By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog
It’s a full list today, Save Jerseyans:
BILL SIGNINGS:
S-979wGR/A-2236 (Sweeney, Cunningham/Wisniewski, Benson, Lampitt, Moriarty, Wimberly, Garcia) – Establishes “College Affordability Study Commission” to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey
S-1050/A-3058 (Smith, Bateman/McKeon, McHose, Space, A.M. Bucco) – Extends for five years expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres program and farmland preservation program for lands in Highlands Region; makes change to special appraisal process for certain farmers
S-1856/A-3175 (Codey, Vitale/DeAngelo, A.M. Bucco, Angelini, Vainieri Huttle) – Requires DCA to post on its website information about inspection reports for residential health care facilities, boarding homes, and emergency shelters for the homeless, and requires notifications to DHS and counties
S-1870/A-3306 (Holzapfel, Singer/McGuckin, Wolfe, Giblin, S. Kean, Mukherji, Andrzejczak) – Establishes additional requirements, and penalties for failure to comply, concerning information to be provided to persons purchasing cats or dogs from pet shops
S-2235/A-3480 (Sarlo, Oroho/Diegnan, Mukherji, Moriarty) – Eliminates consumer data collection requirements for certain gift cards
S-2648/A-3988 (Sweeney, Lesniak/Prieto, Singleton) – Reduces membership of Rutgers board of trustees and eliminates dual membership on Rutgers board of trustees and Rutgers board of governors
A-304/S-801 (Russo, Rumana, Caride, Casagrande/O’Toole, Turner) – Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction
A-1784/S-2238 (McKeon, Schaer, Rible, Spencer/Lesniak) – Exempts certain persons from licensing requirements of the “New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act”
A-1796/S-2000 (O’Donnell, Jasey, Pinkin/Turner, Vitale) – Prohibits school district from denying student school breakfast or school lunch because payment is in arrears without prior notice to parent
A-3357/S-2609 (Singleton, Lagana, Garcia/Van Drew) – Authorizes tax lien holders other than municipalities to institute in rem tax foreclosure actions against abandoned properties
A-3391/S-2469 (Johnson, Prieto, Mainor, Wilson, Wimberly/Sacco) – Establishes sheriff’s officers reemployment lists
A-3628/S-2412 (Greenwald, S. Kean/Sarlo, Kyrillos) – “Water Infrastructure Protection Act”
A-3969/S-2647 (Prieto, Schaer, Caride, Eustace/Sarlo) – “Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act”; “Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District Act of 2014”; “New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief Act”
BILLS VETOED:
S-1770/A-3407 (Turner/Sumter, Mukherji, Pintor Marin) – CONDITIONAL – Establishes a partial return to work TDI program [read veto message]
SCS for S-1811/ACS for A-3059 (Sweeney, O’Toole/Egan, Diegnan) – ABSOLUTE – Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance [read veto message]
S-2045/A-3280 (Sweeney, O’Toole/Mosquera, Lagana) – ABSOLUTE – Requires Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to use certain products manufactured in U.S. [read veto message]
S-2048/A-3281 (Sweeney, O’Toole/Mosquera, Lagana) – ABSOLUTE – Requires Delaware River and Bay Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S. [read veto message]
S-2061/A-3221 (Sweeney, O’Toole/Lagana, Mosquera, Eustace) – ABSOLUTE – Requires Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to use certain products manufactured in U.S. [read veto message]
S-2062/A3279 (Sweeney, O’Toole/Mosquera, Lagana) – ABSOLUTE – Requires Delaware River Port Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S. [read veto message]
S-2284/A-3549 (Pou, Weinberg/Schaer, Vainieri Huttle, Webber, Singleton, Jimenez, Johnson, Bramnick) – CONDITIONAL – 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 [read veto message]
A-965/S-1945 (Singleton, Sumter, Simon, Lagana, Schaer, Garcia/Whelan, Oroho) – CONDITIONAL – Makes construction work on public utilities subject to “The Public Works Contractor Registration Act” [read veto message]
A-3840/S-2485 (Giblin, Wimberly, Jimenez, Sumter, Rible, Mainor, Moriarty/Sweeney, O’Toole, Pou) – CONDITIONAL – Prohibits religious entities from engaging in certain practices involving cemeteries, funeral homes and mortuaries, memorials, mausoleums and burial vaults [read veto message]
A-3952/S-2642 (Prieto, Mazzeo, Pintor Marin, Quijano, Schaer, Andrzejczak/Sacco, Van Drew, Ruiz) – ABSOLUTE – Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund [read veto message]
I know you’ve made many people in the Meadowlands area happy today Governor. Hopefully this will lead to some tax relief for us! Unfortunately I’m sure any “savings” will just be “spent”.