Editor’s note: Earlier today, we reported the following bill as signed into law. That was incorrect. Governor Phil Murphy yesterday returned absolute vetoes for the following bills. Our thanks to sharp-eyed legal librarian Janice Lustiger (Norris McLaughlin) who caught the mistake.

A3813/S2292 (Burzichelli, Schepisi, Lampitt / Cardinale, Beach) – Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances

A3841/S2300 (Pintor Marin, Bramnick, Chiaravalloti / Diegnan, Sarlo, A.M. Bucco) – Automatically extends time to file gross income tax or corporation business tax return if federal government extends filing or payment due date for federal returns

A3842/S2282 (Greenwald, Taliaferro, Quijano / Ruiz, T. Kean) – Establishes Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program in DOE to provide and expand access to technology and equipment for students in certain school districts

A3846/S2293 (Sumter, Chaparro, Quijano / Madden, Lagana) – Creates “Temporary Lost Wage Unemployment Program;” allows persons to claim for lost wages due to coronavirus disease 2019, and employers to pay wages to workers ordered under quarantine by licensed healthcare practitioner; appropriates $20,000,000

A3856/S2297 (Downey, Wimberly / Gopal, Singer, Greenstein, Cruz-Perez, Pou, Ruiz, Addiego, C.A. Brown) – Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for healthcare and residential facility sanitation due to coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak

A3857/S2275 (Coughlin, Quijano, Speight, Jasey / Cryan, Singer, Turner, Singleton, Cruz-Perez, Ruiz, Addiego, Scutari, T. Kean, Bateman, C.A. Brown, O’Scanlon, Oroho) – Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks

A3858/S2288 (Mukherji, Spearman, Zwicker / Greenstein, Vitale, Singer, Cruz-Perez, Ruiz, C.A. Brown) – Requires Commissioner of Human Services to issue supplemental cash assistance payments to Work First New Jersey recipients under certain circumstances; makes appropriation

 S3864/S2299 (Downey, Houghtaling, Swain / Greenstein, O’Scanlon, Gopal, Ruiz, Turner, C.A. Brown, Holzapfel, Singer, Singleton) – Authorizes notaries public to perform certain notarial acts remotely

To see full copies of bill, use the bill search block in the NJ Legislature’s website

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