Asm. Cody Miller

Maddy summaryThis bill requires every New Jersey municipality to provide basic life support (BLS) services - such as CPR, wound care, and emergency ambulance transport - to meet community needs. It designates BLS as an "essential service" and gives municipalities five options to arrange it: contracting with private or nonprofit entities, entering mutual aid agreements with other towns, partnering with hospitals, or using existing fire/EMS departments. The law applies directly to all 565 New Jersey municipalities and takes effect immediately. It does not specify funding sources or service standards beyond the defined BLS scope.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New Jersey's Commissioner of Community Affairs to send written notice to a municipality's clerk and mayor (or chief executive) whenever an application is submitted for a license to operate a cooperative sober living residence. It specifically applies to Class F licenses for these facilities, which provide housing for individuals recovering from addiction. The notification must occur "as soon as practicable" after the application is received, without changing existing licensing requirements or fees. This affects municipal officials who receive the notice and applicants seeking to establish such residences. The bill makes no changes to the licensing standards or application process itself.

Maddy summaryThis bill strengthens enforcement of New Jersey's public works wage laws by requiring contractors and subcontractors to submit certified payroll records within 10 days of wage payments. It establishes new civil penalties: $1,000 per project per day for late submissions, $15,000 for a first false payroll submission (rising to $25,000 for repeat offenses), and $10,000 per subcontract for knowingly using unregistered subcontractors. Contractors failing to comply face extended bans from public projects - three years for initial violations, five years for two or more violations like repeated late submissions or false records. These changes apply to all public work projects requiring prevailing wage payments under existing law.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows counties to choose cremation instead of burial for unclaimed bodies and requires hospitals to store unclaimed bodies for up to 30 days. If a body remains unclaimed after 30 days, the county must pay for cremation or burial. Cremains must be kept by medical examiners for at least one year before being interred, and families claiming a body later must pay disinterment costs. The bill directly affects counties, hospitals, medical examiners, and families of unclaimed deceased.

Maddy summaryThis bill changes New Jersey law to require courts to justify pretrial detention for defendants charged with sex offenses or violent crimes committed using a deadly weapon. Previously, these defendants had an automatic right to pretrial release unless proven dangerous. The change applies specifically to offenses like sexual assault, aggravated assault, and robbery involving deadly weapons, as defined under existing statutes. It modifies the 2014 Criminal Justice Reform Law's pretrial release procedures without altering other legal standards.

Maddy summaryBill A4372 allows educational research and services corporations to contract for any goods or services - including educational technology, consulting, staffing, and related support - on behalf of member institutions like public colleges, school districts, and municipalities. The bill exempts these contracts from public bidding requirements under New Jersey law, including the County College and State College Contracts Laws. It broadens the scope of agreements these corporations can enter into and classifies them as "shared services agreements," streamlining procurement without standard public bidding processes.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires New Jersey's Cannabis Regulatory Commission to establish stricter testing standards for cannabis laboratories, directly affecting licensed testing facilities and retail businesses. Key provisions include mandating consistent testing practices, quality control systems, and proficiency standards for labs; creating external audit programs using microbiologists and chemists to detect fraud; requiring public disclosure of all test results on the Commission's website; and establishing a whistleblower program with protections for employees reporting violations. Violations like falsifying test results or selling noncompliant products would face escalating penalties - first offenses as disorderly persons offenses (up to 6 months jail or $1,000 fine), repeat offenses as fourth-degree crimes (up to 18 months jail or $10,000 fine). The bill also enables civil lawsuits for fraud victims to recover triple damages plus legal fees.

Maddy summaryThis bill bans the use of regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in all menstrual products sold in New Jersey. It directly affects manufacturers and sellers of products like tampons, pads, menstrual cups, and underwear (both disposable and reusable). The law requires products to be tested for PFAS at or above 10 parts per million, with results shared with the Department of Health, and violations would be enforced under the Consumer Fraud Act with fines up to $20,000. The ban takes effect 18 months after enactment.

Maddy summaryThis bill (A5049) removes a current restriction that allows the Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) to withhold retirement or death benefits from members if they are involved in pending civil lawsuits related to their employment. It specifically prohibits the PFRS Board from delaying benefits due to such civil litigation, though it maintains the ability to withhold benefits for members facing criminal charges or administrative dismissal. The bill requires the Board to adjust benefits after any legal case concludes, rather than holding payments indefinitely during litigation. This change directly affects current and future PFRS members who are involved in employment-related civil disputes.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits sports wagering licensees in New Jersey from offering "micro bets," which are wagers placed on the outcome of the very next play or action in a sporting event (such as whether the next pitch in baseball will be a strike). The bill defines micro bets as proposition bets made live during games on specific plays rather than on the final game outcome. Violating this prohibition would result in a disorderly persons offense with fines ranging from $500 to $1,000 per offense, with each wager constituting a separate violation. The bill aims to address concerns about rapid, high-volume betting contributing to problem gambling, which the bill states has been increasing in New Jersey.