 million.*

S855

Requires persons convicted of certain crimes to serve at  least 85% of the term of incarceration.

S1096

Establishes senior citizens crime prevention program.

S1302

Implements federal "Driver's Privacy Protection Act."

S1639

Requires DOC to track recidivism of ADTC inmates.

S1749

Appropriates dedicated funds for publicly funded site remediation  program; reappropriates bond fund  moneys; requires certain information be submitted by DEP  and State Treasurer.*

S1762

Makes various changes to the laws governing the conduct of  raffles.

S1783

Requires health insurance coverage for reconstructive breast  surgery to restore symmetry.

S1887

Mandates health insurance coverage for foods and food products  for inherited metabolic diseases.

S2022

Appropriates $21,610,000 from 1995 Green Acres bond act for  Green Acres development projects by the State.

S2209

"Comprehensive Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment  Act."

S2223

Provides for tier rating and urban enterprise zones, reduces  fraud and nonrenewals and eliminates  surcharges and flex rating in automobile insurance.

 


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