The following bills were released from New Jersey Senate committees today
S339 – Requires electric public utility to install and operate smart meter infrastructure and technology at certain customers’ premises; provides employment protections for certain electric public utility employees.
02/10/2022 Reported out of Economic Growth committee with amendments, 2nd reading in Senate
S772 – Directs Department of Agriculture to establish New Jersey Minority, Women, and Underserved Farmer Registry.
02/10/2022 Reported out of Economic Growth Committee with committee amendments, 2nd reading in Senate
S787 – Requires request for proposal to establish a demonstration program to develop distributed energy resource microgrids for electric fleet and heavy-duty vehicle use.
02/10/2022 Reported out of Economic Growth Committee with amendments, 2nd reading in Senate
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Environment and Energy Committee:
S1386 – Codifies certain energy goals related to the 2019 Energy Master Plan.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to the Senate Environment and Energy Committee
S1465 – Establishes a task force to study recycling streams in NJ and challenges faced by local governments in running recycling programs.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
S1492 – “Penny’s Law”; requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
S1523 – Prohibits the use of receipt paper containing bisphenol A.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
S1524 – Requires DEP to update school food waste guidelines to include recommendations for how to better utilize food nearing best-by and expiration dates.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
S1525 – Provides corporation business tax credit to taxpayers that develop qualified native pollinator habitat on undeveloped property.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
S1532 – Provides that solar and photovoltaic energy facilities and structures on farmland are not inherently beneficial use, per se, for purposes of zoning approvals.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
S1533 – Requires State to include distributed energy resources in certain new State buildings and consider retrofitting certain existing State buildings with distributed energy resources.
02/10/2022 Introduced and referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
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