New Jersey Sen. James W. Holzapfel (R)

NJ - Law and Public Safety (Senate)

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member

NJ - Transportation (Senate)

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member

NJ - S220 Requires newly-constructed grocery stores to have generators.

NJ - S232 Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.

NJ - S230 Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employing immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were killed in action.

NJ - S1005 Criminalizes fourth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.

NJ - S227 Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration.

NJ - S211 Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.

NJ - S1002 Establishes "Secondhand Valuables Transaction Reporting Task Force."

NJ - S1007 Requires State to lower compensation rate of civilly committed sexually violent predators to same level as State inmates for institutional work.

NJ - S1013 Regulates tethering of, and outdoor shelter for, dogs.

NJ - S215 Requires school districts to provide instruction on the dangers of texting while driving as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

NJ - S1898 Establishes "Distracted Driver Enforcement and Education Fund."

NJ - S210 "Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.

NJ - S1010 Directs Commissioner of Education to encourage implementation of Natural High Drug Prevention Program in school districts.

NJ - SCR81 Urges U.S. Department of Justice to investigate certain claims handling practices related to Superstorm Sandy flood insurance claims.

NJ - S223 Requires labeling of ingredients and restricts phosphorus in household cleansing products.

NJ - S1026 Increases penalties for unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing fentanyl.

NJ - S1219 Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."

NJ - S213 Establishes NJ Animal Abuser Registry.

NJ - S221 Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.

NJ - SCR82 Urges Congress to investigate claims that insurance companies have used revised engineering reports to deny flood claims from Superstorm Sandy.

NJ - S1776 Imposes criminal penalties for discharges of untreated sewage from containment devices installed on watercraft.

NJ - S1683 Increases annual income limit for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.

NJ - S2188 Requires health care practitioners prescribing opioid medications on first-time basis, or to minor children, to limit amount of prescribed medication to seven-day supply, except in certain circumstances.

NJ - S3484 Provides for court dismissal, with prejudice, of civil actions for which lis pendens notices are filed under certain circumstances.

NJ - S1023 Exempts certain transactions of residential property involving senior, blind, and disabled citizens from general purpose fee under realty transfer fee and one percent assessment on real property selling for more than $1,000,000.

NJ - S2111 Prohibits certain sex offenders from holding position or participating in youth ministry.

NJ - S1160 Provides State income tax credit for removal of lawns near Barnegat Bay.

NJ - S1708 Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.

NJ - S209 Ensures operation of certain motor fuel storage, distribution and dispensing facilities during disasters and emergencies.

NJ - S212 Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee.

NJ - S1779 Requires electric distribution lines be located underground in areas affected by severe weather or natural disasters.

NJ - S1140 Authorizes creation of 33rd urban enterprise zone in Borough of Seaside Heights.

NJ - S1006 Establishes new offenses concerning the unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.

NJ - S1015 Requires State park and forest restroom facilities to include an exclusive family restroom.

NJ - S1016 Prohibits smoking at State-owned beaches.

NJ - S1003 Exempts police from jury duty.

NJ - S1001 Provides certain immunities from spectator-based lawsuits arising from youth sports events.

NJ - S1159 Concerns valuation of property condemned for dune construction or beach replenishment.

NJ - S2106 Requires State agencies to review operations and to implement use of Internet to conduct public business when cost savings may be realized, with certain exceptions.

NJ - S1709 Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.

NJ - S2513 Increases fines for failing to have required markings on commercial vehicles.

NJ - S217 Prohibits public utility from filing rate increase petition under certain circumstances.

NJ - S1158 Clarifies that fishing license is not required to fish at a private community lake.

NJ - S2960 Requires issuance of tourniquets to law enforcement officers; requires emergency service vehicles be equipped with tourniquets.

NJ - S225 Requires police notification when driver's license is suspended.

NJ - S1141 Requires insurers that sell flood insurance to provide certain policyholders with certain information.

NJ - S1014 Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.

NJ - S2762 Allows retiree to change designated beneficiary after retirement in event of divorce.

NJ - S208 Prohibits additional jughandles on roads or highways in the State.

NJ - S1218 Revises distribution of monies from Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund to municipalities.

NJ - S1028 Clarifies crime of unlawful access concerning certain password protected communications in electronic storage.

NJ - S1027 Requires Family Part under certain circumstances to dispose of charge of contempt of a domestic violence order on an emergency basis, without setting bail.

NJ - S216 Requires installation of emergency power supply systems to certain common areas of new planned real estate developments; provides related tax incentives.

NJ - S231 Authorizes court to impose rescue operation costs of public entity under certain circumstances.

NJ - S1684 Requires Director of Division of Taxation to include sales of properties in age-restricted developments by third parties in table of equalized valuations.

NJ - S226 Provides gross income tax credit for certain tolls paid via E-ZPass.

NJ - S1897 Extends to 90 days statute of limitations for unlawful use of cell phone while driving; increases penalties for texting while driving.

NJ - S229 Requires public utility to reimburse business customer during period when business ceases operations due to utility repairing or replacing its equipment on business customer's property.

NJ - S3016 Permits short-term tax exemption for certain improvements to dwellings damaged by natural disasters.

NJ - S1778 Directs BPU to study whether State's electric distribution system meets certain standards.

NJ - SR21 Opposes President's plan to allow oil and natural gas drilling in Atlantic Ocean.

NJ - S2861 Excludes passenger and freight rail projects from purposes for which revenue from increase in petroleum products gross receipts tax revenue may be used.

NJ - SR34 Urges United States Congress to dedicate additional federal funds for highway maintenance and infrastructure improvements in New Jersey.

NJ - S228 Enhances penalties imposed on drivers who have never been issued a driver's license.

NJ - S1774 Eliminates remarriage prohibition for PFRS death benefits; provides retirement allowance to certain survivors of PFRS members.

NJ - S224 Establishes mandatory penalties for committing burglary and theft during a state of emergency.

NJ - S1008 Requires local governing body and DCA to suspend collection of certificate of occupancy and related inspection fees for homes being rented by persons identified by FEMA as displaced individuals.

NJ - S1777 Prohibits utility from billing customer for costs incurred for certain upgrades to utility infrastructure; allows costs for certain upgrades to utility infrastructure be recovered in utility's rate base.

NJ - SCR174 Respectfully urges Congress and President to oppose reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program.

NJ - S1011 Requires fire suppression systems in all elementary and secondary schools 12,000 square feet or larger.

NJ - S218 Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.

NJ - S222 Prohibits sale, distribution, and use of urea as an ice melt.

NJ - S1896 Upgrades penalties for drag racing.

NJ - S1024 Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.

NJ - SR46 Recognizes that United Airlines will begin providing service at Atlantic City International Airport and urges SJTA and PANYNJ to identify and recruit additional airlines.

NJ - S1895 Establishes Autism Education Council.

NJ - S1775 Requires suspension without pay and health care benefits if public officer or employee formally charged with crime involving or touching office, position, or employment.

NJ - S2860 Provides gross income tax deduction for certain E-ZPass tolls paid.

NJ - S1894 Requires explosive gas detectors to be installed in certain residential properties.

NJ - S219 Requires mortgage lenders to maintain vacant, age-restricted dwelling units during foreclosure.

NJ - S214 Establishes offense of soliciting image of minor with unlawful purpose.

NJ - S1012 Concerns telemarketing political calls.

NJ - S1157 Changes law regulating size limits of lobsters.

NJ - S1025 Expands statute authorizing temporary restraining orders for certain alleged stalking victims to include victims of any age or mental capacity.

NJ - S1004 Requires each municipality to establish a Reverse 9-1-1 system.

NJ - S3184 Requires State aid reduction to municipalities and school districts by amount of accumulated absences paid to employees upon their retirement.

NJ - S1009 Permits county board of chosen freeholders to appoint interim member of county tax board under certain circumstances.

NJ - S1161 "Barnegat Bay Protection Act"; establishes Barnegat Bay Protection Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, and provides for donations.

NJ - A2224 Establishes "Secondhand Valuables Transaction Reporting Task Force."

NJ - A4784 Establishes process for recovery of Superstorm Sandy aid overpayments and makes General Fund appropriation.

NJ - A3617 Extends expiration date of certain permits for one year in Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties.

NJ - A3884 Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.

NJ - A4062 Establishes failure to maintain lane may constitute recklessness under reckless vehicular homicide statute; designated as Eileen's Law.

NJ - A1918 Concerns temporary registration certificates for automobiles.

NJ - A450 Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.

NJ - A2176 Criminalizes possession and sale of alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (alpha-PVP) commonly known as "flakka," or "flocka."

NJ - A2503 Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as "Stephen Komninos' Law."

NJ - A373 Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.

NJ - A3883 Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.

NJ - S810 Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to include crime victims as protected status.

NJ - S516 Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as "Stephen Komninos' Law."

NJ - S934 Extends veteran's property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.

NJ - S356 Makes reforms to mental health treatment; clarifies law governing purchase of firearms by persons with history of mental illness.

NJ - S238 Requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified material.

NJ - S69 Provides that English shall be the official language of the State.

NJ - S569 Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.

NJ - S1640 Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.

NJ - S311 Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.

NJ - S750 Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.

NJ - S3352 Appropriates $71,700,224 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.

NJ - S3354 Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.

NJ - S2292 Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.

NJ - S2526 Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Upper Freehold Township as "State Trooper Anthony A. Raspa Memorial Highway."

NJ - S430 Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.

NJ - S607 Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.

NJ - S2216 Reforms procedures concerning provisions of affordable housing; repeals "Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act."

NJ - S3219 Establishes additional penalties related to child pornography and expands crime to include portrayal of child in sexual manner; establishes crime of leader of child pornography network.

NJ - S2291 Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.

NJ - S546 Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.

NJ - S866 Eliminates State aid growth limit for school districts in which individuals age 65 and over comprise more than 33.3 percent of the population.

NJ - S2538 Requires Office of Emergency Management to establish county storm preparedness funding program.

NJ - S2342 Establishes failure to maintain lane may constitute recklessness under reckless vehicular homicide statute; designated as Eileen's Law.

NJ - S265 Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption.

NJ - S3149 Establishes process for recovery of Superstorm Sandy aid overpayments and makes General Fund appropriation.

NJ - S120 Eliminates power of DRPA to finance economic development; changes composition of board; imposes restrictions regarding financing, contract procedures, conflicts of interest, and review audits; creates commuter's council.

NJ - S2293 Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.

NJ - S259 Reestablishes senior citizen supplemental stabilization aid.

NJ - S1861 Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.

NJ - S272 Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.

NJ - S3596 Concerns temporary registration certificates for automobiles.

NJ - S477 Phases out estate tax over five-year period.

NJ - S532 Establishes "Superstorm Sandy Homeowners Protection Act."

NJ - S2467 Creates "New Jersey Criminal Justice Information Sharing Environment Coordinating Council."

NJ - S303 Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.

NJ - S2390 Extends expiration date of certain permits for one year in Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties.

NJ - S1728 Increases exclusion amount under New Jersey estate tax; phases out estate tax over five years.

NJ - S355 Provides governance, transparency, and accountability reforms at PANYNJ.

NJ - S1477 Prohibits animal cruelty violators from working at, or owning or operating, an animal-related enterprise; designated as "Moose's Law."

NJ - S998 Increases the personal income tax's pension and retirement income exclusion fivefold over three years.

NJ - S156 Criminalizes possession and sale of alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (alpha-PVP), commonly known as "flakka," or "flocka."

NJ - S86 Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.

NJ - S241 Requires prescribers and pharmacists to check prescription monitoring program prior to prescribing and dispensing Schedule II drugs.

NJ - S2806 "Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."

NJ - S2679 Establishes four-year pilot program in Ocean County for electronic monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders; designated as "Lisa's Law"; appropriates $2.5 million.

NJ - SCR131 Proposes amendment to Constitution to provide that State aid to school districts will be allocated on equal per pupil basis.

NJ - SCR120 Freezes property taxes on primary residences of homeowners 65 years of age and over.

NJ - SCR35 Proposes an amendment to Constitution specifying a method of providing for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools and allocating all income tax receipts to school districts.

NJ - SR112 Honors Millicent Fenwick's life, memory, and accomplishments.

NJ - SR109 Condemns strongly all hatred and bigotry directed toward religious organizations in New Jersey, Canada, and United States; condemns threats to Katz Jewish Community Center in Cherry Hill and Kaplan Jewish Center in Tenafly.

NJ - SR11 Urges Cuba to extradite Joanne Chesimard to U.S.