New Jersey Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz (D)

NJ - Budget and Appropriations (Senate)

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NJ - Budget and Appropriations (Budget Hearings Only) (Senate)

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member

NJ - Education (Senate)

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chair

NJ - Legislative Oversight (Senate)

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NJ - School Funding Fairness (Senate)

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NJ - S1839 Requires each public institution of higher education to post its budget on the institution's website.

NJ - S2348 Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.

NJ - S1451 Directs DOE to make database of special education decisions available on website.

NJ - S1461 Requires Commissioner of Education to declare educational state of emergency for certain districts with low proficiency rates in language arts and literacy and provides for corrective measures.

NJ - S1466 Requires registration, inspection, testing, cleaning, and disinfection of cooling towers to control outbreaks of Legionnaire's Disease.

NJ - S1471 Requires that school district's request for permission to use unrecognized position title include list of abolished positions and positions in which there have been layoffs and detailed job descriptions for them.

NJ - S2635 Requires certain schools to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by school nurse or trained employee.

NJ - S2351 Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.

NJ - S973 "Early Childhood Innovation Act"; establishes early childhood innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.

NJ - SJR115 Designates November 2017 as "Hospice and Palliative Care Awareness Month."

NJ - SCR150 Urges Governor and DOH to include "at-risk infants or toddlers" in New Jersey Early Intervention System.

NJ - SCR90 Expresses Legislature's objections to certain recommendations included in Governor's Educational Adequacy Report.

NJ - S3068 Establishes Transgender Equality Task Force.

NJ - S1459 "Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, and scholarships and resident tuition rate.

NJ - S1462 Designates portion of State Highway Route No.21 in City of Newark as "Roberto Clemente Memorial Highway."

NJ - SJR40 Designates the second Friday of December of each year as "Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRPs) in Our Schools Day" in New Jersey to recognize the contributions of paraprofessionals and school-related personnel.

NJ - S3337 Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.

NJ - SCR99 Proposes constitutional amendment authorizing Legislature to extend civil service hiring preference to veterans who did not serve in time of war.

NJ - S3373 Permits physician assistants to sign Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms; requires continuing education concerning end-of-life care.

NJ - S498 Requires each school district to annually submit interscholastic athletic opportunity report to the Commissioner of Education.

NJ - S508 Modifies various aspects of charter school program, including authorization, regulation, and monitoring; appropriates $250,000 to DOE for expenses of charter school authorizing board.

NJ - S511 Requires employees of private entity with access to student information under contract with DOE, school districts, or charter schools to undergo criminal background check.

NJ - S2349 Establishes fee on single-use carryout bags used in certain stores and dedicates fee revenue to "Healthy Schools and Community Lead Abatement Fund."

NJ - S2616 Prohibits sale of unsafe supplemental mattresses designed for children's products.

NJ - S2496 Requires color photo on firearms identification cards, permits to purchase handgun, and permits to carry handgun.

NJ - SR15 Urges Congress not to cut funds from federal Preschool Development Grant Program.

NJ - S3069 Concerns for-profit post-secondary educational institutions.

NJ - S1458 Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.

NJ - S1456 Makes supplemental appropriation of $18,000,000 from General Fund to DHS to expand eligibility for child care services in certain school districts.

NJ - S3406 Establishes special "Equality" license plates.

NJ - S505 Requires State Board of Education to adopt standards and benchmarks of performance for the improvement of teacher preparation programs and teacher certification candidates who complete the programs, and develop a program rating system.

NJ - S503 Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.

NJ - S1472 Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program.

NJ - S1464 The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.

NJ - S3175 Requires health insurance coverage for services and drugs related to contraception and reproductive health; repeals conflicting laws.

NJ - S1465 Directs DOH to develop plan to phase out use of latex gloves in health care facilities and food establishments.

NJ - S2881 Requires pupils who reside on certain federal property to enroll in resident school district in accordance with schedule determined by executive county superintendent of schools.

NJ - S1841 Establishes hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold on international airport property.

NJ - S1470 Requires labeling of foods containing genetically engineered material.

NJ - S2595 Adjusts identification of first class cities and certain counties that may have certain unclassified positions in civil service to reflect 2010 federal census.

NJ - S507 Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.

NJ - S3167 Requires certain candidates for employment with DOE to undergo criminal history background check.

NJ - S3334 Revises law concerning temporary disability leave.

NJ - S1455 Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts.

NJ - S501 Allows school districts to enter into school construction public-private partnership agreements with private entities.

NJ - S1473 Establishes loan redemption program for teachers in certain fields to redeem loan amounts received under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in certain failing schools.

NJ - S1460 Establishes a loan redemption program for public school teachers who meet certain academic requirements and teach Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics subjects or special education.

NJ - S2609 Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.

NJ - S504 Prohibits the DOE from regulating the maximum salary amount a school district may pay its superintendent of schools.

NJ - S509 Provides additional State aid to county colleges for students enrolled in postsecondary career and technical education certificate programs.

NJ - S1475 Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project.

NJ - S3476 Establishes NJEDA urban farming grant and loan program.

NJ - S1463 Prohibits contribution action against local public entity for cleanup and removal costs or any other damages associated with discharge of hazardous substances.

NJ - S495 Establishes a pilot program in DOE to increase the length of the school day and school year and provides tax credits for corporate contributions to fund the program.

NJ - S510 "Port Support Zone Act of 2015."

NJ - S1468 Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers.

NJ - S1680 Establishes special license plates to bring awareness to breast cancer.

NJ - S3226 "Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."

NJ - S3578 Requires reflective material on children's Halloween costumes.

NJ - S3579 Permits counties and non-governmental, community-based agencies to establish family justice centers which provide coordinated, multi-agency governmental and non-govermental assistance to victims of certain crimes and offenses, including domestic violence, and their family members.

NJ - S3335 Permits individuals to submit TDI and family temporary disability leave claims to DOLWD prior to commencement of leave under certain circumstances and requires timely payment of benefits for certain claims.

NJ - S2139 Authorizes medical marijuana for treatment of dysmenorrhea.

NJ - S3174 Concerns timely provision of TDI benefits.

NJ - S997 Makes supplemental appropriation of $103,000,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide preschool expansion aid to certain school districts.

NJ - S3211 Requires hotel and multiple dwelling inspections every two years.

NJ - S2880 Establishes NJ Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Life Long Skills Commission in the Department of State.

NJ - S3112 Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, and certain services to maintain and repair breast pumps.

NJ - S2373 Permits municipal land banking in conjunction with online property database development.

NJ - S1469 Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.

NJ - S2081 Limits expulsions and suspensions for students in preschool through grade 2 with certain exceptions; requires early detection and prevention programs for behavioral issues in preschool through grade 2.

NJ - S1453 Allows gross income tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses.

NJ - S3341 Extends document submission deadline under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program, Grow New Jersey Assistance Program, and Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program.

NJ - S3098 Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.

NJ - S502 Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.

NJ - S506 Establishes Statewide Assessment Review Task Force.

NJ - S512 Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.

NJ - S2413 Makes supplemental appropriations totaling $9,563,415 to DOH for grants of $7,765,325 to Newark Beth Israel Hospital and $1,798,090 to St. Francis Medical Center to implement improved health outcomes and sustainable transformation of healthcare delivery.

NJ - S499 Creates corporate business tax and gross income tax credits to fund education enrichment demonstration program.

NJ - S3371 Requires public and nonpublic schools to notify students and parents of availability of summer meals programs and locations where meals are served.

NJ - S3168 Requires that executive county superintendents of schools who are members of certain boards serve as non-voting members.

NJ - S3097 Permits students at public institutions of higher education to donate unused meal plan funds to emergency meal fund for distribution to New Jersey food banks.

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 - S493 Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.

NJ - S497 Requires DOE to train teachers and administrators and monitor districts on bias and discrimination in special education classification.

NJ - S500 Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Early Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs for students in grades K through 8.

NJ - S492 Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements.

NJ - S1454 Establishes Department of Early Childhood.

NJ - S3532 Requires owners of multiple dwellings with at least nine units to provide maintenance services 24 hours a day.

NJ - S3575 Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.

NJ - S1457 Requires members of governing boards of public institutions of higher education to complete a training program developed by the Commission on Higher Education.

NJ - S1474 Requires teacher preparation program for instructional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.

NJ - S2350 Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.

NJ - SR98 Urges federal government to increase appropriations for impact aid payments to eligible school districts.

NJ - S513 Requires State to reimburse counties for portion of holiday pay to county employees performing State services on certain holidays.

NJ - S2808 Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.

NJ - S490 Permits payments in subsidized adoption until child becomes 21 years of age under certain circumstances.

NJ - S2497 Requires health care facilities to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.

NJ - S2460 Prohibits juror disqualification based on gender identity or sexual orientation; codifies procedures when discriminatory use of peremptory challenges is alleged.

NJ - S1452 Eliminates school district budget per pupil administrative cost limits.

NJ - S3067 Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for school districts regarding transgender students.

NJ - S3372 Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.

NJ - S2397 Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.

NJ - S3300 Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA; appropriates $20 million.

NJ - S491 Provides for designation of new charter school authorizers.

NJ - S494 Permits a child who moves out of a school district due to a family crisis to remain enrolled in that district until the end of the school year.

NJ - S3212 Requires emergency contact information and 2-1-1 telephone system access instructions to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.

NJ - S3166 Requires public school to provide timely notification to parents concerning results of any health screening conducted by school physician, school nurse, or other trained employee.

NJ - S2915 Adjusts reference to population for library director position in unclassified civil service.

NJ - S2879 Requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover; establishes educational program on lead hazards.

NJ - S1467 Requires registration of certain vacant and abandoned properties with municipalities and provides enforcement tools related to maintenance of these properties.

NJ - S1840 Prohibits charging fee to stop publishing personal identifying information obtained through the criminal justice system.

NJ - S496 Establishes Response to Intervention initiative in DOE to support and encourage school districts in implementation of Response to Intervention framework.

NJ - SJR49 Designates third week in September of each year as "Go Gold for Kids with Cancer Awareness Week."

NJ - S2396 Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.

NJ - A2106 Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.

NJ - A2107 Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.

NJ - A1210 Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.

NJ - A3417 Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 21 as "Roberto Clemente Memorial Highway."

NJ - A227 Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.

NJ - A1877 "Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food.

NJ - A15 Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.

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

NJ - A3492 Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.

NJ - A3882 Changes submission and notice requirements for short-term and long-term financing for environmental infrastructure projects.

NJ - A3689 Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.

NJ - A2566 Establishes Response to Intervention initiative in DOE to support and encourage school districts in implementation of Response to Intervention framework.

NJ - A30 Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program.

NJ - A3591 "New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.

NJ - A1944 Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.

NJ - A3410 Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.

NJ - A2576 Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.

NJ - A1657 Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.

NJ - A766 Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and suspend property tax payments.

NJ - A1945 Requires AG and county prosecutor to provide notification on website concerning persons indicted or prosecuted for crimes under certain circumstances.

NJ - A2228 Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.

NJ - A1668 Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.

NJ - A4189 Extends duration of first five designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissible use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.

NJ - A3333 Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.

NJ - A2199 Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.

NJ - A2619 Requires that certain inmates with detainers be provided access to drug treatment programs.

NJ - A374 Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.

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

NJ - A4790 Establishes special "Equality" license plates.

NJ - A1451 Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.

NJ - A3581 Requires Internet-connected baby monitors to include security features.

NJ - A1869 Establishes Chief Diversity Officer to monitor participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.

NJ - A3091 Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.

NJ - A3785 Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.

NJ - A2419 Establishes hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold on international airport property.

NJ - A4457 Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy.

NJ - A2294 Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.

NJ - A3739 Requires public institutions of higher education to allow students, faculty, and other staff to identify sexual orientation and gender identity on any forms used to collect certain demographic data.

NJ - A191 Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.

NJ - A3058 Establishes Farm to School Coordinating Council.

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 - A4175 Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.

NJ - A3338 Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.

NJ - A4406 Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence.

NJ - A4670 Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, and certain services to maintain and repair breast pumps.

NJ - A3396 Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight.

NJ - A2741 Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.

NJ - A2374 Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.

NJ - A1130 Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.

NJ - A2297 Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.

NJ - A4280 Allows domestic violence victims to cancel television and telephone service contracts without paying early termination fee.

NJ - A33 Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.

NJ - A31 Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program by 30 percent over three years and according to Social Security cost of living increases thereafter.

NJ - A4870 "Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."

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

NJ - A4927 Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave.

NJ - A1139 Prohibits sale of unsafe supplemental mattresses designed for children's products.

NJ - A3386 Provides protections for children under the age of 18 with developmental disabilities and individuals with developmental disabilities ages 18-21 receiving services from Division of Children's System of Care.

NJ - A1670 Establishes Office of Student Loan Ombudsman; regulates student loan servicers.

NJ - A155 Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.

NJ - A2665 Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant.

NJ - A4906 Requires public and nonpublic schools to notify students and parents of availability of summer meals programs and locations where meals are served.

NJ - A2565 Allows NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship recipients to maintain program eligibility in the event that medical condition or recent death of parent or spouse prevents enrollment as full-time student.

NJ - A3891 Creates certain assistance programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.

NJ - A1954 Makes changes to funding provisions for financial assistance and grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.

NJ - A4568 Prohibits health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, certain health care providers, and Medicaid from discriminating in providing coverage and services based on gender identity.

NJ - A4496 "Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food; appropriates $1 million.

NJ - A4453 Requires pupils who reside on certain federal property to enroll in resident school district in accordance with schedule determined by executive county superintendent of schools.

NJ - A1458 Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.

NJ - A222 "New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.

NJ - A3056 Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.

NJ - ACR131 Expresses Legislature's objections to certain recommendations included in Governor's Educational Adequacy Report.

NJ - ACR132 Approves FY 2017 Financial Plan of NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.

NJ - ACR152 Respectfully memorializes Congress to pass S.1980, which posthumously awards Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul.

NJ - ACR222 Urges Congress and President not to repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

NJ - AJR139 Designates November 14th through November 20th as "Transgender Awareness Week."

NJ - AJR140 Designates November 20th as "Transgender Day of Remembrance."

NJ - AJR149 Expresses State's support for addressing homelessness through rapid rehousing strategies and urges use of rapid rehousing core components by community-based programs.

NJ - AJR115 Designates third Friday in September of every year as Concussion Awareness Day.

NJ - AJR37 Designates June 21 of each year as "ASK Day" to promote children's health and gun safety.

NJ - S2819 Creates "Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund" in Dept. of Agriculture to help pay for child food and nutrition programs.

NJ - S972 Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million.

NJ - S992 Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.

NJ - S94 Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.

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 - S121 Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.

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

NJ - S168 Designates Black Swallowtail butterfly as State Butterfly.

NJ - S235 Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.

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

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

NJ - S288 Requires establishment of processes to identify Medicaid eligible incarcerated individuals who are awaiting pre-trial release determinations, are being released following period of incarceration, or are undergoing inpatient hospital treatment.

NJ - S292 Establishes driver's license for residents who cannot prove lawful presence in US.

NJ - S348 Establishes NJ Innovation and Research Fellowship Program in DOWLD.

NJ - S283 Revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in sex.

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 - S440 Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter schools.

NJ - S437 Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.

NJ - S436 Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.

NJ - S447 Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.

NJ - S467 Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.

NJ - S586 Reduces drug free school and public property zones to 200 feet.

NJ - S601 Revises treatment requirements for convicted drug offenders receiving general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.

NJ - S615 Establishes loan redemption program for teachers to redeem loan amounts received under the New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in public or nonpublic schools in New Jersey.

NJ - S618 Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.

NJ - S621 Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.

NJ - S627 Requires AG oversight of transfer of federal surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies; establishes review and reporting requirement.

NJ - S687 Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank and State Energy Bank within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.

NJ - S591 Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.

NJ - S592 Requires president of public institution of higher education to regularly report on-campus criminal and fire events to the institution's governing board.

NJ - S613 Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.

NJ - S633 Requires school districts and DOE to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.

NJ - S650 Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.

NJ - S700 Requires State to pay its pension contributions quarterly on July 15, October 15, January 15 and April 15.

NJ - S757 Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.

NJ - S775 Enacts "Truth in Caller Identification Act"; prohibits manipulation of certain telephone caller identification information.

NJ - S805 Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.

NJ - S817 "Unfair Wage Recovery Act"; provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected.

NJ - S816 Establishes commission to approve personaliized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.

NJ - S823 Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.

NJ - S842 Requires Medicaid managed care organizations to meet certain conditions prior to reducing reimbursement rates for personal care assistant services and home-based supportive care services.

NJ - S889 The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."

NJ - S890 Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.

NJ - S1601 "Music Therapist Licensing Act."

NJ - S1590 Requires boards of education to conduct student vision screenings that include evaluation of acuity and binocular vision.

NJ - S1588 Requires various measures to address effects of low levels of lead exposure.

NJ - S331 Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.

NJ - S1359 Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog.

NJ - S2022 Requires public and nonpublic schools to test drinking water for lead and install lead filters or treatment devices on drinking fountains and food preparation sinks; appropriates funds therefor.

NJ - S1742 Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.

NJ - S638 Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.

NJ - S1489 Ensures equal rights and opportunities for pregnant students in institutions of higher education.

NJ - S557 "Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act"; requires institutions of higher education to have individuals who focus on reducing student suicides and attempted suicides available 24 hours a day.

NJ - S157 Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."

NJ - S1830 Requires DOH regulations regarding elevated blood lead levels in children, and appropriate responses thereto, to be consistent with latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.

NJ - S996 Requires report on status of lead-safe program in DCA.

NJ - S983 Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.

NJ - S1129 "Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food.

NJ - S999 Establishes "New Jersey Investing in You Promise Neighborhood Commission"; appropriates $2million.

NJ - S294 Requires anyone administered opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.

NJ - S993 Permits DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients under certain circumstances.

NJ - S2152 Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.

NJ - S2313 Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.

NJ - S2041 Authorizes additional $90 million worth of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program tax credits.

NJ - S1585 Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.

NJ - S743 Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of student borrower's death or total and permanent disability and grant deferment for temporary total disibility.

NJ - S2347 Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll.

NJ - S2469 Provides that AG handle investigation and prosecution of crime involving person's death by law enforcement officer while acting in officer's official capacity or while in custody; requires trial in venue outside county where incident occurred.

NJ - S2372 Establishes State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission.

NJ - S904 Permits conversion of fines for violation of certain municipal ordinances into tax liens.

NJ - S2357 Allows nonimmigrant alien students who have applied for a green card to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education.

NJ - S1144 Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.

NJ - S654 Establishes restricted use driver's license endorsement for certain motor vehicle offenders with suspended license.

NJ - S2403 Establishes Women's Vocational Training Pilot Program to promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations; authorizes allocation of certain funds therefor.

NJ - S15 Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual increases based on increases in CPI-W.

NJ - S2277 Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.

NJ - S51 Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.

NJ - S1854 Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.

NJ - S1266 Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.

NJ - S1829 Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program.

NJ - S1228 Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.

NJ - S2331 Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain psychiatrists who work in underserved areas or psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey.

NJ - S2165 Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.

NJ - S677 Requires racial and ethnic impact statement for certain bills and regulations affecting sentencing.

NJ - S2287 Changes submission and notice requirements for short-term and long-term financing for environmental infrastructure projects.

NJ - S2116 "New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.

NJ - S1131 Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in certain housing facilities.

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

NJ - S1761 Directs Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to work to promote basic skills training through organizations dedicated to the economic empowerment of specific segments of society, such as the African American Chamber of Commerce.

NJ - S1017 Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

NJ - S2168 Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.

NJ - S1243 Requires AG and county prosecutor to provide notification on website concerning persons indicted or prosecuted for crimes under certain circumstances.

NJ - S123 Establishes "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program" in EDA to assist certain small businesses meet State or federal contract surety bond requirements.

NJ - S1080 Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.

NJ - S1986 Establishes "Milkweed for Monarchs" program.

NJ - S2449 Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.

NJ - S2510 Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to obtain court order prior to using certain collection practices for defaulted loans under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.

NJ - S982 Requires members of unitary business groups to file combined reports of corporation business tax.

NJ - S1386 Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and suspend property tax payments.

NJ - S724 Establishes "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."

NJ - S2062 Appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge to DEP for remediation of lead contamination in drinking water in public buildings.

NJ - S2565 Requires certain public facilities and offices to provide on-site lactation room; DOH to provide information about lactation room availability; and DOE to provide information on lactation policies in schools.

NJ - S2577 Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide annual New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program report to Governor and Legislature and develop student loan comparison information document to increase program transparency.

NJ - S2608 Creates new $100 assessment for convictions of certain sexual offenses to fund counseling for victims and their families; establishes Sexual Offender Victim Counseling Fund.

NJ - S991 Revises and renames NJSTARS; repeals NJSTARS II; establishes NJ HonorScholars Program.

NJ - S990 Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment.

NJ - S2618 Requires institutions of higher education to enter into collective Statewide reverse transfer agreement.

NJ - S2619 Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbook plan.

NJ - S2620 Requires four-year institutions of higher education to offer accelerated three-year baccalaureate degree programs.

NJ - S2624 Establishes Dual Enrollment Study Commission.

NJ - S2623 Permits establishment by county and four-year institutions of higher education of three plus one degree programs for receipt of baccalaureate degree after spending three years at county college and one year at senior institution.

NJ - S2617 Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish communication campaign to encourage students to enroll in 30 credits per year and institutions to report to secretary on strategies and incentives to accomplish this goal.

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

NJ - S354 Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.

NJ - S1635 Requires public institutions of higher education to establish policies for the implementation of fees.

NJ - S1718 "Lactation Consultants Licensing Act."

NJ - S2578 Revises New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program to require applicants first exhaust federal student loans, require income verification, and limit total student loan amounts.

NJ - S2573 Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish income-driven repayment option and loan rehabilitation program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.

NJ - S2709 Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.

NJ - S2484 Allows gross income tax deduction for certain student loan interest.

NJ - S651 Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.

NJ - S2489 Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.

NJ - S2670 Extends duration of first five designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissible use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.

NJ - S1398 Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.

NJ - S744 Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.

NJ - S2409 Requires that certain inmates with detainers be provided access to drug treatment programs.

NJ - S1509 Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.

NJ - S1825 Establishes task force to study and make recommendations concerning mobility and support services needs of NJ adults with autism spectrum disorder.

NJ - S2621 Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.

NJ - S1285 "Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."

NJ - S2171 "New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.

NJ - S2757 Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.

NJ - S2950 Requires sending district to allow student to transfer to recovery high school alternative education program, provided placement is considered clinically appropriate by alcohol and drug counselor.

NJ - S2967 Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.

NJ - S2159 "Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."

NJ - S2976 Requires health benefits coverage for donated human breast milk under certain conditions.

NJ - S3015 Requires study of program allowing community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.

NJ - S3007 Establishes program to reimburse local governments for federal grant funds lost due to "sanctuary jurisdiction" status.

NJ - S2462 Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.

NJ - S974 Provides for registration and accreditation of human milk banks.

NJ - S3006 Prohibits PANYNJ from providing assistance for enforcement of March 6, 2017 US Executive Order banning entry into US of individuals from certain countries.

NJ - S3017 Prohibits health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, certain health care providers, and Medicaid from discriminating in providing coverage and services based on gender identity.

NJ - S3030 Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste.

NJ - S3216 Concerns application of residential rental property inspection findings in rental assistance determinations and eviction actions.

NJ - S1355 Requires installation of baby-changing stations in certain public restrooms.

NJ - S2582 Requires Internet-connected baby monitors to include security features.

NJ - S2138 Requires board of education to provide an individual textbook for each student enrolled in a class.

NJ - S668 Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.

NJ - S2528 Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.

NJ - S3227 Requires public institutions of higher education to allow students, faculty, and other staff to identify sexual orientation and gender identity on any forms used to collect certain demographic data.

NJ - S1030 Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.

NJ - S2360 Requires Department of Agriculture to develop voluntary guidelines to encourage school districts and institutions of higher education to donate excess food; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" protections to school districts.

NJ - S3193 Establishes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority Review Task Force to study implementation of New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.

NJ - S2561 Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.

NJ - S2804 Establishes New Jersey First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Program; provides gross income tax benefits for certain contributions to and earnings on assets maintained in accounts established under program.

NJ - S2853 Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances.

NJ - S2885 Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight.

NJ - S1154 Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.

NJ - S3214 Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.

NJ - S1390 Requires health benefits coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances from licensed podiatrists.

NJ - S3221 Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.

NJ - S3423 "Voter Privacy Act"; establishes protections for privacy of voters; prohibits automated programs to remove names of ineligible voters from official lists of eligible voters; prohibits sharing of certain voter information with federal government.

NJ - S3029 Establishes "Volkswagen Settlement Utilization Fund for Motor Vehicle Emissions Reduction and Air Pollution Control"; directs DEP to use moneys in fund to establish and implement certain air pollution control programs.

NJ - S3240 Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.

NJ - S2711 Provides protections for children under the age of 18 with developmental disabilities and individuals with developmental disabilities ages 18-21 receiving services from Division of Children's System of Care.

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 - S862 Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.

NJ - S3248 Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

NJ - S2793 Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer.

NJ - S3315 Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program by 30 percent over three years and according to Social Security cost of living increases thereafter.

NJ - S1739 Establishes sexual assault training requirements for law enforcement officers.

NJ - S3316 Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.

NJ - S3223 Establishes the "Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights."

NJ - S2845 Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence.

NJ - S1687 Removes certain bars to employment for convicted offenders.

NJ - S3559 Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy.

NJ - S2214 Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to improve transparency of tuition and fees.

NJ - S3353 Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital 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 - S3262 Creates grant program for business accelerator and incubator networks; transfers $1 million in societal benefits charge revenues to EDA to administer program.

NJ - S2875 Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.

NJ - S3439 Designates Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City as "Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall" to commemorate his outstanding service to Atlantic City and State.

NJ - S2366 Establishes Farm to School Coordinating Council.

NJ - S2704 Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.

NJ - S2928 "Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.

NJ - S1238 Authorizes certain gestational carrier agreements.

NJ - S659 Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 12 months.

NJ - S3350 Revises "Fair Foreclosure Act."

NJ - S3306 Prohibits certain employment discrimination based upon expunged criminal record.

NJ - S3308 Decreases waiting period to expunge entire juvenile record from five to three years.

NJ - S3307 Revises procedures for expunging criminal and other records and information, including shortening of certain waiting periods for expungement eligibility and increasing number of convictions which may be expunged.

NJ - S2102 Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.

NJ - S837 Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant.

NJ - S3247 Creates certain assistance programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.

NJ - S1237 Makes changes to funding provisions for financial assistance and grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.

NJ - S888 Allows NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship recipients to maintain program eligibility in the event that medical condition prevents enrollment as full-time student.

NJ - S3198 Establishes Office of Student Loan Ombudsman; regulates student loan servicers.

NJ - S3534 Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.

NJ - S3264 Allows domestic violence victims to cancel television and telephone service contracts without paying early termination fee.

NJ - S3218 Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish repayment assistance program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program who suffer material loss of income.

NJ - S2929 Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.

NJ - S2977 "Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food; appropriates $1 million.

NJ - S3452 Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Commission to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal death in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.

NJ - S3477 Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of certain firearm components.

NJ - S1936 Provides for designation of acute stroke ready hospitals, establishes Stroke Care Advisory Panel and Statewide stroke database and requires development of emergency services stroke care protocols.

NJ - S3026 Clarifies and expands liability protections for food donations and gleaning activities.

NJ - S3085 Increases duration and weekly amount of family temporary disability benefits.

NJ - SCR38 Urges United States Congress to approve "Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015."

NJ - SCR1500 Proposes constitutional amendment setting minimum wage at $9 per hour, raising it in one dollar increments until it reaches $15 per hour.

NJ - SCR78 Commemorates women's access to reproductive health care and annual anniversary of Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade.

NJ - SCR111 Memorializes Congress to enact legislation enhancing safeguards prior to sale of firearms.

NJ - SCR109 Approves FY 2017 Financial Plan of NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.

NJ - SCR119 Establishes State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission.

NJ - SCR95 Respectfully memorializes Congress to pass S.1980, which posthumously awards Congressional Gold Medal to Alice Paul.

NJ - SCR137 Urges Congress and President not to repeal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

NJ - SCR134 Expresses Legislature's intent that school districts and public institutions of higher education continue to act as safe zones and protect identities and data related to undocumented students and families.

NJ - SCR143 Condemns United States Executive Orders regarding immigration.

NJ - SCR176 Urges Congress and President to enact a long-term reauthorization of Children's Health Insurance Program.

NJ - SCR164 Urges Congress and President to permanently exempt Puerto Rico from Jones Act.

NJ - SJR38 Establishes the "New Jersey State Commission on Urban Violence."

NJ - SJR68 Urges Congress to ask US DOE and US DOL to modify regulations regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to protect individuals with disabilities.

NJ - SJR76 Designates September 20th of each year as Hispanic Journalist Pride Day.

NJ - SJR81 Designates third Friday in September of every year as Concussion Awareness Day.

NJ - SJR101 Designates November 20th as "Transgender Day of Remembrance."

NJ - SJR100 Designates November 14th through November 20th as "Transgender Awareness Week."

NJ - SJR109 Expresses State's support for addressing homelessness through rapid rehousing strategies and urges use of rapid rehousing core components by community-based programs.

NJ - SJR98 Permanently designates April 23 as "Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Awareness Day" in New Jersey.

NJ - SJR67 Designates June 21 of each year as "ASK Day" to promote children's health and gun safety.

NJ - SR19 Designates February 2016 as "Career and Technical Education Month" in New Jersey.

NJ - SR84 Urges establishment of additional bridge agreements between county colleges and four-year institutions of higher education.

NJ - SR136 Urges enactment of federal "Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017."

NJ - SR137 Condemns violence, bigotry, and hatred displayed by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11th and 12th, 2017; reaffirms State's commitment to respecting and protecting ethnic, racial, and religious diversity.

NJ - SR139 Opposes elimination of federal tax deduction for property taxes contained in Trump administration's recent federal tax reform proposal.

NJ - SR153 Opposes recent federal tax reform proposals that disproportionately impact New Jersey residents.

NJ - SR138 Honors life and service of Senator James Whelan.

NJ - SR143 Urges Congress to enact legislation to codify Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.