Current Legislation

A-468 (Green)

Requires contracting units and boards of education to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payment to contractors.

Status: 2/6/2014 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

 

A-832 (Mainor, DeAngelo, Garcia, Wimberly, Sumter, Giblin)

Concerns prompt payment of construction contracts.

Status: 5/15/2014 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

 

A-947 (Singleton, Lagana, Diegnan)

Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."

Status: 6/25/15 Passed Both Houses (25-14)

 

A954 (Singleton)

Requires reporting for State tax purposes of certain nonwage payments made to construction service providers.

Status: 1/16/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee

 

A965 (Singleton, Sumter, Simon, Lagana, Schaer, Watson Coleman, Garcia)

Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to review construction work on public utilities.

Status: 2/5/2015 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov.'s Recommendation

 

A1236 (Prieto, Moriarty, Lagana, Quijano)

Creates Construction Trades Licensing Board for licensing and regulation of several construction professions; Creates new division for homeowner protection in Department of Law and Public Safety.

Status: 1/16/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee

 

A1248 (Prieto)

Requires costs of contract for construction be revealed to municipal construction office for construction permit.

Status: 1/16/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

 

A1501 (DeAngelo, Benson, Danielsen)

Requires retirement subdivision and retirement community to install electrical generators to provide electricity to common use area to be used as shelter in case of emergency.

Status: 1/16/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee

 

A1696 (Wisniewski)

Allows State agency to pay subcontractor directly for work performed in certain situations.

Status: 1/16/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

 

A2059 (Fuentes)

Requires developers constructing certain renewable energy generation systems to ensure that such systems would be functionally integrated to the electric grid prior to commencement of construction.

Status: 1/16/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

 

A2125 (Gusciora)

Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.

Status: 1/16/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

 

A2221 (Chivukula)

Establishes uniform real property taxation for commercial renewable energy systems and limits municipal construction permit fees for non-commercial renewable energy systems.

Status: 1/27/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

 

A2282 (DeAngelo, Quijano)

Permits construction workers to file a lien against the owner of real property under "Construction Lien Law."

Status: 2/6/2014 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee

 

A2345 (Lampitt, Mosquera, Johnson, Watson Coleman)

"Wage Transparency Act"; requires reporting of public contractor employment information.

Status: 8/11/2014 Absolute Veto; Received in the Senate

 

S1945 (Whelan, Oroho)

Makes construction work on public utilities subject to "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."

Status: 2/5/2015 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov.'s Recommend.

 

A1417 (Chivukula, Caride, Eustace, Wimberly)

"Government Energy Reliability and Savings Public-Private Partnership Act."

Status: Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee