WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010
Senate Legislative Oversight Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Buono, Barbara
The Committee will hear testimony from invited
guests regarding the history,
mission and vision for the New Jersey Sports and
Exposition Authority and
the New
Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010
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 Budget and Appropriations Meeting 1:00 PM
Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Sarlo, Paul A.
S762 [Beck, Jennifer/Kyrillos, Joseph M.+1],
Earle Naval Weapons Station-housing
S922 [Kean, Thomas H./Turner, Shirley K.+1], Dam
restoration proj.-approp.
S935 [Sweeney, Stephen M./Madden, Fred H.+1],
Workers' comp. suppl.
benf.-concerns
For Discussion Only:
S692 [Sarlo, Paul A.], Homebuyer Tax Cred.
Prog-.estab.
Senate Commerce Meeting 1:00 PM
Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Gill, Nia H.
S375 [Weinberg, Loretta/Gordon, Robert M.+5],
Health svc. corp.-concerns conversion
S940 [Lesniak, Raymond J.], Surplus lines
producer fees-concerns
S1525 [Gill, Nia H.], Money orders-clarify fees
S1625 [Kyrillos, Joseph M.], Auto insur.,
cert.-concerns availability
*Senate Community and Urban Affairs Meeting 10:30 AM
Committee Room 1, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Van Drew, Jeff
S286 [Stack, Brian P.], Constr. code fees,
loc.-concerns
S874 [Connors, Christopher J.], Mun. fees,
cert.-permits cancelation
S1063 [Beck, Jennifer], Loc. govt.
ethics-concerns
S1141 [Van Drew, Jeff], Fire dist.
budgets-concerns
S1195 [Van Drew, Jeff], Wheelchair ramps,
resid.-permit req.
Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Meeting
1:00 PM Committee Room 1, 1st Floor,
State House Annex, Trenton,
NJ
Chair: Sen. Weinberg, Loretta
S204 [Whelan, Jim+1], Med. transp.
svcs.-concerns
S799 [Vitale, Joseph F./Allen, Diane B.+6],
Adoptees birth cert.-permits access
S1333 [Vitale, Joseph F./Ruiz, M. Teresa],
Child, resource family home-ed stability
S1399 [Weinberg, Loretta], Adoptees-allows
access, cert med history
SJR14 [Beach, James], Childhood Cancer Awareness
Wk.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010 (continued)
Senate Labor Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Madden, Fred H.
S427 [Turner, Shirley K.], Emp.
practices-concerns devel. subsidies
S566 [Cunningham, Sandra B.], Pub. contractors
benf.-concerns
S977 [Allen, Diane B.], Plant closings,
layoffs-prenotification
S1395 [Weinberg, Loretta], Pay equity in
workplace-concerns
Senate Law and Public Safety Meeting 1:00 PM
Committee Room 10, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Girgenti, John A.
S508 [Girgenti, John A./Sacco, Nicholas J.+1],
Youth mentoring prog.-estab.
grant prog.
S1151 [Kyrillos, Joseph M./Girgenti, John A.],
Nuclear power plant, trespassing-crime
S1417 [Cunningham, Sandra B./Lesniak, Raymond
J.], Juv. Justice Comm-transfer
S1429 [Madden, Fred H./Girgenti, John A.],
Hand-held device-exemp two-way radios
S1537 [Rice, Ronald L.], Gang related off.
report-concerns
Senate Transportation Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 10, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Sacco, Nicholas J.
S103 [Rice, Ronald L.], Transp.-related
infrastructure proj.
S637 [Ciesla, Andrew R.+2], NJT Corp. emp-crim.
background checks
S736 [Sacco, Nicholas J.], Motorcycle safety
provisions-estab. new
S820 [Vitale, Joseph F.], Specialty lic
plate-changes approval sys
S1220 [O'Toole, Kevin J.], Gregory F. Velardi
Sr.-desig. rt 23 ramp
ASSEMBLY QUORUM 1:00 PM Assembly Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (A) Committees scheduled to meet
2:00 PM: Group (B) Committees scheduled to meet
Assembly Appropriations Meeting
Chair: Asw. Pou, Nellie
The Committee will not meet.
Assembly Budget Meeting 9:30 AM
Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Greenwald, Louis D.
The Committee will hear testimony from invited
speakers on the status of the
various State pension systems.
Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Meeting
Chair: Asm. Coutinho, Albert
The Committee will not meet.
Assembly Consumer Affairs Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 13, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Moriarty, Paul D.
A1064 [Gusciora, Reed+3], Attorneys'
fees-concerns awarding
A1174 [Addiego, Dawn Marie/Rudder, Scott], MV
dealer-concerns trade-in pay off
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010 (continued)
Assembly Consumer Affairs Meeting (continued)
A1700 [Burzichelli, John J./Milam, Matthew
W.+5], Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
AJR32 [Vainieri Huttle, Valerie/Diegnan, Patrick
J.], Children's Product Safety Mo-desig Sept.
Pending Introduction and Referral:
A2465 [Milam, Matthew W.], Requires motor
vehicle dealer to pay off loan on
trade-in within 21 days.
Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Meeting
10:00 AM Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Schaer, Gary S.
A359 [Schaer, Gary S./Burzichelli, John J.+21],
Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prev. Act
A368 [Schaer, Gary S./Greenwald, Louis D.],
Auto. Insur. Risk Exchange-
concerns appt
A483 [Rodriguez, Caridad/Schaer, Gary S.+1],
Interst. Insur Product Reg
Compact-estab
A586 [Cryan, Joseph], Surplus lines producer
fees-concerns
A1017 [Spencer, L. Grace/Schaer, Gary S.+2],
Banking-concerns
A2219 [McKeon, John F.], Tax collectors-issue
blanket bonds
A2360 [Schaer, Gary S.], Captive insur.-reg.
Assembly Health and Senior Services Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Conaway, Herb
The Committee will take testimony on the recent
report by the New Jersey
Council of Teaching Hospitals regarding
physician supply and demand.
A330 [Gove, DiAnne C./Rumpf, Brian E.+1], Finan.
exploitation of elderly-offense
A1505 [Chiappone, Anthony/Ramos, Ruben J.+16], Colon Cancer Research
Fd.-vol. contrib.
A1995 [Conaway, Herb/Wagner, Connie], Epilepsy
drugs-concerns substitution
AJR11 [Voss, Joan M./Polistina, Vincent J.+3],
Asperger's Syndrome Awareness
Wk.-April
AJR23 [Evans, Elease/Vainieri Huttle,
Valerie+3], Colorectal Cancer Awareness
Mo.-March
For Discussion Only:
A1927 [Conaway, Herb/Wagner, Connie], Psych.
svc, inpatient-concerns beds
Assembly Higher Education Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asw. Lampitt, Pamela R.
The Committee will conduct a discussion with
invited guests concerning the
increased need for mental health services at
institutions of higher education
and recommendations for the improvement of
existing mental health services.
Assembly Housing and Local Government Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Green, Jerry
The Committee will receive testimony from
invited guests concerning recent developments regarding the Council on
Affordable Housing, and possible
avenues for reform.
A437 [Green, Jerry/McHose, Alison Littell+3],
Devel. application-concern approval
A1708 [Burzichelli, John J./Milam, Matthew
W.+2], Prop. tax info.-concerns confidentiality
Assembly Law and Public Safety Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Johnson, Gordon M.
A1452 [Wisniewski, John S./Lampitt, Pamela R.],
Driv. distraction-noted in accident
A2060 [Spencer, L. Grace/Evans, Elease],
Sentencing-auth. courts to revoke fees
AJR17 [Albano,
Nelson T./Barnes, Peter J.], Crime Victims' Rights-desig April 22-28
Pending Introduction and Referral:
A2372 [Albano,
Nelson T./Milam, Matthew W.], Victim claim-estab exception, 5 yr limit
**Assembly Regulated Professions Meeting 1:00 PM
Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Prieto, Vincent
A463 [Voss, Joan M.+1], Notaries Pub. Act of
1979-revises
A1650 [Greenwald, Louis D./Johnson, Gordon
M.+2], Cosmetologist-operate
mobile fac.
A1756 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Biondi, Peter J.],
Contact lense dispensing-concerns
A2297 [Prieto, Vincent], Consumer complaints,
cert.-concerns
S936 [Cardinale, Gerald/Sarlo, Paul A.],
Consumer complaints, cert.-concerns
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010 (continued)
**Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Meeting 2:00
PM Committee Room 13, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Burzichelli, John J.
The Committee will hear testimony from the
public concerning the feasibility of prohibiting a State agency from filing
with the Office of Administrative Law a notice of proposal or notice of
adoption for any rule that would exceed federal standards or requirements
unless specifically authorized by State law.
Pending Introduction and Referral:
A2464 [Burzichelli, John J.], Req all State
agency rules be published in NJ Register,
ACR116 [Burzichelli, John J.], St Intersch.
Athletic Assoc-investigate
Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Meeting 10:00
AM Committee Room 9, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Chivukula, Upendra J.
The Committee will take testimony from the BPU
and invited representatives of business ratepayers on the Administration's
proposal, as one of its FY 2010 budget solutions, to divert funds from the
Retail Margin Fund and Clean Energy Fund.
A912 [Chivukula, Upendra J.], Electric pub util
costs-concern recovery
A915 [Chivukula, Upendra J.+2], Advanced metering
standards-concerns
A917 [Chivukula, Upendra J.], Energy efficient
outdoor lighting-St use
Assembly Tourism and the Arts Meeting
Chair: Asm. Milam, Matthew W.
The Committee will not meet.
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
SENATE QUORUM Senate Chambers
10:00 AM: Committees at the call of the Senate
President
*Senate Economic Growth Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Lesniak, Raymond J.
S1 [Lesniak, Raymond J./Bateman, Christopher],
Affordable housing-reforms procedures
SR35 [Kean, Thomas H./Sarlo, Paul A.],
Meadowlands Stadium-Super Bowl XLVIII
Senate Judiciary Meeting 11:30 AM
Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Scutari, Nicholas P.
Interviewed:
to be Commissioner of the Department of Children
and Families:
Janet F. Rosenzweig, MS, Ph.D MPA of Yardley,
Pennsylvania to replace Kara Wood, for the term prescribed by law.
to be Commissioner of the Department of
Corrections:
Gary M. Lanigan of Staten Island, New York
to replace George W. Hayman, for the term prescribed by law.
to be Commissioner of the Department of Human
Services:
Jennifer Velez, Esq. of Summit to succeed herself, for the term
prescribed by law.
ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (C) Committees scheduled to meet
2:00 PM: Group (D) Committees scheduled to meet
***Assembly
Agriculture and Natural Resources Meeting 2:00 PM Committee Room 8, 3rd Floor,
State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Albano, Nelson T.
A812 [Albano,
Nelson T./Milam, Matthew W.+3], Agric. tourism locations-estab. prog.
A823 [Albano,
Nelson T./Milam, Matthew W.+1], Saltwater fishing, free reg.-estab.
A2304 [Milam, Matthew W.], Menhaden-revises lic.
statute
A2305 [Milam, Matthew W.], Jersey
Fresh-incl Made With Jersey Fresh
***Assembly Education Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Diegnan, Patrick J.
The Committee will hear testimony from invited
guests regarding the impact of concussions and other head injuries on student
athletes and possible guidelines for addressing such injuries.
A458 [Voss, Joan M./Evans, Elease+2], Attendance
in sch. dist.-concerns
A2294 [Diegnan, Patrick J./Caputo, Ralph R.+3],
St. bd of ed. memb., cert.-prov. removal
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 (continued)
***Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 9, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. McKeon, John F.
The Committee will take testimony from invited
guests regarding the environmental impacts of the Administration's proposals,
as part of its FY 2010 budget solutions, to divert funds from the Highlands
Water Protection and Planning Council, the Highlands Protection Fund - Planning
Grant program, the Highlands Municipal Property Tax Stabilization Fund, and the
NJ Clean Energy Fund.
***Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness
Meeting 2:00 PM Committee Room 12, 4th Floor,
State House Annex, Trenton,
NJ
Chair: Asm. Scalera, Frederick
The Chairman has invited Charles B. McKenna, the
newly appointed Director of
the Office of Homeland Security, to address the
committee.
A974 [Johnson, Gordon M.], Domestic Security
Task Force-expand memb
A1590 [Scalera, Frederick/Johnson, Gordon M.],
Birth cert, duplicate-req. 3 forms of id
A1600 [Scalera, Frederick/Wisniewski, John S.],
Emerg. operations plans-concerns
***Assembly Human Services Meeting
Chair: Asw. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie
The Committee will not meet.
***Assembly Judiciary Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asw. Greenstein, Linda R.
The Committee will receive testimony from
Attorney General Paula Dow
concerning priorities for the 214th Legislative
Session.
A1050 [Quijano, Annette/Wisniewski, John S.+1],
Law, unauth. practice-upgrades offense
A1081 [Gusciora, Reed/Prieto, Vincent], Home
improvement contractors-concerns
A1392 [Carroll, Michael Patrick/Rodriguez,
Caridad], Midwives-w/in definition of lic. person
AJR15 [Thompson, Samuel D.+3], Rules of
Evidence-amends
AJR27 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Greenstein, Linda
R.], Rules of Evidence-proposes an amendment
AJR34 [Casagrande, Caroline], Rules of
Evidence-amends
Pending Introduction and Referral:
A2469 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Greenstein, Linda
R.], Establishes "Blue Ribbon Panel to Review Jersey's
Inmate Population.
***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
A1945 [Conners, Jack], Honor Guard
Ribbon-creates
A1950 [Conners, Jack], Vet. honorable discharge
papers-concerns
AR52 [Conners, Jack], POW/MIA desig.-reinstate
For Discussion Only:
A1964 [Conners, Jack/Conaway, Herb],
Post-traumatic stress, mil.-sentencing
***Assembly
State Government Meeting
2:00 PM
Committee Room 13, 4th Floor State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asw. Stender, Linda
The Committee will hear testimony from invited
speakers representing local government units and community and civic groups on
their efforts to maximize participation in the 2010 census.
AJR38 [Quijano, Annette/Riley, Celeste M.],
Census Awareness Mo.-desig. March 2010
AR61 [Stender, Linda/Quijano, Annette], Census
Day in NJ-declares April 1, 2010
***Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent
Authorities Meeting
Chair: Asm. Wisniewski, John S.
The Committee will not meet.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers
Voting Session: Board List to be announced
ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers
Committees at the call of the Speaker
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010
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 SESSION Assembly Chambers
Voting Session: Time and Board List to be
announced
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010
SENATE QUORUM 11:30 AM Senate Chambers
12:00 PM: Budget Message (Assembly Chambers)
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010
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
MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010
SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers
Voting Session: Board List to be announced
FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010
Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission Meeting
10:00 AM Division of Pensions and Benefits,
50 West
State St., Trenton, NJ
No verbal comments are accepted during the
meeting. The Commission should
receive written comments at least ten business
days in advance of the meeting.
A197 [Chiusano, Gary R.+6], Elected off/pub emp health
benf-concerns
A486 [Polistina, Vincent J./Amodeo, John F.+2],
Elected off.-inelig. health care benf
A539 [Handlin, Amy H./Biondi, Peter J.], PERS
memb., elected off.-elim.
A1843 [Schaer, Gary S./Wagner, Connie], Loc.
elected off.-concerns health benf.
A2064 [Moriarty, Paul D.], Pub. emp. pension
benf-calculation
A2065 [Wagner, Connie/Quigley, Joan M.+1], Co,
mun emp health care
coverage-contrib
S1391 [Weinberg, Loretta], Co, mun emp health
care coverage-contrib
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