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Vol. XXI No. 14 213th Legislature $ Second Annual Session
SENATE
ACTION (QUORUM)
Nominations Notice of Intention Received 4/16/2009:
TO BE A JUDGE OF THE
SUPERIOR COURT:
Donald Kessler, of Short Hills.
Nominations Notice of Intention Received 4/20/2009:
TO BE A JUDGE OF THE
SUPERIOR COURT:
Kenneth Domzalski, of
Nominations Received and Referred to SJU:
TO BE A JUDGE OF THE
SUPERIOR COURT:
Donald Kessler, of Short Hills.
Nominations Reported from Committee:
TO BE A JUDGE OF THE
SUPERIOR COURT:
Dennis Nieves, of
Kimarie Rahill, of Hackettstown.
Donald Kessler, of Short Hills.
Louis Meloni, of
Octavia Melendez, of Voorhees.
John Harrington, of Marlton.
Glenn Berman, of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD ON CARNIVAL
AMUSEMENT RIDE SAFETY:
Debra Henderson, of
Christopher Brian Leitner, Esq., of
William H. Gehlhaus, Esq., of Atlantic Highlands.
William A. Zumsteg, of
Lucy
A. Murphy, of
Geoffrey M. Rogers, of Wildwood Crest.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
Alfred R. Scerni, Jr., Esq., of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC
Jeffrey J. Waldman, Esq., of
William J. Polistina, of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS -
Ralph Izzo, of Cranbury, to
replace Albert Gamper, Jr.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CAPE MAY
John Snyder, of Marmora.
Lu
Ann Wowkanech, of
Nominations Reported from Committee: (cont’d)
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
Matthew Huesser, of
Lou Sebastiani, C.P.A., of
Sewell.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE HUNTERDON
Aladar G. Komjathy, of Lambertville.
Renay Salamon, of Three Bridges,
to replace Jo-Ann R. Boehm, resigned.
Anthony J. Danzo, Esq., of Flemington.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE MONMOUTH
Aleathea E. Riley, of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE MORRIS
Michael D. DiFazio, D.C., of
Joan Bedrin Murray, Esq., of Denville, to
replace Anthony J. Crecco.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW
Ronald Louis Blackburn, of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW
Joann M. Petrizzo, of
Gary
V. Cupo, CLU, CHFC, of Pompton Plains.
Niranjan V. Rao, M.D., F.A.C.S, of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW
Frederick Potter, Jr., of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW
James J. Forte, of Blackwood, to replace Denise Pereau, resigned.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NEW
Honorable Michael R. Dupont, Esq., of Red Bank.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE OCEAN
Phil
G. Waxman, of
Nicholas C. Montenegro, Esq., of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
Jay
Richard Schwartz, of
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
Barbara J. Morvay, of
Emma N. Byrne, of Manasquan.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
Angela Susan Voros, of Pittsgrove, to replace Kenneth James.
Steven H. Caltabiano, of Pedricktown.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE STATE HOUSING COMMISSION:
Christina
P. Clemens, of
Jessica C. Caldwell, PP, AICP, of Branchville.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
John Fierro, of Ogdensburg.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE WATER SUPPLY ADVISORY
COUNCIL:
Ella
F. Filippone, Ph.D., of Basking Ridge.
Neil
A. Goldfine, of Linwood.
Norman F. Nelson, P.E., of Hillsborough.
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
Robert F. Guarasci, of
Vincent J. Mazzola, of Mendham.
TO BE THE
John Lenahan, of Pilesgrove.
Bills Introduced:
S2729 Stack,B
Resid. mortgage foreclosure-concerns
REF SCM
S2730
Rice,R/Cunningham,S Constr. contracts-concerns
training prog REF
S2731
Haines,P Mil.
personnel-protects cert. property REF
SCU
S2732
Haines,P Correctional fac,
cert.-concerns closing REF SLP
S2733
Karrow,M Wood burning
units-reg. of emissions REF SEN
S2734
Cardinale,G/Weinberg,L+2
Rockland-Bergen Bistate River Comm.
REF SEN
S2735
Gordon,R/O'Toole,K High sch
interscholastic sports-concerns REF SED
S2736
Whelan,J Prop. tax appeals,
cert.-co. participate REF SCU
S2737
Oroho,S/Stack,B Motorists
overtaking bicycles-concerns REF STR
S2738
Oroho,
S2739
Smith,B/Oroho,S Solar renewable
energy-concerns REF SEG
S2740
Rice,R/Weinberg,L Loc. unit and
auth. budgets-concerns REF SCU
S2741
Weinberg,L Small bus.,
cert.-concerns financing REF SEG
S2742
Weinberg,L Health benf.
plans-revisions to laws REF SCM
S2743
Weinberg,L Jewelry-concerns the
composition REF SCM
S2744
Baroni,B Off. of Lieutenant
Gov.-estab. REF SSG
S2745
Sweeney,S Landscape Irrigation
Contr. Cert.-revise REF SCM
S2746
Smith,B/Kyrillos,J Energy
resid. improvements-incentives REF SEG
S2747
Lesniak,R Life insur.
contracts, cert.-concerns REF SCM
S2748 Kean,S/Girgenti,J+1 Underage drinking-concerns REF SLP
S2749
Kean,S Firement cert.-concerns
max. elig. age REF SLP
S2750
Karrow,M Green Acres
prog.-extend appraisal date REF SEN
S2751
Karrow,M Driv. lic.,
agricultural-concerns REF STR
S2752
Baroni,B Renewable energy
prop.-partial tax cred. REF SEG
S2753
Van Drew,J Vet. disab.
comp.-excl., prop. tax reimb REF SCU
S2754
Cunningham,S/Rice,R Police
Training Comm.-concerns REF SLP
SCR143
Lesniak,R/Singer,R+8 Leg. Code
of Ethics-amends REF SSG
SCR144
Karrow,M Annual approp.
bill-concerns changes REF SBA
SR119
Kyrillos,
SR120
Beach,J Vet. Health Care Budget
Reform Act-memor REF SLP
SR121
Beck,J Freehold Borough post
off.-continue REF SSG
SR122
Beck,J Bill having fiscal
impact-concerns REF SBA
Bills Received from Governor/Conditional Veto:
S1880 ScaAca (2R) Smith,B/Watson Coleman,B+1 Criminal Sentencing Comm.-estab.
Co-Sponsors Added:
S181 (Beach,J)
S230
(Stack,B) St. reports &
publications-concerns
S236
(Gordon,R) Casinos, smoking ban
exception-elim.
S281
(Ciesla,A) Econ. Devel.
Promotion Act
S288
(Cardinale,G) Vets' Oral Hist.
Foundation-estab.
S569
(Bucco,A) Thomas P. Canzanella
First Resp Prot Act
S811
(Buono,B; Weinberg,L) Police
off., UMDNJ-civil svc. status
S870
(Madden,F) Vet. benf.,
cert.-broadens elig.
S1137
(Beach,J) Pub. emp collective
negotiation-concerns
S1383
(Baroni,B) Vet.-estab. special
lic. plates
S1453
(Baroni,B) Vet. civil svc.
preference-expand elig.
S1466
(Ciesla,A) Urban Transit Hub
Tax Cred. Act-expands
S1501
(Haines,P) Text messaging,
unsolicited ads-proh.
S1551/1844 Scs (SCS) (Beach,J; Van Drew,J) Silver Alert Sys.-estab.
S1607 Sca (1R)
(Singer,R) UEZ Jobs Scholarship
Act-estab.
S1620
(Baroni,B) Vet. Svcs.
Council-changes memb. req.
S1771
(Whelan,J) Student Athlete
Cardiac Screening-estab.
S1772 Sca (1R)
(Bucco,A) Fire & EMS Crisis
Intervention Svc-estab
S1830
(Sarlo,P) Sr. Cit., Disabled
Transp. Prog-concerns
S2136
(Ciesla,A) Corp. bus.
tax-concerns
S2259 Sca (1R)
(Haines,P) Local shared
svcs.-St. incentives
S2276 Scs (SCS)
(Pennacchio,J) Court appointed
special advocate prog.
S2390
(Weinberg,L) Health care
instit, unused meds-concerns
S2452
(Ciesla,A) Env. Science Review
Bd.-estab.
S2483
(Connors,C) Disab. vet. prop
tax exemp elig-concerns
S2541
(Bucco,A) Voter regis.
material-prov elig students
S2572
(Weinberg,L) Devel. disab.
persons-concerns rights
S2654
(Gordon,R) Developmental
disab.-concerns support
S2706
(Stack,B) Sexual communications
to minor-crime
Co-Sponsors Added: (cont’d)
S2709
(Bucco,A) Affordable Housing
Council-abolishes
S2722
(Bateman,C; Van Drew,J)
MVC-incr. cert. fees
S2725
(Gordon,R; Kean,S) Judges
salary incr.-concerns
S2734
(Gordon,R; O’Toole,K) Rockland-Bergen
Bistate River Comm.
S2748 (VanDrew,J) Underage drinking-concerns
SCR143 (Haines,P; Karrow,M; Kean,S;
Kean,T; Oroho,S; Scutari,N; Sweeney,S; Whelan,J) Leg. Code of Ethics-amends
SCR27
(Baroni,B) Sr. cit/disab prop
tax deduct-incr limit
Co-Prime Sponsors Added:
S920 (Bucco,A)
S955
(Madden,F) Teacher Qual.
Mentoring;$12M
S1265
(Stack,B) Foreclosure Rescue
Fraud Prev. Act
S2151
(Stack,B) Novelty
lighters-proh. sale
S2169
(Girgenti,J) Pol. veh global
position sys-proh access
S2357
(Singer,R) Credit unions-serve
as pub. depositories
SCR57
(Van Drew,J) Hunt, fish,
harvest game-preserve right
SCR84
(Van Drew,J) Hunting,
fishing-preserve peoples' right
SJR66
(Van Drew,J) Gold Star Mother's
Day-last Sunday, Sept
The Senate President
has made the following appointments:
*Effective
Senate Standing
Reference Committees:
Labor:(
Senator James Beach (6).
Judiciary:(SJU)
Senator Brian P. Stack (33).
Thomas J. Gorecki, of Marlton.
*Effective
Governor’s
Commission on the Horse Racing Industry:
Senator Jennifer Beck (12).
Senate Standing
Reference Committees:
Judiciary:(SJU)
Senator Christopher Bateman (16).
Education:(SED)
Senator Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (21).
The Senate adjourned at 4:36 P.M. to meet
again on Monday, May 4, 2009 (SESSION, Committee Groups “1” and “2” scheduled
to meet).
ASSEMBLY
ACTION
The Assembly did not meet. The Assembly will meet on Thursday, May 7,
2009 (QUORUM, Committee Groups “A” and “B” scheduled to meet).
Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:
None
Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (03/16/2009):
P.L.2009, c.19.
S21 Codey,R/Roberts,J 3/17/2009
PERS, PFRS-concerns emp. contrib.
P.L.2009, c.20.
A3818 Pou,N/Vainieri
Huttle,V+2 3/17/2009 Unemp. benf during job training-concerns
P.L.2009, c.21.
A3819 Aca (1R)
Greenwald,L/Diegnan,P+3
3/17/2009 St. tax amnesty period-concerns
P.L.2009, c.22.
S15 (LIV)
Buono,B/Greenwald,L
3/17/2009 FY09 approp.
act-amends
P.L.2009, c.23.
A770 Sca (1R)
Conners,J/Scalera,F+50 3/18/2009 PFRS, SPRS, PERS-accidental death
benf.
P.L.2009, c.24.
S787 ScaSS SS (SS)
Codey,R/Adler,J+3
3/21/2009 Ambulatory surgical
fac.-concerns
P.L.2009, c.25.
S1675 Sca (1R)
Sacco,N/Lesniak,R+14
3/21/2009 UEZ-concerns funding
P.L.2009, c.26.
S1987 Scs (SCS) Whelan,J/Van
Drew,J+2 3/21/2009 Casino emp-serve,
P.L.2009, c.27.
A1523 Rible,D/Angelini,M+1 3/21/2009
P.L.2009, c.28.
A1563 Sa (1R)
Greenstein,L/Munoz,E+38
3/21/2009 Stalking-concerns
P.L.2009, c.29.
A2901 Aa (1R)
Evans,E/Oliver,S+2
3/21/2009 Child Abuse, Neglect
Task Force-revise
P.L.2009, c.30.
A2948 Johnson,G/Vas,J+1 3/21/2009
Police Training Comm.-concerns memb.
P.L.2009, c.31.
A3075 Aa (1R)
Johnson,G/Rible,D+3 3/21/2009
Health club swimming pools-concerns
P.L.2009, c.32.
A3773 Conners,J/Munoz,E+2 3/21/2009
Court fees, cert.-concerns
P.L.2009, c.33.
A1558 AcsAaScaSaAa (ACS/4R)
Greenstein,L/Watson Coleman,B+14
3/31/2009 Solar energy
sys.-concerns
P.L.2009, c.34.
A2507 AcsAcaAaSca (ACS/3R)
Chivukula,U+9 3/31/2009 BPU-auth. cert. use of cert. revenue
P.L.2009, c.35.
A2550 Sa (1R)
Lampitt,P/Chivukula,U+8
3/31/2009 Wind and solar
fac.-concerns location
P.L.2009, c.36.
A3691 AcsAa (ACS/1R)
Burzichelli,J/Milam,M+4
4/8/2009 Casinos, casino
simulcasting-concerns
P.L.2009, c.37.
S2314 Scs (SCS)
Madden,F/Kean,T+9
4/15/2009 Kyleigh's law; cert.
driv. display decal
P.L.2009, c.38.
S16 Sca (1R)
Codey,R/Ruiz,M+10
4/15/2009 Driv. permits and
lic.-concerns
P.L.2009, c.39.
A3812 Sa (1R)
Cruz-Perez,N/Wagner,C+2
4/15/2009 Predatory Towing
Prev. Act-modifies
P.L.2009, c.40.
S2188 Van
Drew,J/McKeon,J+1 4/15/2009 Riparian lands-concerns
P.L.2009, c.41.
A269 AcaSca (2R)
Vandervalk,C/Prieto,V+4
4/15/2009 Genetic counselor-
req. lic.
P.L.2009, c.42.
A2438 AcaSca (2R)
McKeon,J/Vainieri Huttle,V+5
4/15/2009 Underground storage
tanks-concerns
P.L.2009, c.43.
A2681 Aa (1R)
Love,S/Moriarty,P+4
4/15/2009 Alimony-concerns
P.L.2009, c.44.
S1517
Gordon,R/Weinberg,L+2
4/23/2009 Nursing homes-prev.
of pressure ulcers
P.L.2009, c.45.
S1644 ScsScaAa (SCS/2R) Weinberg,L/Cardinale,G+3 4/23/2009
Hist New Bridge Landing St Park-concerns
P.L.2009, c.46.
S2146 Bateman,C/Madden,F+9 4/23/2009
Defibrillators, assisted living fac.-req
P.L.2009, c.47.
S621 Aca (1R)
Vitale,J/Weinberg,L+2 4/27/2009
NJ Collaborating Ctr, Nursing
bd-concern
P.L.2009, JR-2.
SJR33 Buono,B/Conaway,H+4 3/21/2009
Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness
P.L.2009, JR-3.
AJR92 O'Scanlon,D+1 4/15/2009
Brain Tumor Awareness Mo.-desig. May