New Jersey Senator Teresa Ruiz [D] | Senate

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NJS3496Intro
25%
Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.
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2024-06-24
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS2646Intro
25%
Requires school districts to provide training and coaching to certain teachers on student literacy and reading interventions; requires DOE to establish program for literacy coaches.
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2024-06-20
Combined with S2644/2645 (SCS)
NJS2645Intro
25%
Requires school districts to screen certain students for reading deficiencies.
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2024-06-20
Combined with S2644/2646 (SCS)
NJS3476Intro
25%
Establishes grant program to provide thermal imaging and radio equipment to certain fire departments.
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2024-06-20
To Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
NJS3478Intro
25%
Requires certain court documents to be translated into languages other than English.
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2024-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
NJS3477Intro
25%
Establishes 10 year Menstrual Leave and Remote Work Pilot Program.
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2024-06-20
To Senate Labor Committee
NJS3475Intro
25%
Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide written notice of toll violations and process for remedying violations prior to issuing administrative fee.
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2024-06-20
To Senate Transportation Committee
NJSCR81Intro
25%
Proposes constitutional amendment to increase amount of veterans' property tax deduction from $250 to $2,500 over four years.
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2024-06-17
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS1034Intro
25%
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of residential rental units for lead drinking water hazards.
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2024-06-17
[Hearing: Oct 7 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS3441Intro
25%
Establishes survivor support liaison in Department of Treasury to assist beneficiaries of emergency responders who die in line of duty; "designated as Captain Augusto Acabou's, Wayne Brooks', and Plainfield Firefighter Marques Hudson's act"; appropri...
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2024-06-13
To Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
NJS2200Intro
25%
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.
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2024-06-10
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS2245Intro
25%
Permits cosmetology and hairstyling students with at least 60 hours of course instruction in cosmetology and hairstyling to receive student permit to wash hair.
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2024-06-10
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS3426Intro
25%
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service firefighter applicants.
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2024-06-10
To Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
NJS3423Intro
25%
Requires standards for organization and deployment of career fire fighters to be consistent with certain national standards.
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2024-06-10
To Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
NJS3429Intro
25%
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
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2024-06-10
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS3427Intro
25%
Permits companion to receive PFRS accidental death pension when there is no surviving spouse; requires adjustment of final compensation for calculation of accidental death benefit for surviving spouse, companion, and children of PFRS members.
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2024-06-10
To Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
NJS3428Intro
25%
Establishes marine firefighting training course requirements for certain firefighters; appropriates $140 million.
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2024-06-10
To Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
NJS3425Intro
25%
"Menstrual Equity for Haitian Migrants Act."
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2024-06-10
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS2010Intro
25%
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
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2024-06-06
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS2535Intro
25%
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
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2024-06-06
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS3386Intro
25%
Codifies various centers and programs at Rutgers University - Newark; appropriates $6.5 million.
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2024-06-06
To Senate Higher Eduction Committee
NJS2181Engross
50%
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
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2024-05-20
To Assembly State and Local Government Committee
NJS2236Engross
50%
Exempts nursing mothers from jury duty.
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2024-05-20
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
NJS1311Intro
25%
Codifies prohibition of discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requires real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training.
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2024-05-20
Substituted by A2280 (1R)
NJS2495Engross
50%
Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair.
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2024-05-20
To Assembly Labor Committee
NJS3096Intro
25%
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history of Latino and Hispanic Americans as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
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2024-05-20
[Hearing: Oct 7 @ 1:00 pm]

Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS2284Engross
50%
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
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2024-05-20
To Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
NJS3000Intro
25%
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
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2024-05-20
Substituted by A2180 (1R)
NJS720Engross
50%
Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability under certain circumstances.
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2024-05-20
To Assembly Judiciary Committee
NJS3309Intro
25%
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act."
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2024-05-20
To Senate Transportation Committee
NJS2223Intro
25%
Requires VCCO to issue annual report to Governor and Legislature.
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2024-05-16
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
NJSJR97Intro
25%
Designates last week of April of each year as "Reentry Week."
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2024-05-16
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
NJS3152Intro
25%
Concerns notification requirements for certain utility assistance programs; repeals law establishing notification requirements for public and local utilities during coronavirus 2019 pandemic.
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2024-05-16
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS3251Intro
25%
Establishes "New Jersey Migrant and Refugee Assistance Act."
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2024-05-16
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS2531Engross
50%
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.
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2024-05-13
To Assembly State and Local Government Committee
NJS1192Intro
25%
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
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2024-05-13
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS3193Intro
25%
Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board.
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2024-05-09
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS3194Intro
25%
Allows gross income tax deduction for donations of menstrual products to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
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2024-05-09
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS3186Intro
25%
Makes supplemental appropriation of $9 million from General Fund to DOE to support Engaged Learning Strategies - STEM Curriculum Program in certain school districts.
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2024-05-09
To Senate Education Committee
NJSJR76Intro
25%
Designates second Friday in December of each year as "PSRPs in Our Schools Day" in New Jersey to recognize contributions of paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRPs).
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2024-05-06
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
NJS2814Intro
25%
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.
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2024-05-06
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS2919Intro
25%
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
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2024-05-06
To Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
NJS3153Intro
25%
Prohibits DCF from using federal benefits, received by a child in out of home placement, to reimburse State for the cost of the child's maintenance.
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2024-05-06
[Hearing: Oct 7 @ 1:00 pm]
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS1313PassEstablishes procedure for certification of LGBTQ+ business.
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2024-05-01
Approved P.L.2024, c.10.
NJS3132Intro
25%
Imposes certain requirements on secondhand dealers of cellular telephones and wireless communication devices.
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2024-04-15
To Senate Commerce Committee
NJSCR102Intro
25%
Urges United States President to expand access to menstrual products in schools.
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2024-04-15
To Senate Education Committee
NJSJR108Intro
25%
Designates May 17 of each year as "Menstrual Empowerment Day" in New Jersey.
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2024-04-15
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS3133Intro
25%
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
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2024-04-15
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS3131Intro
25%
Requires DOH to expand services provided under plan to improve perinatal mental health services and health insurers to cover costs of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.
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2024-04-15
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
NJS3130Intro
25%
Establishes "Period Equity and Menstrual Disorders Study Committee" in DOH.
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2024-04-15
To Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
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