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Vol. XXIX No. 10 217th
Legislature $ Second
The Members of both Houses of the 217th Legislature met in Joint Session to
receive the Annual Budget Message from the Honorable Chris Christie, Governor
of the State of New Jersey.
SENATE ACTION (SESSION)
Nominations Received and Referred to SJU:
TO BE THE
ATLANTIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR:
Honorable Damon G.
Tyner, of Egg Harbor Township.
Bills Introduced:
S3040 Sweeney,S
PFRS-transfers mgmt. to Bd. of Trustees
REF SSG
S3042 Codey,R St. Ethics Comm.-concerns pub. memb. REF SSG
S3043 Lesniak,R Forestry
activity, Highlands-concerns REF SEN
S3044 Lesniak,R Animal &
plants, rare-proh. cert.
impact REF SEN
S3045 Pennacchio,J/Turner,S Innocence Study and Review
Comm.-creates REF SJU
S3046 Cunningham,S Co.
housing, cert-surcharge increase REF
SCU
S3047 Bucco,A.R. Bear spray-allows possession REF SEG
S3049 Turner,S Pub records law-exemp
cert personal info REF SSG
S3050 Turner,S Reverse mortgage loans-counseling req. REF SCM
S3051 Sarlo,P/Oroho,S Burglary
of a resid.-upgrades crime REF SJU
S3052 Diegnan,P.J. Computer sci.-offer, reg. high sch. REF SED
S3053 Greenstein,L Warrants
for parking tickets-concerns REF SLP
SR109 Cardinale,G/Weinberg,L+9
Religious org., all-condemns hatred
REF SLP
Concurrent
Resolution Passed:
An unnumbered Concurrent Resolution providing for the
Legislature to hold a Joint Session for the purpose of receiving the Governor's
Budget Message was adopted (35-0).
Co-Sponsors Added:
S2216 (Cardinale,G)
Affordable housing-reforms procedures
S2468 Scs
(SCS) (Cruz-Perez,N) Drinking
water-concerns standards
S2793 (Lesniak,R) Digital
breast screening-insur. cover
SR109 (Beck,J) Religious org., all-condemns hatred
Co-Prime Sponsors Added:
S2926 (Stack,B) Water loss audits-req. purveyors
Third Prime Sponsors Added:
S3037 (Stack,B) Landlord-tenant crt
record-confidential
The Senate adjourned at 5:00 P.M. to meet again
on Monday, March 6, 2017 (QUORUM, Committee Groups “3” and “4” scheduled to
meet).
ASSEMBLY ACTION (SESSION)
Bills Introduced:
A4645 Jasey,M HS recovery sch. alt. ed. prog.-concerns REF
AED
A4646 McKeon,J Animal & plants, rare-proh. cert. impact REF AAN
A4647 McKeon,J Forestry activity, Highlands-concerns REF AAN
A4648 Pintor Marin,E/Lampitt,P Baby boxes-infant mortality prev devices REF
AWC
A4649 Pinkin,N DOBI emp-prov. 2 yr post-emp restriction REF ASL
A4650 Gusciora,R Art
therapists, cert.-lic. req. exemp. REF ARP
A4651 Gusciora,R Class II
renewable energy-concerns REF ATU
A4652 Vainieri Huttle,V Transgender students-devel.
guidelines REF
AED
A4653 Jasey,M/McKeon,J St Ethics
Comm.-concerns pub. memb. REF ASL
A4654 Benson,D Integrated Case Mgmt. Svcs-cert
measures REF AHU
A4655 Benson,D Bus. records
received, EDA-tax incentive REF ACE
A4656 Peterson,E
Wine-concerns direct shipment
REF ARO
ACR232 McKeon,J/Jasey,M Organ
donation-concern organ allocations REF
AHE
AJR145 McKnight,A
Emotional, Behavioral Disorder Mo.-May
REF AHU
AR219 Eustace,T
Argentina's oil co-discharge cleanup fds REF AEN
Concurrent
Resolution Passed:
An unnumbered Concurrent Resolution providing for the
Legislature to hold a Joint Session for the purpose of receiving the Governor's
Budget Message was adopted.
Co-Sponsors Added:
A543 (Dancer,R;
Eustace,T)
First responders-req./training standards
A1463 (Kean,S) Caregiver Task Force-estab.
A1464 (Johnson,G)
Telemedicine-prov. health care svcs.
A3380 (DeAngelo,W) Silver Alert Sys.-concerns
A3414 Aca (1R) (DeAngelo,W) Surplus
food to charities-create website
A3870 Aca (1R) (Chiaravalloti,N) Computer
science instr. cert.-auth.
A4031 Aca (1R) (Muoio,E) Crude Oil, Rail Safety Task Force-create
Second Prime Sponsors Added:
A4632 (Eustace,T) Food,
recycle waste-estab. guidelines
A4633 (Eustace,T) Food
date labeling-estab. standards
A4634 (Eustace,T) Food
donations-clarify liab. prot.
Third Prime Sponsors Added:
A796 (O'Scanlon,D) St.
correction off.-retitles
A3847 (Johnson,G) Higher
ed. tuition-improve transparency
A4067 (Wimberly,B)
First-time Home Buyer Savings-tax deduct
A4608 (DeAngelo,W) Sr prop tax bill-converts freeze to cred
A4631 (Eustace,T) St. food
waste reduction-estab.
A4632 (Kennedy,J) Food,
recycle waste-estab. guidelines
AJR96 (Pinkin,N) Mental Health Awareness Mo.-desig. May
Fourth Prime Sponsors Added:
A4067 (Holley,J) First-time Home Buyer Savings-tax deduct
Fifth Prime Sponsors Added:
A3551 Aca
(1R) (Holley,J)
Affordable housing, cert.-tax credits
A4067 (Benson,D) First-time Home Buyer Savings-tax deduct
A4255 Acs
(ACS) (Houghtaling,E) Horse
racetracks-allows cert. wagers
Sixth Prime Sponsors Added:
A3551 Aca
(1R) (Wimberly,B)
Affordable housing, cert.-tax credits
A4255 Acs
(ACS) (Downey,J) Horse
racetracks-allows cert. wagers
The Assembly adjourned at 4:50 P.M. to meet
again on Monday, March 6, 2017 (QUORUM, Committee Groups “C” and “D” scheduled
to meet).
Bills Passed Both
Houses/Sent To Governor:
None
Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (02/27/2017):
None