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Jan 24

Bills Vetoed by Gov. Murphy at End of 219th Legislative Term

Posted on January 24, 2022 at 8:35 AM by Legislative Staff

Governor Murphy has taken action on the bills sent to him at the end of the 219th Legislative Term. The Governor signed 123 bills and vetoed 16. Below is a summary of bills that have been vetoed. 

S-2768/A-4664 authorizes the State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct a disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the State’s procurement process to determine whether disparities exist in the availability and utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses. The first report would be issued within 18 months and every four years thereafter the State Chief Diversity Officer would have to advise the legislature if a study concerning the utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the procurement of goods and services for state agencies is needed. 

The bill has been introduced in the new legislative term as A-992.

S-3715/A-5804 would have modified certain definitions related to the State’s transient accommodation taxes and fees. The bill changed the definition of “obtained through a transient marketplace” to specify that the accommodation is accepted through a means provided by the marketplace or travel agency, regardless of whether payment for the accommodation is made through a means provide by the marketplace or travel agency. The bill also sought to change the definition of “transient space marketplace” to specify that a marketplace or travel agency provides the service in exchange for a fee. 

The bill has been introduced in the new legislative term as S-505.

A-6157/S-4202 would have prohibited circumventing the intergovernmental transfer process for law enforcement officers in certain circumstances. Specifically, the bill would have prohibited a municipal or county police department from utilizing the civil service provisions to appoint a permanent entry-level law enforcement officer or an entry-level law enforcement officer serving in a working test period employed by another municipal or county police department. 

At this time the bill has not been introduced in the new legislative term. 

S-73/A-4580 established requirements for the sale of home-baked goods that do not require further cooking or refrigeration for food safety and are not a “potentially hazardous food,” and only sold at the home baker’s home, a consumer’s home, a farmer’s market, or farm stands. The bill would have prohibited the selling or offering for sale home-baked goods over the Internet, wholesale, or to a commercial retailer for resale. The gross income generated by the home baker from the sale of baked goods may not exceed $50,000 per year. 

The legislation has not yet been reintroduced in the new legislative term.   

S-2679/A-1979 would have required paint producers to implement and participate in a paint stewardship program. The program would have required paint producers to develop a convenient program for the statewide collection of post-consumer paint. 

The League supported this legislation as it is good public policy to ensure that paints are properly collected and diverted from landfills and possible illegal dumping.

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