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Vin Gopal D

State Senator
New Jersey Senate District 11 — Seat 2
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2027

Biography

Photo URL: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/memberphotos/gopal_vin_2021.jpg

On Record (127)

Bill HIGHER EDINTERNET
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Bill HUMAN SVCS
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Bill ALCOHOLIC BE
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Bill CRIM PROCEDCRIMES
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Bill TEACHERS
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Bill PROFESSIONSTransport
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Bill JudiciaryMarriage
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Bill DOMESTIC VIOPolice
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Bill HealthHEALTH FAC
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Bill SCH BOARDS
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Bill Education
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Bill SCI AND TECHTEACHERS
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Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Designates November 2026 as Veterans Month in New Jersey.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Recognizes Sanskrit as one of world languages.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Designates last full week of September of each year as "Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Week" in NJ.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Designates May of each year as Haitian Heritage Month.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Urges Congress and President to enact "Do Not Disturb Act."
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Prohibits counties from charging recording fees to volunteer first responders.
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Provides gross income tax credit for volunteer first responders who incur costs for child care services.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Extends permanently certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Broadens epinephrine administration mechanisms permitted in schools, institutions of higher education, and youth camps.
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Bill Education
Clarifies public school student attendance recording and reporting requirements.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes Health Equity Access and Leadership Fund; appropriates $25 million from General Fund, and allocates portion of Health Care Subsidy Fund revenues, to fund.
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Bill Commerce
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters; increases tax on fire insurance premiums.
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Bill Education
Permits one-time use of virtual or remote instruction for students attending public school used as polling place on certain election day.
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Bill LABOR
Prohibits workplace discrimination based on menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires Medicaid reimbursement of mental health rehabilitation services provided via clubhouse program.
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Bill Judiciary
Requires registration of certain persons requesting pardon, commutation, or reprieve of sentence.
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Bill Judiciary
Invokes comity to direct Governor to notify victim of impending release of incarcerated person granted clemency.
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Bill TRANSPORTATION
Establishes Transportation Authority of New Jersey and transfers certain powers, duties, and oversight of certain transportation entities and DOT to Transportation Authority of New Jersey.
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Bill Education
Expands limits on use of restraint and seclusion to all students and imposes certain data collection and training requirements on DOE.
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Bill Education
Makes various changes to school funding law and Educational Adequacy Report; establishes Special Education Funding Review Task Force.
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Bill Budget and Appropriations
Requires high school students to receive financial literacy instruction.
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Bill Commerce
Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from operating pharmacy practice sites directly or indirectly.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes licensure requirement for source plasma donation centers.
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Bill TRANSPORTATION
Establishes New Jersey Transportation Consolidation Task Force.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Expands entities that may acquire opioid antidotes; creates program within DOH and formalizes reporting requirements.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Permits certain substitute teachers to enroll in TPAF.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Permits certain local units to enter into project labor agreements for public works projects below the $5 million threshold.
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Bill Environment and Energy
Prohibits forcibly feeding certain poultry for production of foie gras.
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Bill Higher education
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.2 million for Community College Opportunity Grant.
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Bill Education
Requires executive county superintendent of schools to establish consolidation plan to combine school districts in county into regional school districts.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to reassign distribution of certain Community Resources funding to Neptune American Legion Post #346.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Concerns charter school enrollment, student placements, reporting, and athletics.
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Bill Judiciary
Revises definition of health care professional in aggravated assault statute to match definition under "Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act."
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Permits farm brewery licensees to sell products to consumers for consumption on licensed premises.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Establishes various requirements for charter schools, charter school board of trustees members, and charter management organizations.
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Bill Education
Permits nursing services in nonpublic schools to be delivered by licensed medical professionals, including licensed practical nurses.
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Bill Environment and Energy
Requires certain municipalities to include certain information concerning beach costs and revenues in municipality's public access plan.
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Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Concerns local unit appropriations cap.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Provides accidental disability benefits to police who contract COVID-19 under certain circumstances.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes certain protections for health care professionals who receive behavioral health care and apply for State licensure.
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Bill TRANSPORTATION
Concerns issuance of standard basic driver's licenses to individuals with certain disabilities after expiration of prior license.
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Bill Environment and Energy
Prohibits requirement for beach tag for access to beach below mean high tide line for recreational purposes.
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Bill Commerce
Prohibits automobile insurance policies from disclaiming uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage based on use of motor vehicle owned by insured's employer.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Requires Director of Division of Local Government Services in DCA to establish grant program to enhance local government efficiency; appropriates $1.5 million.
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Bill Budget and Appropriations
Requires health insurance carriers to reimburse health care providers for vaccines at rate no less than CDC cost per dose rate.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Changes certain requirements for inspection of records of motor vehicle sales.
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Bill Education
Establishes Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth Equity and Inclusion in Schools.
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Bill Judiciary
Clarifies consent to being photographed, filmed, or recorded in sexual manner does not include or imply consent to disclosure of image.
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Bill Judiciary
Creates separate crime for items depicting sexual exploitation or abuse of children; concerns computer generated or manipulated sexually explicit images.
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Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Prohibits facilitation of agreements among rental property owners who restrict competition with respect to residential dwelling units.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Permits surviving spouse of retired member of PFRS to be enrolled in SHBP and to continue to receive pension benefit after remarriage in certain circumstances.
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Bill Judiciary
Grants discretion to court in expungement of records related to domestic violence arrests not resulting in conviction.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes "Equitable Drug Pricing and Patient Access Act."
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Bill Education
Requires State to bear partial cost of transportation of certain homeless students to school.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Concerns distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Removes exclusion of affectional or sexual orientation and gender identity or expression from affirmative action programs under public works contracts.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $4.0 million.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
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Bill Commerce
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for enrollment of student in recovery high school alternative education program.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Concerns venue for juveniles charged with certain acts of delinquency.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Includes certain employees of the DLPS as members of the Prosecutors Part of PERS.
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Bill Economic Growth
Establishes program to incentivize hiring and continued employment of individuals with developmental disabilities.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Permits individual holding a nursing multistate license to be eligible for school nurse certification.
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Bill Higher education
Increases tuition credit amount permitted under volunteer tuition credit program.
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Bill Higher education
Requires public institution of higher education to provide academic credit for certain examinations.
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Bill Education
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish matching grant program for certain school districts and schools using federal funds to increase instructional time and accelerate learning.
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Bill Higher education
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Adds migraine to list of medical conditions permitting person to install motor vehicle window tinting.
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Bill Education
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of books at school book fairs.
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Bill Judiciary
"Stephanie's Law"; Requires AOC to establish publicly-accessible domestic violence registry; requires law enforcement officer to search State's domestic violence registries when conducting arrest.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Requires voting machines to be recertified annually and after software modifications.
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Bill Economic Growth
Requires certain animals used in testing to be offered for adoption; requires establishment of procedures for assessment and disposition of animals; establishes penalties for noncompliance.
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Bill Education
Establishes requirements for removal of students from public school pending mental health clearance.
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Bill Education
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
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Bill TRANSPORTATION
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
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Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Establishes Legislative Enactment Oversight Committee to ensure implementation of enacted laws and joint resolutions.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Prohibits DHS from deeming certain teachers and school employees ineligible for child care subsidies due to number of hours worked when school is not in session for students.
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Bill Commerce
Requires certain issuance standards and open enrollment for Medicare supplement policies.
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Bill Education
Establishes High Efficiency Accelerated Learning Grant Program.
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Bill Education
Requires Commissioner of Education to receive approval from State Board of Education prior to imposing new standardized assessment requirement on public schools.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Concerns issuance of permit to purchase handgun and firearms purchaser identification card to persons age 18 to 25.
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Bill TRANSPORTATION
Eliminates fee for re-issuance of motor vehicle title following loan payoff.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Provides service credit for PERS member for former membership in transit retirement program.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Makes local government business administrators eligible for membership in PERS; provides for transfer from Defined Contribution Retirement Program to PERS.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
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Bill Education
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
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Bill Economic Growth
Establishes "Recovery Tax Credit Program"; incentivizes hiring and continued employment of certain individuals in recovery from substance use disorder.
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Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
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Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
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Bill Budget and Appropriations
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are victims of domestic abuse to claim credit with filing status of married filing separately.
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Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
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Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Allows certain individuals, including those on active duty or fulfilling reserve obligations, to participate remotely in certain governmental meetings.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Increases hourly limit of reimbursable personal care assistant services under NJ WorkAbility Program.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
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Bill Environment and Energy
"Penny's Law"; requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Provides that persons between 18 and 21 years of age with disabilities are eligible to receive direct support professional services from DHS.
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Bill Judiciary
Modifies definition of "impact zones" in "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act."
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Bill Judiciary
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
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Bill Judiciary
Permits victims and witnesses of human trafficking to testify in criminal proceedings via closed circuit television; permits judge to make motion to seek closed circuit testimony.
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Bill Judiciary
Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Concerns local unit budget processes and related operations.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Permits boards of education to lease certain school property to federally qualified health centers without bidding.
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Permits individuals to establish voluntary nonopioid directives.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Revises child labor laws concerning employment of minor in theatrical production.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Reduces and clarifies requirements for municipal tourist development commission disbursements for advertising.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Allows cities to close existing life guard pension plans to new entrants and modifies certain life guard pension benefits; makes new life guard pension plans permissive.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans and Military Spouses Asset Protection Act."
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
"Pet Insurance Act."
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Bill Neutral Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrator of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
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Bill Neutral Law and Public Safety
Establishes "Uniform Crash Investigation Protocol Task Force" to establish uniform crash investigation protocol for State, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies when investigating certain motor vehicle and vessel crashes.
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Bill Neutral Withdrawn Because Approved
Requires DCA to enable certain construction subcode applicants to electronically submit certain materials for permit application review; limits requirements for physical seal on documents at worksite.
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Designates March 30th of each year "Menstrual Toxic Shock Syndrome Awareness Day."
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Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
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Requires low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be registered with MVC and to be insured.
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Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
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Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage for certain children with disabilities who are 26 years of age or older.
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Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions.
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Prohibits internet sale of lottery tickets by State Lottery Commission.
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Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
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Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
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Provides PERS members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
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Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
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Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
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Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
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Establishes nonpublic school nursing services pilot program to provide funding to county consortium of nonpublic schools for nursing services.
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Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on menstrual toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of menstrual toxic shock syndrome.
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