Legislation

The following is a list of legislation sponsored by or co-sponsored
by Assemblyman Louis Greenwald.

For more information on any of the bills below please feel free to visit
the state web site at www.njleg.state.nj.us

 

Bill Number
Description
Sponsorship
 
A114 Requires automobile insurers to maintain sales representation in urban rating territories. Primary Sponsor
A240 Repeals charter of New Jersey Detective Agency. Primary Sponsor
A446 Permits the establishment of athletic codes of conduct; requires anger management counseling prior to resuming attendance. Primary Sponsor
A788 Requires the Commission on Holocaust Education to monitor false information concerning the Holocaust disseminated over the Internet; appropriates $50,000. Primary Sponsor
  A808 Enhances tax relief under the NJ SAVER and Homestead Rebate Act.

Primary Sponsor

A872 Dedicates use of tobacco settlement monies for certain health-related purposes and appropriates $40 million in State funds and $40 million in federal funds to increase Medicaid inpatient reimbursement rates. Primary Sponsor
A1165 Establishes a gross income tax credit for full time enrollment at four year institutions of higher education, county colleges and accredited post-secondary schools in New Jersey. Primary Sponsor
A1203 Appropriates $12.475 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern New Jersey. Primary Sponsor
A1535 Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000. Primary Sponsor
A1536 Provides PFRS death benefit of 3 1/2 times the annual rate of compensation in the event of accidental death occurring in the first year of creditable service. Primary Sponsor
A1537 Creates crime of committing offense in senior citizen zone. Primary Sponsor
A1538 Provides that, when candidacy for party nomination to public office or for political party office is uncontested, no primary election vote upon such nomination or party office shall be held. Primary Sponsor
A1539 Makes use of emergency ballots optional in each county. Primary Sponsor
A1540 Concerns Workforce Development Partnership Program and employer tax credits for customized training. Primary Sponsor
A1541 Establishes "weapons free" school zones. Primary Sponsor
A1542 Directs that one sample ballot shall be delivered to each residence address where at least one resident thereof is registered to vote. Primary Sponsor
A1543 Establishes confidential data base to assist State Police in issuance of firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits. Primary Sponsor
A1544 Adds passenger automobile insurance information to DMV database. Primary Sponsor
A1545 Makes failing to report insurance fraud a crime of third degree. Primary Sponsor
A1546 Requires meningococcal vaccinations for new residential students at four-year institutions of higher education. Primary Sponsor
A1547 Creates State Police high technology crime unit; appropriates $1,000,000. Primary Sponsor
A1548 Establishes Statewide allogeneic cord blood bank, requires certain health insurers to provide coverage for cord blood banking and appropriates $5 million to DHSS. Primary Sponsor
A1549 Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty. Primary Sponsor
A1550 Permits certain war-time veterans and military surviving spouses to receive enhanced homestead rebate amounts similar to the homestead rebate amounts allowed for senior and disabled residents. Primary Sponsor
A1551 Permits automotive collecting activities on residential property outside of ordinary public view. Primary Sponsor
A1552

Establishes New Jersey Water Supply and Contamination Study Commission.

Primary Sponsor
A1553 Grants 90-day grace period for payment of property taxes by seniors and longer period for participants in senior freeze act. Primary Sponsor
A1554 Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility. Primary Sponsor
A1555 Allows cosmetologist-hairstylists to operate mobile facilities when providing services. Primary Sponsor
A1556 Includes custom fabrication work under the prevailing wage act. Primary Sponsor
A1557 Requires DHSS meningitis public awareness campaign to target pediatricians. Primary Sponsor
A1558 Establishes "Amber's Plan" to broadcast public alerts concerning abducted children. Primary Sponsor
A1578 Allows certain corporations to file consolidated corporation business tax returns. Primary Sponsor
A1589 Adjusts the tobacco products wholesale sales and use tax rate. Primary Sponsor
A1842 Designates March 16 as "Liberty Day" in New Jersey; memorializes Congress to pass legislation designating "Liberty Day" annually. Primary Sponsor
A1888 Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for high school students and new full-time students at institutions of higher education.** Primary Sponsor
A2001 Authorizes establishment of State tax amnesty. Primary Sponsor
A2010 Reduces certain General Fund appropriations, allocates certain revenues and transfers and appropriates certain fund balances for fiscal year 2002 State budget puposes. Primary Sponsor
A2164 Repeals charter of New Jersey Detective Agency. Primary Sponsor
A2203 Requires county welfare agencies to adjust office hours. Primary Sponsor
A2278 Supplemental appropriation of $17,302,599 for Extraordinary Needs Aid for certain school districts. Primary Sponsor
A2328 Increases period of dual membership allowed in service credit transfer between PERS and TPAF. Primary Sponsor
A2329 Authorizes certain exceptions to local public contracts law. * Primary Sponsor
A2444 Requires Medicaid coverage of HIV drug resistance testing. * Primary Sponsor
A2449 Supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DLPS for urban search and rescue teams. Primary Sponsor
A2453 Requires contributions toward cost of certain public safety improvements of streets and highways. Primary Sponsor
A2454 Raises the percentage of net debt for municipalities for the purposes of bonding from 3 1/2% to 5%. Primary Sponsor
A2500 The Annual Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2003. Primary Sponsor
A2553 Requires pediatric rehabilitation hospital with 30 or fewer beds be reimbursed 100% of Medicaid allowable reimbursable costs. * Primary Sponsor
A2585 Makes changes in the law concerning the cleanup of hazardous substances. Primary Sponsor
A2625 Makes various changes to the automobile insurance laws; consolidates administrative functions relative to automobile insurance; provides for insurance fraud reforms. * Primary Sponsor
A2628 Establishes corporation business tax credit for certain remediation costs. Primary Sponsor
A2776 Authorizes appointment of part-time county tax administrator. Primary Sponsor
A2904 Protects certain compliant municipalities from builder's remedy under "Fair Housing Act" pending readoption of methodologies, criteria and guidelines. Primary Sponsor
A2913 Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans. Primary Sponsor
A2915 Provides that the Commissioner of Education may not subsequently increase tentative per pupil tuition rate charged for disabled students enrolled in private schools for the disabled. Primary Sponsor
A3021 Permits purchase of service and salary credit in PERS for service with a bi-state agency created by interstate compact. Primary Sponsor
A3077 Exempts rentals between closely related business entities from the sales and use tax. Primary Sponsor
A3119 Permits children to obtain county-issued digital photo identification cards. Primary Sponsor
A3145 Establishes lawn watering restrictions; authorizes DEP to adopt water conservation regulations and to reduce water supply application backlog; and requires installation of automatic rain sensor devices under certain circumstances. * Primary Sponsor
A3174 Prohibits discharge of untreated or pre-treated wastewater from Superfund former landfill sites into publicly owned treatment works; and imposes certain remediation requirements on Superfund former landfill sites with radionuclide pollutants. * Primary Sponsor
A3274 Requires certain State departments to maintain toll-free telephone number for services and general information. Primary Sponsor
A3303 Exempts veteran's discharge certificate from State's open public records law; permits veteran and veteran's spouse to access discharge certificate. Primary Sponsor
A3361 Requires disclosure by contractor of cost of construction permits required for construction or reconstruction of residential premises Primary Sponsor
A3423 Establishes the New Jersey Film Production Assistance Program. * Primary Sponsor
A3469 Permits voting by mail for all elections in certain municipalities under certain conditions. Primary Sponsor
A3521 Authorizes borrowing by public school district between June 22 and June 30 of the school budget year in certain circumstances. Primary Sponsor
A3531 Modifies certain provisions concerning automobile insurance. Primary Sponsor
A3557 Provides that school board may contract with photographer for yearbook and may not prohibit use of pictures made by other photographers. Primary Sponsor
A3654 Requires DYFS to provide unified child care agencies evaluating homes of prospective approved home providers with results of child abuse record information checks. Primary Sponsor
A3655 Permits sending district board of education to have representative on receiving district board of education under certain conditions. Primary Sponsor
A3657 Increases penalties for intoxicated drivers under age 21. Primary Sponsor
A3685 Provides that total annual out-of-state travel expenses of a board of education shall not exceed $3,000. Primary Sponsor
A3700 Appropriates $24,080,939,000 in State funds and $9,757,304,752 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2003-2004. Primary Sponsor
A3713 Makes various changes to Casino Control Act to impose certain taxes and permit certain agreements. * Primary Sponsor
A3777 Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program." Primary Sponsor
A3846 The "Smart Growth Tax Credit Act." Primary Sponsor
A3864 Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors. Primary Sponsor
A3865 Increases cost of living adjustment in pension allowances and survivor benefits payable to certain former public safety officers and their survivors. Primary Sponsor
ACR49 Proposes constitutional amendment permitting certain veterans and their surviving spouses to receive enhanced homestead rebate amounts similar to the homestead rebate amounts allowed for senior and disabled residents. Primary Sponsor
ACR169 Amends Constitution to increase bonding cap for Garden State Preservation Trust from $1 billion to $1.15 billion. Primary Sponsor
AR41 Memorializes Congress and President of United States to increase federal funding to states for child lead poisoning screening programs. Primary Sponsor
AR49 Urges Governor to increase resources addressing problem of unsafe levels of radium in groundwater. Primary Sponsor
AR203 Memorializes EPA to compel the GEMS Trust to construct on-site wastewater treatment facility to remediate the GEMS landfill. Primary Sponsor
AR238 Memorializes Congress to adopt a responsible stimulus package that addresses the needs of states. Primary Sponsor
AR268 Commends Camden County College for developing security and public safety curriculum; memorializes other county colleges to offer such a curriculum; and seeks identification of federal funds to support such a curriculum. Primary Sponsor
Bill Number
Description
Sponsorship
A70 Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation to establish a gross income tax payment system by credit card or debit card. Co-Sponsor
A112 Prohibits use of unmarked police vehicles for routine traffic stops. Co-Sponsor
A119 Establishes Child Labor Law Enforcement Fund. * Co-Sponsor
A122

Supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to DCA for expansion and refurbishment of fire training facilities at Camden County Fire Academy.

Co-Sponsor
A124 Extends overtime pay requirements to certain workers. Co-Sponsor
A125 Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines and establishes requirements for retail sales of tobacco. Co-Sponsor
A129 Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program. Co-Sponsor
A136 Provides for State aid payment to certain municipalities for loss of ratables due to an overburden of tax-exempt property; approriates $50 million. Co-Sponsor
A158 Appropriates $2 million to DHS for grants to Regional Child Abuse Treatment Centers.

Co-Sponsor

A192

Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid. Co-Sponsor
A206 Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program. Co-Sponsor
A207 Requires health benefits coverage for prescription drugs for treatment of epilepsy. Co-Sponsor
A208 Establishes State Pediatric Epilepsy Resource Program; appropriates $50,000. Co-Sponsor
A209 Directs Medicaid to establish community spouse resource allowance and income limits at highest levels permitted by federal law; appropriates $9 million in State funds and $9 million in federal funds. Co-Sponsor
A233 Creates interest free loan program for State residents who are members of National Guard and Reserves called to federal active duty. Co-Sponsor
A243 Establishes "Pledge for Life and Health" program for elementary school students. Co-Sponsor
A291 "Nursing Home Patient Protection Act." Co-Sponsor
A300 Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs. Co-Sponsor
A368 Prohibits imposition by water utilities of standby fees or charges for certain fire protection systems. *** Co-Sponsor
A409 Authorizes and directs DEP to implement Phase II of the California Low Emission Vehicle program in the State beginning in calendar year 2006. Co-Sponsor
A411 Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000. Co-Sponsor
A434 Revises requirements for certain handgun sales; requires ballistics identifiers be submitted to qualified databases. Co-Sponsor
A438 Requires ballistic identifiers as a condition for sale of handguns and certain rifles; provides a voluntary ballistic identifier program for handgun and rifle owners. * Co-Sponsor
A453 Requires health clubs to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator. Co-Sponsor
A499 Adds leader of firearms trafficking network and weapons training for illegal activities to RICO statute. * Co-Sponsor
A513 Waives driver's license and motor vehicle registration fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of first aid and rescue squads. Co-Sponsor
A531 Supplemental appropriation of $5,150,000 to DHS for General Assistance County Administration costs. Co-Sponsor
A532 Permits municipality under State supervision to reduce operating costs through employee early retirement and termination incentive program. Co-Sponsor
A533 Permits aid to State supervised municipalities to eliminate structural deficit. Co-Sponsor
A537 Upgrades penalty for assault in certain cases. * Co-Sponsor
A538 Revises method of computing seniority for certain law enforcement officers transferred to the State Police. Co-Sponsor
A540 Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation. Co-Sponsor
A544 Supplemental appropriation of $35 million to DHSS for charity care payments to hold harmless certain hospitals for FY2001 reductions in estimated allocations. Co-Sponsor
A548 Requires instruction on compulsive gambling to be included as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. *

Co-Sponsor

A577 Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide. Co-Sponsor
A588 Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition. Co-Sponsor
A589 Supplemental appropriation for $250,000 to DHS for a grant to the New Jersey 2-1-1 Partnership. Co-Sponsor
A592 Provides for additional annual State aid for the Capital City under the Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief Aid program; appropriates $15 million for this purpose and $2.9 million for additional special municipal aid for Trenton. Co-Sponsor
A600 Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. Co-Sponsor
A654 Establishes the NJ Defense Industry Retention Program in the EDA; appropriates $15,000,000. Co-Sponsor
A666 Allows county governments to join with State under certain circumstances for purchase of electric generation service and electric related service. Co-Sponsor
A702 Establishes the Office on Women's Health in DHSS. Co-Sponsor
A707 Supplemental appropriation of $22.9 million in General and federal Funds to DHSS for supplemental charity care. Co-Sponsor
A712 Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons. Co-Sponsor
A727 Prohibits unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to certain customers. Co-Sponsor
A768 Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes. Co-Sponsor
A776 Restricts bail options for second and subsequent offenses occurring while released. Co-Sponsor
A780 Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation. Co-Sponsor
A802 Establishes targeted breast cancer education and screening initiative in DHSS; appropriates $750,000. Co-Sponsor
A804 Requires transportation services under Work First New Jersey program be provided for 24 months to recipients earning less than $12 an hour. Co-Sponsor
A805 Establishes priority for the awarding of historic preservation project grants or funding of such grants to certain projects; changes lapsing requirements for historic preservation project grants. Co-Sponsor
A815 Requires annual audited financial reports of insurance companies. Co-Sponsor
A822 Requires employers to provide time off from work for members of certain volunteer organizations to respond to fires under certain conditions. * Co-Sponsor
A824 Prohibits county agriculture development board member from submitting application to preserve farmland under farmland preservation program. Co-Sponsor
A828 "Nursing Student Incentive Loan and Loan Redemption Program Act"; appropriates $5 million. Co-Sponsor
A833 Exempts certain children's car seats from sales and use tax. Co-Sponsor
A834 Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers. Co-Sponsor
A836 Limits annual budget increases of four year public institutions of higher education.

Co-Sponsor

A844 Creates the "New Jersey Electronic Transactions Act." Co-Sponsor
A846 Establishes special license plates for veterans of the Korean conflict. Co-Sponsor
A887 Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations. Co-Sponsor
A911 Creates the "September 11th, 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act."

Co-Sponsor

A1123 Establishes "New Jersey Health Care Improvement Trust Fund." Co-Sponsor
A1160 Requires the Governor's annual budget recommendations to establish the State share of public school costs at 50 percent by dedicating growth in certain State revenues. Co-Sponsor
A1161 Exempts senior citizens who qualify for Medicaid from certain motor vehicle registration fees. Co-Sponsor
A1162 Directs New Jersey Highway Authority to designate Garden State Parkway as memorial highway to ex-POWs. Co-Sponsor
A1163 Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain charitable contributions. Co-Sponsor
A1164 Provides gross income tax credit for services volunteered to certain charitable and governmental organizations. Co-Sponsor
A1166 Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments. Co-Sponsor
A1173 Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer. Co-Sponsor
A1175 Authorizes special license plate for ex-prisoners of war. Co-Sponsor
A1334 Requires a cost analysis in certain cases when a State department contracts out work. Co-Sponsor
A1339 Provides for public access to government records; protects certain government records from public disclosure; establishes Privacy Study Commission and appropriates $95,000 to commission. Co-Sponsor
A1376 Establishes Specialty Nurse Education and Training Pilot Program in DHSS; appropriates $5 million. Co-Sponsor
A1398 Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song. Co-Sponsor
A1527 Makes supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DMVA for construction of the State World War II Veterans Memorial. Co-Sponsor
A1576 Allows vendors to retain 1% of sales tax collected as consideration for collecting and promptly remitting the same. Co-Sponsor
A1577 Concerns unemployment benefits for corporate owners and officers. Co-Sponsor
A1593 Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax. Co-Sponsor
A1609 Exempts fire department personnel and full-time police officers from jury duty. Co-Sponsor
A1735 Creates crime of victimization of senior citizen and person with disability. * Co-Sponsor
A1745 Permits local government units to issue refunding bonds to retire unfunded accrued liability resulting from early retirement benefits. Co-Sponsor
A1895 Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services. Co-Sponsor
A1912 Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. Co-Sponsor
A1926 Concerns public works contracts and project labor agreements with labor organizations. * Co-Sponsor
A1955 Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness. Co-Sponsor
A1957 Permits municipalities to make retroactive property tax deduction payments to veterans up to a maximum of $1,000 per veteran. Co-Sponsor
A2047 Permits local authorities to appropriate and transfer available surplus funds to municipality or county that created authority. Co-Sponsor
A2096 Places certain juvenile offenders in adult county jails. Co-Sponsor
A2113 Increases public members on New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education. Co-Sponsor
A2233 Exempts from New Jersey gross income tax the income of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. * Co-Sponsor
A2263 Raises N.J. Environmental Infrastructure Trust's statutory debt ceiling to $1.6 billion. Co-Sponsor
A2273 Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects. Co-Sponsor
A2274 Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects. Co-Sponsor
A2306 Establishes "Commission to Examine Strategies for Strengthening Familial Bond Between Children and Incarcerated Parents." Co-Sponsor
A2401 Expands civil rights protections to include pregnancy and breast-feeding; requires employers to provide daily break to breast-feeding mothers. Co-Sponsor
A2462 Requires fee-for-service prescription drug benefits for SSI recipients under Medicaid. Co-Sponsor
A2489 Authorizes Adjutant General to issue service medal to commemorate 50th anniversary of ending of Korean War; appropriates $5,000. Co-Sponsor
A2522 Requires emergency first aid and first responder retraining for local law enforcement officers; establishes a "duty to act" in emergency situations for on-duty local law enforcement officers. Co-Sponsor
A2602 Regulates operation of motorized scooters and motorized skateboards. Co-Sponsor
A2839 Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose gifts, fees and other economic benefits provided to health care providers for promotional and marketing purposes to DHSS. Co-Sponsor
A3014 Supplemental appropriation of $10 million to Department of Treasury for the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to administer certain programs. Co-Sponsor
A3035 Requires reporting by certain persons of attemped or completed suicides by youth and establishes NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council. Co-Sponsor
A3126 Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000. Co-Sponsor
A3153 Provides for automatic enrollment in PAAD and Senior Gold programs under certain circumstances. Co-Sponsor
A3154 Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Financing." * Co-Sponsor
A3169 Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases. Co-Sponsor
A3172 Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. ** Co-Sponsor
A3267 Makes certain reforms in the process of estimating and certifying State revenues for the annual State budget. Co-Sponsor
A3287 Revises criteria for financing underground storage tank closures, upgrades and remediations. Co-Sponsor
A3345 Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits. Co-Sponsor
A3508 Affords emergency services peer counselors confidentiality privileges. Co-Sponsor
A3667 Permits immediate expungement of court records where the person is acquitted or discharged or where the charges have been dismissed. Co-Sponsor
A3798 Clarifies that law enforcement agencies may access juvenile central registry information. Co-Sponsor
A3860 Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000. Co-Sponsor
ACR39 Determines Juvenile Justice Commission regulation on housing State-sentenced juvenile offenders in county facilities inconsistent with legislative intent. Co-Sponsor
ACR109 Approves FY 2003 Financial Plan of New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust. Co-Sponsor
ACR161 Provides for special session of Legislature to consider property tax reform. Co-Sponsor
AJR46 Urges DHSS to encourage research and awareness within the health care community of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva and recognizes 2002-2011 as the National Bone and Joint Decade. Co-Sponsor
AR42 Directs investigation and, if appropriate, the institution of impeachment proceedings concerning Peter G. Verniero. Co-Sponsor
AR43 Adopts articles of impeachment concerning Peter G. Verniero. Co-Sponsor
AR51 Memorializes U.S. Congress and President to designate May 15th as National Senior Citizen's Day. Co-Sponsor
AR134 Urges governing bodies of agencies established by interstate compact to allow their New Jersey employees to choose in which pension system the employees will be enrolled. Co-Sponsor
AR166 Expresses support for Israel in its fight against terrorism. Co-Sponsor
AR195 Memorializes Congress to prevent cuts in Medicare funding for skilled nursing care. Co-Sponsor
AR206 Urges the Governor of New York and the New York State Legislature to resist imposing a New York City wage tax on nonresidents. Co-Sponsor
AR217 Urges Board of Public Utilities to establish a Southern New Jersey Office. Co-Sponsor
AR241 Memorializes Congress and President to release first responder funds to municipalities. Co-Sponsor
AR259 Designates March 2003 as "Women's History Month" in New Jersey. Co-Sponsor