New Jersey Asm. Edward H. Thomson (R)

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NJ - A3905 Requires public and nonpublic school to provide student with more information about NJ STARS Program and improve notification of potenial eligibilty.

NJ - A1173 Establishes fourth degree crime of providing locksmithing services without license under certain circumstances.

NJ - A1156 Designates portion of New Jersey Route No. 34 in Wall Township as the "Duncan Thecker Memorial Highway."

NJ - A1172 Permits issuance of additional alcoholic beverage licenses in municipalities located in certain project areas.

NJ - A1154 Exempts certain volunteer emergency service organizations from charitable contribution filing fees.

NJ - A1164 Allows planning and zoning board members to satisfy training requirements on Internet.

NJ - A3967 Includes value of certain properties exempt from taxation in valuation used to calculate State school aid.

NJ - A4288 Includes value of certain properties exempt from taxation in valuation used to calculate State school aid in SDA districts.

NJ - A3969 Prohibits exemption of school purposes property taxes under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law."

NJ - A5712 Permits municipalities to charge reduced or no beach fee for children ages 12 to 17; revises law concerning beach fees for veterans.

NJ - A1163 Prohibits public school fund-raising activities which include unsupervised door-to-door sales by students.

NJ - A4289 Requires DCA to provide certain long term tax exemption information on website.

NJ - A4084 Protects home addresses of law enforcement officers from being released by governmental entities.

NJ - A5878 Requires all public school teachers and paraprofessionals working with autistic students to possess Registered Behavior Technician credential by 2020-2021 school year.

NJ - A4368 Establishes Children's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

NJ - A1174 Establishes "Ethanol Study Commission."

NJ - A4146 Extends certain civil service and tuition benefits to family members of servicemembers who died while in service.

NJ - A1161 Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders.

NJ - A4558 Provides for municipal review and submission of report opposing amendment to solid waste management plan; requires hearing and consideration by solid waste advisory council.

NJ - A4559 Allows school district to develop delayed building evacuation plan to investigate source of fire alarm activation prior to evacuation.

NJ - A1158 Revises "Contractors' Registration Act" to include water remediation services.

NJ - A4470 Directs Division of Consumer Affairs to establish public information campaign concerning home improvement contractors.

NJ - A2081 Permits vapor lounges for use of electronic smoking devices to be opened under certain circumstances.

NJ - A1170 Permits contracting units to disqualify local public contract bidder with whom any contracting unit had prior negative experience; establishes prior negative experience database.

NJ - AJR139 Designates second Monday of May each year as "New Jersey Economic Development Day."

NJ - A5584 Requires contracted service providers who have access to school buildings or grounds when school is not in session to undergo criminal history record check.

NJ - A4469 Extends certain civil service and tuition benefits to family members of servicemembers who died while in service.

NJ - A4692 Eliminates use of census-based funding of special education aid in school funding law.

NJ - A1169 Prohibits performance of revaluation in county by firm in which tax assessor has interest if assessor serves in the county.

NJ - A1167 Requires school district that includes grades kindergarten through six to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.

NJ - A4468 Requires PFRS to attain and maintain target funded ratio prior to enhancement of member benefits.

NJ - A4287 Limits long term tax exemptions in municipalities with school districts receiving certain State school aid.

NJ - AR46 Opposes designation of Hudson Canyon as national marine sanctuary.

NJ - A4083 Establishes training wage.

NJ - A1153 Requires criminal history record background checks on certain volunteer sports personnel.

NJ - A4471 Establishes "Subcommittee on Affordable Housing Needs" within "Joint Committee on Housing Affordability"; requires subcommittee to make determinations concerning affordable housing needs.

NJ - A1159 Makes revisions to the "Contractors' Registration Act."

NJ - A5544 Provides preference for in-State businesses in State contracting.

NJ - A1160 Grants full police status to special agents in the Department of the Treasury; authorizes special agents to carry firearms at all times.

NJ - A4375 Provides for identification and study of infant fatalities and near fatalities resulting from vaccination; requires inclusion of vaccination information in sudden infant death reports; and requires use of federal infant death reporting form.

NJ - AR44 Expresses support for "Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act."

NJ - A4690 Requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for leaving scene of accident resulting in serious bodily injury.

NJ - A2143 Allows certain sole proprietors to join a small employer health benefits purchasing alliance.

NJ - A3887 Establishes penalties for manufacture, purchase or possession of certain keys.

NJ - AR159 Recognizes and honors service of law enforcement officers.

NJ - AR45 Urges President and Congress to enact "Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act."

NJ - A1162 Eliminates statute of limitations in civil cases involving certain sexual offenses.

NJ - A1155 Provides that person who impersonates law enforcement officer and commits crime is guilty of third degree crime.

NJ - A1157 Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.

NJ - A1166 Regulates assignment and use of State vehicles.

NJ - A1165 Permits municipalities to charge a fee to cover ancillary costs of traffic control; limits fee.

NJ - A1171 Permits local contracting units to disqualify local public contract bidder for creating conflict of interest with respect to prior contract.

NJ - A1168 Authorizes affordable housing obligation reduction in exchange for lead hazard remediation fund deposit.

NJ - A3414 Transfers management of PFRS to Board of Trustees of PFRS; provides safeguards against poor performance of investments.

NJ - AR144 Urges federal government and telecommunications service providers to collaborate in development of "5th Generation" wireless network.

NJ - A4111 Allows wagering at casinos and racetracks on certain professional and collegiate sports or athletic events.

NJ - A629 Imposes criminal penalties for discharges of untreated sewage from containment devices installed on watercraft.

NJ - A642 Increases fines for failing to have required markings on commercial vehicles.

NJ - A777 Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018; allocates funds from Local Aid Infrastructure Fund for operating and administrative expenses for transportation infrastructure purposes.

NJ - A826 Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.

NJ - A850 Upgrades penalty for failing to report act of sexual abuse against child.

NJ - A1078 Provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain crimes of domestic violence.

NJ - A1073 Clarifies that chief of police or Superintendent of State Police has burden of proving applicant's disqualification for permit to purchase handgun or firearms purchaser identification card.

NJ - A1405 Provides gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.

NJ - A1406 Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.

NJ - A1407 Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.

NJ - A1390 Establishes criminal penalties for unlawful control over weapons of any law enforcement officer and interference with equipment or duties of law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel.

NJ - A1391 Restores the death penalty for certain murders.

NJ - A1409 Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.

NJ - A1403 Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.

NJ - A1404 Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.

NJ - A1408 Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.

NJ - A1779 Requires testing for infectious disease for certain persons who have been administered opioid antidote by first responder.

NJ - A1952 Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.

NJ - A3618 Provides alternative method for municipalities whose non-operating district was eliminated to join certain regional districts and withdraw from others at same time.

NJ - A260 "Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.

NJ - A2189 Requires school districts to include instruction on consequences of distributing and soliciting sexually explicit images through electronic means as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

NJ - A2182 Establishes an apprenticeship requirement to qualify for an electrical contractor's license.

NJ - A769 Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

NJ - A267 Makes supplemental appropriation of $2.125 million to Howell Township in Monmouth County for drinking water infrastructure project.

NJ - A249 Upgrades theft to a crime of the first degree if amount involved is $500,000 or more.

NJ - A234 Requires law enforcement agency to issue retired law enforcement officer identification card to certain qualified retirees.

NJ - A251 Appropriates $2 million in constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for hazardous substance discharge remediation to DEP for White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site cleanup in Monmouth County.

NJ - A1299 Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.

NJ - A256 Changes State assistance to urban enterprise zones over seven years by increasing reduced sales tax in enterprise zones and dedicating increase to zone municipalities.

NJ - A261 Permits municipality to use proceeds of beach access fees for areas near beach facilities that are significantly affected by beach tourism; requires municipality to provide explanation of expenditures on website.

NJ - A266 Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.

NJ - A298 Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.

NJ - A2546 Requires all new State buildings to have solar or geothermal energy systems, where feasible.

NJ - A2735 Provides gross income tax deduction for certain donated vehicles.

NJ - A2910 Permits water supply service and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.

NJ - A1673 Establishes fourth degree crime of possessing firearms locator application; enhances penalty if such application is used in theft of firearm.

NJ - A1644 Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.

NJ - A2081 Permits vapor lounges for use of electronic smoking devices to be opened under certain circumstances.

NJ - A1637 Limits amount of real property that may be exempt from property taxation under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law."

NJ - A2156 Clarifies law on ethical conduct of board of education members and school administrators and provides specific requirements for boards invoking doctrine of necessity.

NJ - A1643 Requires DCA to collect information about State residents seeking affordable housing in State and provide that information to COAH.

NJ - A1688 Prohibits release of police internal investigation information under State's open public records law.

NJ - A1674 Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.

NJ - A246 Appropriates $10 million to the DEP for Black Creek and Wreck Pond dredging.

NJ - A167 Authorizes use of tracking dog to search for and recover wild deer during prescribed hunting season.

NJ - A3381 Requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.

NJ - A3069 The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."

NJ - A419 Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of lymphedema.

NJ - A2190 Requires school districts to incorporate instruction in grades six through 12 on law and meaning of consent for physical contact and sexual activity as part of Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

NJ - A3886 Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears.

NJ - A1388 Limits number of bills member of Legislature may introduce; requires every bill to be heard in committee; requires estimate be prepared of cost of drafting and considering each bill.

NJ - A1400 Revises law governing Class Three special law enforcement officer.

NJ - A4246 Requires State parks, forests, State-owned beaches, and MVC offices to remain open to public if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.

NJ - A3453 Requires annual income verification for affordable rental housing.

NJ - A3454 Directs COAH to adopt regulations to require municipalities to prioritize current residents in affordable housing applications.

NJ - A878 "Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.

NJ - A2480 Requires appropriate insurance company to provide coverage to Good Samaritan injured at scene of accident.

NJ - A2118 Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.

NJ - A4158 Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.

NJ - A4159 Makes available certain grants to employers of veterans and job training to certain veterans; makes an appropriation.

NJ - A3902 "Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $1,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance certain school, school district, and county college capital projects; appropriates $5,000.

NJ - A4169 Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.

NJ - A4170 Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.

NJ - A4442 Provides that amounts remaining in inactive Internet gaming accounts will be abandoned property after three years under unclaimed property law.

NJ - A4800 Authorizes creation of special license plates commemorating horse as State animal.

NJ - A4464 Raises minimum wage to $13, with certain exceptions.

NJ - A3988 "Charlie's Law"; requires pharmacy practice sites and hospice programs to furnish patients with information and products to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs and medications.

NJ - A4691 Provides tax levy growth limitation adjustment for school districts experiencing reduction in State aid.

NJ - A4695 Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.

NJ - A1954 Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.

NJ - A3223 Permits sale of motor fuels that have not been blended with ethanol for certain purposes.

NJ - A2604 Establishes "Blue Alert System."

NJ - A3953 Affords civil immunity to private colleges and their police officers in certain cases.

NJ - A4899 Provides gross income tax exemption for contributions made to qualified retirement plans.

NJ - A4465 Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program from 35 percent to 80 percent.

NJ - A4466 Provides small businesses with gross income tax or corporation business tax deduction for wages paid to minimum wage employees.

NJ - A4584 Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.

NJ - A3749 Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Township of Howell as "State Trooper Marc K. Castellano Memorial Highway."

NJ - A3748 Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to victims injured in September 11th and 1993 World Trade Center attacks.

NJ - A3786 Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.

NJ - A4520 Excludes transient accommodations in shore counties from various State and local taxes.

NJ - A3876 Establishes Office of Tourism Research; requires specific measures concerning tourism advertising, marketing, research, and tourism-related business training.

NJ - A3879 Eliminates certain sales restrictions on recreational vehicles.

NJ - A3877 Increases fine for second or subsequent child passenger seat restraint violation.

NJ - A3878 Designates Earth Day week each year as Litter Law Enforcement Week for special effort to enforce littering laws.

NJ - A3683 Authorizes parking privileges for certain healthcare workers who render care at patients' home residences.

NJ - A3791 Requires school district to submit emergency communication policies and protocols to Department of Education for review.

NJ - A3789 Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.

NJ - A3788 Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.

NJ - A3451 Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from the tax levy cap applicable to school districts.

NJ - A3779 Provides that school district may not prohibit active or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law to carry.

NJ - A3787 Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.

NJ - A3793 Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.

NJ - A3794 Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.

NJ - A3792 Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.

NJ - A3736 Revises and updates public utility franchise process; allows State's political subdivisions to revoke franchises; increases certain penalties.

NJ - A3677 Increases tax credit provided for qualified investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."

NJ - A106 Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for municipalities and counties.

NJ - A4310 Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.

NJ - A633 "Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.

NJ - A3911 Authorizes wagering at casinos and racetracks on results of certain professional or collegiate sports or athletic events.

NJ - A1647 Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.

NJ - A1648 Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.

NJ - A1646 Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevlopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.

NJ - A1645 Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on statewide obligation.

NJ - A2451 Excludes from gross income taxation military compensation for personnel serving outside of State and combat zone compensation.

NJ - A4748 Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.

NJ - A4749 Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.

NJ - A5010 "Charlie's Law"; requires that prescribers and pharmacy practice sites furnish patients with information and products concerning safe disposal of drugs and needles.

NJ - A4377 Requires DOT and OIT to develop materials concerning capabilities of airports in NJ and establishes "Public Use Airports Task Force."

NJ - A834 Provides free admission to State parks, forests, and beaches for certain veterans and military personnel.

NJ - A5541 Requires limited liability companies to make certain disclosures concerning ownership.

NJ - A5542 Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.

NJ - A5152 Repeals surtax imposed on certain businesses.

NJ - A632 Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.

NJ - A5469 Makes it a crime of the first degree to coerce a patient to request medication pursuant to the "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act" or to forge a patient's request for such medication.

NJ - A5902 Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.

NJ - A4856 "Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.

NJ - A5255 Prohibits candidates from nomination for more than one elective office at primary or general election.

NJ - A5287 Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."

NJ - A5310 Requires certain toll road operators and bi-state agency to allow drivers to choose towing company.

NJ - A5456 Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.

NJ - A5457 Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.

NJ - A5971 Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.

NJ - A5970 Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2020 to include new projects, remove certain projects, and modify estimated loan amounts for certain projects.

NJ - A5799 Requires school district to allow graduating student to wear military sash while participating in high school graduation ceremony.

NJ - ACR42 Proposes constitutional amendment to prohibit enactment of laws imposing tax on estates of individuals who die on or after January 1, 2018.

NJ - ACR73 Applies to Congress for an Article V Convention of States to limit certain powers of the federal government and terms of office.

NJ - ACR10 Adopts a new policy governing discrimination and harassment for use by the Legislature.

NJ - ACR168 Proposes constitutional amendment permitting Gold Star families to receive veteran's property tax deduction.

NJ - ACR154 Freezes property taxes on primary residences of homeowners 65 years of age and over.

NJ - ACR79 Proposes amendment to New Jersey Constitution to prohibit exclusionary zoning and clarify municipal obligations regarding affordable housing construction.

NJ - ACR80 Proposes constitutional amendment to require Statewide calculation of affordable housing obligation.

NJ - ACR207 Proposes constitutional amendment to dedicate tax revenue from sale of recreational marijuana for property tax relief.

NJ - ACR232 Amends State Constitution to require tax imposed on premiums of certain fire insurance policies to be paid to New Jersey State Firemen's Association.

NJ - ACR69 Proposes constitutional amendment to increase to $500 veterans' property tax deduction.

NJ - AJR149 Designates September of each year as "Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month" in New Jersey.

NJ - AJR63 Recognizes 70th anniversary of establishment of State of Israel.

NJ - AR21 Urges Statewide Officials Committee to establish procedure allowing for more input from sports officials when setting fee schedule for officials.

NJ - AR139 Urges President and Congress to permit military personnel to carry loaded firearms at military facilities.

NJ - AR238 Urges United States Congress to work together and find common ground.

NJ - S414 Requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.

NJ - S2293 "Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $500,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance certain school, school district, and county college capital projects; appropriates $5,000.

NJ - S865 Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.

NJ - S3186 Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.

NJ - S641 Upgrades penalty for failing to report act of sexual abuse against child.

NJ - S3240 "Charlie's Law"; requires pharmacy practice sites and hospice programs to furnish patients with information and products to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs and medications.

NJ - S2804 Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.

NJ - SJR56 Recognizes 70th anniversary of establishment of State of Israel.

NJ - SJR72 Designates second Monday of May each year as "New Jersey Economic Development Day."