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Bills may not be prepared on the following topics since they were signed into law from the previous years conference. Provided are the Bill Numbers and Titles so you may reference past Bill Books for the details of the legislation.

2011 Banned Topics List:
( full bills are now available for download as a .pdf )

Bill # Bill Topic
4 Calling for annual heater checks in NJ Public Schools 
15 Releasing non-identifying information about birth parents to adoptees
26 Allowing those of age (17) seventeen the right to vote
27 Allowing the sale of motor vehicles on Sundays
31 Repeat DUI offenders receive stricter penalties
36 Requiring all pharmacies to accept and dispose medications according to standards
37 Grant felons the right to vote
38 Requiring programmable thermostats in all future constructions
39 Repeal the mandatory retirement age for NJ Supreme Court Justices
41 Implement a resource sharing program between state agencies
45 Digitizing all medical records within NJ
46 Mandating economics and financial literacy courses within the NJ curriculum
48 Reducing the Safety Drill requirements for public schools in NJ
61 Reducing restrictions on deer hunting season
70 Revising student discipline laws in NJ public schools
74 Revising punitive measures for Emergency Services misuse
102 Legalizing the sale and use of fireworks in NJ
104 Disclosing NJ public school food ingredients
122 Revising NJ requirements for drivers over the age of 65
130/172 Mandating that First Aid/CPR classes be required as part of the NJ Public School Curriculum
137 Legalizing same-sex marriage in NJ
142 Revising current environmental preservation programs and fund allocation
145 Promoting stem cell research
148 Protecting the rights of employees using medical marijuana
152 Calling for further education on storage and donation of cord blood
164 Increasing tax on gas
168 Privatizing the Garden State Parkway
182 Providing opportunities to register to vote for NJ public school students
190 Requiring recycling receptacles on commercial retail properties
198 Reducing the minimum voting age in Primary elections
206 State recognition of same-sex marraige