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Vol. XXXIII No. 10
Internet Update II CALENDAR SUBJECT TO CHANGE 213th
Legislature
Prepared: February 24, 2009 Check Internet site
or call this office for updated schedule Second
Annual Session
*Denotes
Changes
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards Meeting
1:00 PM Committee Room 7, 2nd Floor,
State House Annex,
The Joint Committee will meet to organize,
discuss changes to standard operating procedures, consider Ethics Counsel's
questions, discuss status of Lonegan complaints, review complaints filed by
Balut, LaRossa, and Devine, and discuss contract matters.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (4) Committees scheduled to meet
1:00 PM: Group (3) Committees scheduled to meet
Senate Budget and Appropriations Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Buono, Barbara
A267 [Vandervalk, Charlotte/Conners, Jack+4],
Students w/diabetes-concerns care
A2589 [McKeon, John F./Chiappone, Anthony+3],
Parking structures-concerns devel, finan
S615 [Vitale, Joseph F./Rice, Ronald L.], Sr.
homeowners-exempt, mun. permit fees
S735 [Codey, Richard J./Cardinale, Gerald+5],
Involuntary commitment-concerns
S1814 [Lesniak, Raymond J./Stack, Brian P.],
Parking structures-concerns finan, devel
S2312 [Gordon, Robert M./Kean, Thomas H.],
Ambulatory care fac.-concerns billing
S2426 [Turner, Shirley K./Kyrillos, Joseph M.+1],
Students w/diabetes-concerns care
S2485 [Lesniak, Raymond J./Bateman,
Christopher+4], Affordable housing-modifies laws
S2552 [Sweeney, Stephen M.], St. assets-permits
cert. investments
Senate Commerce Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 1, 1st Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Gill, Nia H.
S117 [Scutari, Nicholas P.], Accident caused by
drunk driver-concerns
S470 [Buono, Barbara/Lesniak, Raymond J.+1],
Licensed Lenders Act-revises
S2553 [Cardinale, Gerald/Sarlo, Paul A.], Motor
fuel franchisors-concerns
Senate Economic Growth Meeting 1:30 PM
Committee Room 1, 1st Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Lesniak, Raymond J.
A1479 [Burzichelli, John J./Greenwald, Louis
D.+10], Pub. contracts-concerns
A1577 [Cohen, Neil M./Stender, Linda+5],
Antifreeze and engine coolant-concerns
A3521 [Roberts, Joseph J./Greenwald, Louis D.],
S979 [Van Drew, Jeff/Madden, Fred H.+4],
Antifreeze and engine coolant-concerns
S2088 [Kyrillos, Joseph M./Sweeney, Stephen
M.+1], Pub. contracts-concerns
S2321 [Singer, Robert W.], Pub.
contracts-concerns
S2353 [Smith, Bob/Bateman, Christopher], Solar
Roof Installation Warranty Prog.
S2512 [Redd, Dana L.],
S2557 [Ruiz, M. Teresa/Oroho, Steven V.],
On-site generation fac.-concerns
S2577 [Sarlo, Paul A.], Non-age-restricted
housing-devel.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 (continued)
Senate Environment and Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Joint Meeting 2:00 PM Committee Room 4, 1st Floor,
State House Annex,
Chairs: Sen. Smith, Bob/ Asm. McKeon, John F.
The Senate Environment Committee and the
Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will meet jointly to hear
testimony on the proposed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 1897 and
Assembly Bill No. 2962.
S1897 [Smith, Bob+1], Site remediation-concerns
Committee Room 7, 2nd Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Scutari, Nicholas P.
The Senate State Government Committee will hold
a public hearing immediately following the Committee meeting.
A1784 [Milam, Matthew W./Wagner, Connie+6],
American-made flags-concerns St. purch
A2564 [Quigley, Joan M./Prieto, Vincent+3],
Absentee ballot replacement-concerns
A2650 [Schaer, Gary S./Scalera,
S804 [Sweeney, Stephen M.], Petitions of
nomination-concerns
S930 [Weinberg, Loretta/Allen, Diane B.],
S997 [Madden, Fred H./Van Drew, Jeff], American-made
flags-concerns St. purch
S1769 [Gordon, Robert M./Weinberg, Loretta], Pub
contracts w/priv. entities-concerns
S2580 [Scutari, Nicholas P.], Absentee ballot
replacement-concerns
2nd Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Scutari, Nicholas P.
The Senate State Government Committee will
discuss modernizing State functions and making the information produced by the
State more accessible to the public.
For Discussion Only:
A2492 [Chivukula, Upendra J./Fisher, Douglas
H.+1], High-volume, basic computing sys.-study
S230 [Weinberg, Loretta/Van Drew, Jeff+1], St.
reports & publications-concerns
S445 [Pennacchio, Joseph/Codey, Richard J.+4],
Transparency in Govt. Act-estab.
S2288 [Kyrillos, Joseph M.], High-volume, basic
computing sys.-study
S2465 [Buono, Barbara], St. expenditure Internet
website-concern
Senate Transportation Meeting
Chair: Sen. Sacco, Nicholas J.
The Committee will not meet.
Senate Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Meeting
Chair: Sen. Whelan, Jim
The Committee will not meet.
ASSEMBLY QUORUM 1:00 PM Assembly Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (C) Committees scheduled to meet
2:00 PM: Group (D) Committees scheduled to meet
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 (continued)
Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Meeting
Chair: Asm. Fisher, Douglas H.
The Committee will not meet.
Assembly Education Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Asm. Cryan, Joseph
The Committee will conduct a roundtable
discussion with invited participants on the regulations promulgated by the
Commissioner of Education concerning the role of the executive county
superintendent of schools in promoting and facilitating the sharing of special
education services.
A2093 [Vainieri Huttle, Valerie/Lampitt, Pamela
R.], Sch emp/bus driv-revise crim hist checks
A3222 [McKeon, John F./Jasey, Mila M.], Sch.
fac.-concerns temperature control
A3568 [Cryan, Joseph], Bd. of ed. off., emp.-concerns
S110 [Weinberg, Loretta/Buono, Barbara+2], Sch
emp/bus driv-revise crim hist checks
S1175 [Rice, Ronald L.], After sch.
activities-concerns
Assembly Environment and Solid Waste and Senate Environment Joint Meeting 2:00 PM Committee Room 4 ,
1st Floor, State House Annex,
Chairs: Asm. McKeon, John F./ Sen. Smith, Bob
The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste
Committee and the Senate Environment Committee will meet jointly to hear
testimony on the proposed Committee Substitute for Assembly Bill No. 2962 and
Senate Bill No. 1897.
A2962 [McKeon, John F./Cryan, Joseph], Site
remediation-concerns
Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Meeting 2:00 PM Committee Room 12, 4th Floor,
State House Annex,
Chair: Asm. Scalera, Frederick
A3578 [Scalera, Frederick], Fire chiefs,
paid-mun. appoint
Assembly Human Services Meeting 1:00 PM
Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Asw. Oliver, Sheila Y.
The Committee will hear testimony from New Jersey
Anti-Hunger Coalition to discuss the coalition’s objectives to combat hunger in
State communities and to detail programs available to
A1618 [McKeon, John F./Fisher, Douglas H.+1],
Involuntary commitment-concerns
Assembly Judiciary Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Asw. Greenstein, Linda R.
A3754 [Greenstein, Linda R./Milam, Matthew
W.+4], Sex offense against minor-concerns
A3755 [Milam, Matthew W./Greenstein, Linda
R.+4], Sexual commun. to minor-crime
A3756 [Greenstein, Linda R./Albano, Nelson
T.+5], Sex crimes against minors-upgrades
A3757 [
A3758 [Greenstein, Linda R./Diegnan, Patrick
J.+6], Sex offender Internet identifier-concern
A3759 [Evans, Elease/Lampitt, Pamela R.+4],
Harassment offense-upgrades
A3760 [Schaer, Gary S./Johnson, Gordon M.+3],
Wiretap orders for cert. crimes-concerns
A3761 [Scalera, Frederick/Fisher, Douglas H.+2],
Computer trespasser-auth. interception
A3762 [DeAngelo, Wayne P./Burzichelli, John
J.+5], Child porno on computer-report to police
A3763 [Barnes, Peter J./Albano, Nelson T.+3],
Computer Crime Prev. Fd.-creates
Assembly Labor Meeting
Chair: Asm. Egan, Joseph V.
The Committee will not meet.
Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Meeting 10:00 AM Committee Room 13, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Conners, Jack
The Committee has invited senior representatives
of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to testify before the Committee
on the status of the State's Reserve and National Guard units serving overseas.
ACR178 [O'Scanlon, Declan J.], Mil. Appreciation
Mo.-desig. May 2008
AR148 [Cruz-Perez, Nilsa/Scalera,
AR173 [Conners, Jack/Tucker, Cleopatra G.], Vet.
Health Care Budget Reform Act-memor
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009 (continued)
Committee Room 13, 4th Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Asw. Quigley, Joan M.
A415 [Handlin, Amy H.], St. contracts,
cert.-concerns
A629 [Lampitt, Pamela R.], Dept of Personnel
comp guidelines-concen
A1009 [Wisniewski, John S./Johnson, Gordon
M.+5], St. constr. contracts-concerns
A3031 [Albano, Nelson T./Milam, Matthew W.+2],
Pending Referral:
A3711 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Wolfe, David W.],
Hous. Asst & Rec Prog.-concerns
Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Meeting 10:00 AM Committee Room 11,
4th Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Asm. Wisniewski, John S.
A2484 [Casagrande, Caroline], Corporal Philip A
Reynolds Memor. Bridge
A3713 [Wisniewski, John S.], Decal sys.-in place
of special lic plate
For Discussion Only:
A101 [Vainieri Huttle, Valerie/Lampitt, Pamela
R.], Become A Nurse-estab. lic. plates
A447 [Malone, Joseph R.], Disab Amer. Vet.
memb.-special lic plate
A549 [Dancer, Ronald S.+1], Combat Action Ribbon-auth.
lic. plate
A936 [Thompson, Samuel D.], Red heart symbol on
lic plates-DMV offer
A1195 [Chiappone, Anthony/Evans, Elease], We
Support the Arts lic. plate-auth.
A1197 [Chiappone, Anthony+1], Proud to Be an
Amer.-auth. lic. plate
A1524 [Angelini, Mary Pat+1], P.O.W.-auth. lic.
plates
A1526 [Angelini, Mary Pat], Distinguished Flying
Cross-lic. plate
A1708 [Munoz, Eric+1], September 11th-estab.
lic. plate
A1711 [Munoz, Eric/Cryan, Joseph+2], Diabetes
research/ed.-estab. lic. plate
A2130 [Munoz, Eric], Bill of Rights-estab. lic.
plate
A2188 [Van Pelt, Daniel M./Rumpf, Brian E.+1],
Distinguished svc. medal-auth. lic plate
A2368 [Karrow, Marcia A.], Vet.-estab. special
lic. plates
A2414 [Karrow, Marcia A.], Motorcycle lic.
plate-estab. for vets
A2416 [Dancer, Ronald S.], Severly Disab. Vet.
lic. plate-auth.
A2654 [Cruz-Perez, Nilsa/Vainieri Huttle,
Valerie+8], Gold Star Family lic. plates-auth.
A2725 [Conners, Jack/Albano, Nelson T.+3], Gold
Star Parent-auth. special lic plate
A3487 [Burzichelli, John J./Fisher, Douglas
H.+1], Fire police off.-estab special lic plate
A3550 [Rudder, Scott/Addiego, Dawn Marie],
Autism awareness-estab. lic. plate
A3576 [Rudder, Scott/Addiego, Dawn Marie],
Invest in Children Lic. Plate-creates
A3614 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Evans, Elease],
Alpha Kappa Alpha lic. plate-auth.
A3705 [Russo, David C.], Preserve Open Space
lic. plate-prov.
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (1) Committees scheduled to meet
1:00 PM: Group (2) Committees scheduled to meet
**Senate Community and Urban Affairs Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 7, 2nd Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Rice, Ronald L.
A1074 [Cryan, Joseph/Carroll, Michael Patrick],
Vol. firefighters-physician's cert. req.
A2853 [Roberts, Joseph J./Scalera,
A3541 [Doherty, Michael J./McKeon, John F.],
Recycling coordinator, mun.-concerns
S379 [Gill, Nia H./Vitale, Joseph F.+1], Disab.
vet.-concerns prop. tax exemp.
S2259 [Singer, Robert W./Bucco, Anthony R.+1],
Local shared svcs.-St. incentives
S2339 [Connors, Christopher J.], Loc. Pub.
Contracts Law-concerns
S2542 [Rice, Ronald L.+1], Housing auth. exec.
dir.-concerns
S2609 [Karrow, Marcia A./ Oroho,
Steven V.], Recycling coordinator, mun.-concerns
*Senate Education Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Turner, Shirley K.
A2752 [Caputo, Ralph R./Vainieri Huttle,
Valerie+3], Voter regis. material-prov elig students
S524 [Girgenti, John A.+2], Nature of drugs
instructional prog-estab
S1007 [Allen, Diane B.], Zero Tolerance for Guns
Act-concerns
S2490 [Turner, Shirley K.], Sch. Ethics
Act-makes changes
S2541 [Rice, Ronald L./Redd, Dana L.], Voter
regis. material-prov elig students
S2647 [Turner, Shirley K.], Sch. dist vol-crim
hist record check req
SJR63 [Gordon, Robert M.], High Sch. Voter
Regis. Wk-last wk in May
SJR72 [Turner, Shirley K.], Tech. Innovation
Wk.-first wk. in March
Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Meeting
1:00 PM Committee Room 1, 1st Floor,
State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Vitale, Joseph F.
A2038 [Gusciora, Reed/Oliver, Sheila Y.+1],
Psych. liens-concerns cert. access
S1003 [Madden, Fred H.], Organ donations-gross
income tax deduct.
S1636 [Turner, Shirley K.], Child
support-concerns
S1767 [Sarlo, Paul A.], Prescription drug blank
forms-concerns
S1808 [Kean, Thomas H./Vitale, Joseph F.],
Psych. liens-concerns cert. access
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009 (continued)
Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Meeting (continued)
S1974 [Ciesla, Andrew R./Connors, Christopher
J.], Home health aides-concerns
S2471 [Vitale, Joseph F./Sweeney, Stephen
M.+11], Patient safety-concerns
S2502 [Singer, Robert W.], Lung Cancer Research
Fd.-estab.
S2550 [Weinberg, Loretta/Codey, Richard J.],
Schedule II drugs-concerns prescribing
SCR65 [Connors, Christopher J.], America Cares
prog-urge Congress, Pres..
SJR29 [Sarlo, Paul A./Madden, Fred H.],
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awareness Wk
For Discussion Only:
S236 [Adler, John H./Turner, Shirley K.+6],
Casinos, smoking ban exception-elim.
*Senate Judiciary Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Sarlo, Paul A.
Considered:
to be a member of the William Paterson
University of NJ - Board of Trustees:
Linda A. Niro of
William J. Pesce of Basking Ridge to succeed himself, for the term prescribed by law.
Interviewed:
to be a Judge of the Superior Court:
William Anklowitz of
John Tassini of Brielle for the term prescribed by law.
Gary Wodlinger of
to be a member of the NJ Board of Public
Utilities:
Jeanne M. Fox, Esq. of
Senate Labor Hearing 1:00 PM
Committee Room 10, 3rd Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Madden, Fred H.
The Committee will hear testimony from guests
and the public about the impact of the current recession on New Jersey workers
and businesses and the effectiveness of State, Federal and Local programs to
assist workers and their families (including unemployment insurance (UI), job
training and job placement programs).
Senate Labor Meeting (Immediately Following the
Public Hearing) Committee Room 10,
3rd Floor, State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Madden, Fred H.
S2640 [Madden, Fred H./Kean, Thomas H.], Unemp.
benf during job training-concerns
Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Meeting
1:00 PM Committee Room 4, 1st Floor,
State House Annex,
Chair: Sen. Girgenti, John A.
The Chairman has invited Richard L. Canas,
Director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, to deliver
a homeland security briefing to the Committee and update the Committee on the
7447 implementation of the New Jersey Data Exchange initiative.
A2218 [Moriarty, Paul D./Love, Sandra], Criminal
id theft-concerns
S958 [Allen, Diane B./Girgenti, John A.], Assault
on law enforcement off-mand term
S1073 [Bucco, Anthony R.], Domestic Security
Planning Group-memb.
S2119 [Redd, Dana L./Van Drew, Jeff+3], Criminal
id theft-concerns
S2418 [Van Drew, Jeff/Kean, Sean T.+1], Alco.
bev. at bingo games-concerns
For Discussion Only:
S1810 [Sweeney, Stephen M./Stack, Brian P.+4],
Wine-concerns direct shipping
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009
ASSEMBLY SESSION Assembly Chambers
Voting Session: Time and Board List to be
announced
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009
SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (3) Committees scheduled to meet
1:00 PM: Group (4) Committees scheduled to meet
ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (A) Committees scheduled to meet
2:00 PM: Group (B) Committees scheduled to meet
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009
SENATE QUORUM
Governor's Budget Message: Time and location to
be announced
ASSEMBLY QUORUM
Governor's Budget Message: Time and location to
be announced
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009
ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (C) Committees scheduled to meet
2:00 PM: Group (D) Committees scheduled to meet
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009
SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers
Voting Session: Board list to be announced.
ASSEMBLY SESSION Assembly Chambers
Voting Session: Time and Board List to be
announced
State House Commission Meeting 9:00 AM
Committee Room 3, 1st Floor, State House Annex,