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Joseph Vitale D

State Senator
New Jersey Senate District 19
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2027
1 Total

On Record (95)

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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Designates November of each year as "C. Difficile Awareness Month."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Designates third full week in April of each year as "Infertility Awareness Week" in New Jersey.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce
Revises territorial rating plans used by insurers writing private passenger automobile insurance.
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Bill Commerce
Prohibits business entities from selling or manufacturing certain personal flotation devices not approved by United States Coast Guard.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Provides for transfer and sale of inactive liquor licenses for use in qualifying smart growth municipalities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce
Establishes oversight and qualifications of peer recovery specialists.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce
Requires Medicaid and health insurance network contracts to provide participating health care providers with certain notifications.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Prohibits social media platforms from using certain practices or features that cause child users to become addicted to platform.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Appropriates $10 million to Department of Treasury for nurse preceptor tax credits.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Increases penalties for certain prohibited sales of tobacco and vapor products.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill LABOR
Concerns family leave and gestational carriers.
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Bill Economic Growth
Provides corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization, and expansion, or hiring and training of new employees for manufacturing purposes.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Designates minimum percentage of residential substance use disorder treatment facility beds for use by NJ FamilyCare eligible individuals as condition for licensure.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; appropriates $1 million.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes Nursing School Expansion Grant Program; appropriates $25 million.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires DOH to evaluate hospital compliance with federal hospital price transparency requirements.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Provides for independent prescriptive authority for midwives.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes act of disseminating misinformation as professional misconduct for health care professionals.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Requires helmet while operating bicycle, scooter, or motorized scooter.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Environment and Energy
Requires certain businesses to submit excess food reduction plan to DEP; provides CBT credit to eligible businesses that reduce excess food by 25 percent.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes "New Jersey Living Donor Support Program" in DOH; makes appropriation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Prohibits targeted advertisements that promote vapor products or use of vapor products to individuals under the age of 21 on social media platforms.
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Bill Commerce
Creates certain protections for insurers and insurance producers engaging in business of insurance in connection with cannabis-related businesses.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires DOH to purchase xylazine test strips to be distributed to entities that provide authorized harm reduction services; makes appropriation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Concerns social media privacy and data management for children and establishes New Jersey Children's Data Protection Commission.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires DHS to establish quality-based reimbursement system for registered family child care providers participating in Grow NJ Kids.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires State provider subsidy payments for child care services to be based on enrollment.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Modifies tax rate on certain tobacco and nicotine products.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Clarifies that bribery statute applies to unlawful gratuities received either before or after official acts.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires Medicaid coverage for continuous glucose monitors and related supplies for individuals diagnosed with diabetes who meet certain coverage eligibility criteria.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires DHS to develop incentives to encourage private investment in child care deserts.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Transfers oversight to certified nurse aides from DOH to Board of Nursing.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Excludes certain income earned from health promotion or disease prevention work from income eligibility determination under NJ FamilyCare, WFNJ, and NJ SNAP.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires age verification and parent or guardian consent for minor's use of social media platform; prohibits certain messaging between adults and minors on social media platform.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Increases cap on personal care assistant services from 40 hours to 91 hours per week for Medicaid beneficiary determined clinically eligible for nursing facility level of care.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires certain providers of substance or alcohol use disorder treatment, services, or supports to be assessed for conflicts of interest prior to receiving State funds, licensure, or certification.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Amends law to extend length of postpartum coverage for Medicaid services for eligible pregnant women to 180-day period.
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Bill Education
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Authorizes DOH to establish partnerships in international public health.
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Bill Commerce
Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage for the medical use of cannabis under certain circumstances.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes Restaurant Meals Program in DHS; permits certain individuals to use SNAP benefits at approved restaurants; requires participation by certain restaurants operated by institutions of higher education.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Permits State employees not covered by collective negotiations agreements to enroll in certain negotiated health care plans.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health Infrastructure
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires hospitals to maintain minimum services when relocating from underserved community.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Revises certain references to Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in statutory and regulatory law; Requires health benefits coverage for certain immunizations recommended by DOH.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Increases scope of practice for licensed practical nurses and patient care technicians under certain circumstances.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Expands New Jersey's certificate of need exemption list.
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Bill Budget and Appropriations
Makes supplemental General Fund appropriation of $45 million to DHS for opioid related care and treatment at certain hospitals.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Requires volunteers, employees, and organizers of certain youth and sports organizations to receive criminal history record background checks.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires certain golf courses to maintain automated external defibrillator.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Budget and Appropriations
Establishes telecommunication fee to support Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Limits estate recovery under Medicaid to federal mandated recovery for nursing home care and other long-term care costs.
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Bill Judiciary
Authorizes voluntary post-adoption contact agreements.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for screening, prevention, and treatment services of behavioral health issues affecting children.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes framework for appointment of receiver for provider of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Establishes "Disability Mortality and Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee" in DHS; makes appropriation.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes certain governance and service standards for developmental disability service providers; appropriates $300,000.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Enhances enforcement authority over developmental disability service providers; establishes "Residential Facility Quality of Care Improvement Fund" in DHS.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Requires use of merchant category codes for purchases of firearms and ammunition.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Codifies and extends authorization for certain out-of-State health care practitioners and recent graduates of health care training programs to practice in New Jersey.
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Bill Commerce
Creates New Jersey Board of Paramedicine.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Clarifies coverage requirements for health insurers of over-the-counter contraceptive drugs.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Removes exemption from law regulating patient referrals.
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Bill Passed both Houses
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires study and implementation of reference-based pricing for SHBP and SEHBP.
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Bill Commerce
Creates "Midwifery Licensing Act;" modifies regulation of midwifery.
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Bill Commerce
Imposes certain rate filing requirements concerning certain health benefits plans available on State-based exchange.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes Office of Child Advocate.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Provides categorical eligibility for subsidized child care services to certain child care workers.
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Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Regulates provision of pharmaceutical services in long-term care facilities.
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Bill Judiciary
Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires automatic registration with New Jersey Immunization Information System upon administration of vaccine for certain persons who consent to registration.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires school districts to provide instruction on bleed control as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes "Mission Critical Long-Term Care Teams"; provides for identification of and intervention at long-term care facilities at risk of operational and financial distress.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires procurement of management support and other services for certain nursing homes.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes requirements for sanctions and other actions involving low-performing nursing homes.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes certain requirements and initiatives related to nurses; appropriates funds.
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Bill 2nd Reading in the Senate
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Prohibits sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices at certain pharmacies.
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Bill Budget and Appropriations
Requires children's meals and beverages served in certain settings to meet nutritional standards.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
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Bill Health
Revises penalties for certain prohibited sales of tobacco and vapor products and smoking in indoor places.
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