Asm. Vicky Flynn

Maddy summaryThis bill requires telemarketers making sales calls in New Jersey to display their actual name and phone number (or the seller's customer service number during business hours) on caller ID systems. It directly affects telemarketers who make unsolicited sales calls to New Jersey residents. The key provision mandates that telemarketers must transmit this information within the first 30 seconds of a call, preventing them from blocking or misrepresenting their identity. This aims to help consumers identify callers before answering, reducing fraud and unwanted calls.

Maddy summaryBill A-102 requires advisory or temporary committees, councils, panels, or task forces (created by law) to meet at least once yearly to maintain activity. If they fail to meet or lack a quorum annually, the Secretary of State deems them inactive, terminating all member appointments and prohibiting them from using state, county, or municipal staff or resources. This applies to all such bodies established by statute or resolution, streamlining inactive entities without requiring new legislative action. The bill takes immediate effect upon enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New Jersey's Secretary of Higher Education to create a public career and education guide for undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities attending state colleges. The guide must detail campus resources (like disability career centers, internships, and accommodations such as note-takers or accessible housing), provide job-seeking guidance (including disclosure strategies, accommodation requests, and workers' rights), and list disability-focused support organizations. It will be developed with input from the Labor Commissioner and college leaders, then made freely available online. The bill directly supports students with disabilities in navigating both academic and career pathways.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates New Jersey's "Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act," protecting active-duty military members (including National Guard), their dependents, and reservists called to duty. It provides concrete protections like temporary pauses on court cases (up to 90 days), debt collection, tax payments, and insurance premiums during service or within 180 days after. The law explicitly prevents creditors, insurers, or courts from penalizing servicemembers for using these protections - such as denying credit or raising insurance rates. It applies to all civil obligations, including leases, contracts, and court proceedings, ensuring servicemembers' rights are maintained during military service.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New Jersey's public colleges and universities to waive or refund application fees and transcript fees for veterans, active-duty military members, reservists, and New Jersey National Guard members who live in the state and are admitted. It directly affects these eligible military-affiliated individuals and public higher education institutions. The key provision mandates that institutions cover these specific costs instead of charging them during the application process. The policy takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Maddy summaryACR 77 declares that the Division of State Lottery's rule (N.J.A.C. 17:20-1.5) permitting direct online sales of lottery tickets is inconsistent with New Jersey's State Lottery Act. The bill directly affects the Division of State Lottery (part of the Department of Treasury), which had adopted the rule to allow consumers to purchase tickets via the agency's website and apps. The resolution cites a conflict with N.J.S.A. 5:9-11, which prohibits state agencies from acting as "exclusive lottery sales agents." It gives the Division 30 days to amend or withdraw the rule, or the Legislature may later invalidate it through further action. This is a procedural resolution, not a new law, focusing on aligning agency rules with existing statutory intent.

Maddy summaryThis bill (A 2816) amends New Jersey's tax code to extend a $6,000 gross income tax exemption currently available to veterans to the spouses of deceased veterans. Under the current law, a veteran's spouse could claim this exemption only in the tax year the veteran died (if filing jointly), but not in future years. The bill would allow the spouse to continue claiming the $6,000 exemption starting the year after the veteran's death, and until the year they remarry. This directly affects surviving spouses of veterans who were honorably discharged and eligible for the exemption in their final tax year.

Maddy summaryThis bill establishes an annual four-day sales tax holiday in New Jersey, exempting most physical goods from sales tax during the period from 12:01 a.m. on the Friday after Thanksgiving through 11:59 p.m. on the Monday after Thanksgiving. The holiday covers popular shopping days including Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Sunday, and Cyber Monday, directly affecting consumers who purchase qualifying items and retailers who do not collect sales tax during this window. It applies to retail sales of tangible personal property (physical goods) but excludes services and certain items like food or clothing. The law takes effect immediately, with temporary regulations allowing the tax authority to implement rules within 180 days.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires life insurance companies to check for outstanding child support judgments before paying out policy proceeds. It creates a lien against life insurance payouts (including cash surrender value) when the insured or beneficiary owes child support, ensuring those funds go toward satisfying the debt first. Insurers must verify the policyholder's or beneficiary's child support status through a database search before distributing any payment. This directly affects parents with child support judgments, life insurance beneficiaries, and insurers handling policy distributions.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows homeowners in New Jersey to claim a 25% tax credit against their state income tax for costs of rehabilitating qualified historic properties. It directly affects homeowners who own and occupy as their primary residence a property listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, or a locally designated historic district. To qualify, rehabilitation costs must equal at least 50% of the property's equalized assessed value, with no more than 60% of costs covering interior work, and the total credit for a property is capped at $25,000 over ten years. The credit reduces the homeowner's tax liability for the year the credit is certified, with excess amounts refunded as overpayments.