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Vol. XXIX No. 35 217th
Legislature $ Second
Colin Bell was sworn in as a member of the Senate for
the 2nd Legislative District.
Kristin Corrado was sworn in as a member of the Senate
for the 40th Legislative District.
SENATE ACTION (SESSION)
Nominations Notice of Intention:
TO BE A
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT:
William F. Ziegler, of Mullica Hill.
Nominations Received and Referred to SJU:
TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Honorable Donald T. DiFrancesco, of
Warren Township, to replace Anthony R. Slimowicz, Esq. resigned.
Nominations Withdrawn:
TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Anthony R. Slimowicz, Esq., of Long Hill
Township.
Bills Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:
S3439 Sweeney,S/Lesniak,R+1 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall-desig.
SR137 Sweeney,S
Violence Charlottesville, VA-condemn
SR138 Sweeney,S/Kean,T+1 Senator Whelan-honors life and service
SR139 Sarlo,P/Weinberg,L+16 Fed. tax deduct., prop. tax-oppose
elim.
Bills Introduced:
S3424 Diegnan,P.J. Sch. dist.-concerns tuition REF SED
S3425 Codey,R
Sch.-proh. wireless fac. w/in 1800 ft.
REF SEG
S3426 Singer,R
Prescription monitoring info.-concerns
REF SHH
S3427 Lesniak,R
Pet dealers-concerns REF SEG
S3428 Bucco,A.R. Inmates-incr. penal, prov. CDS REF SLP
S3429 Van Drew,J Statewide Non-Resid Devel Fee
Act-repeal REF SCU
S3430 Scutari,N/Van Drew,J St. parks-continue operation, no
budget REF SEN
S3431 Turner,S
St. emp., invol. furloughed-receive pay
REF SBA
S3432 Codey,R
Wind energy, offshore-concerns
REF SEN
S3433 Codey,R
Renewable energy-concerns REF
SEN
S3434 Codey,R
Energy storage- concerns REF SEN
S3435 Van Drew,J St of emerg-operate casionos, mv
agency REF SSG
S3436 Turner,S
Tavern, historic-issue retail liquor lic REF SCU
S3437 Bucco,A.R. Expungement elig.-concerns REF SJU
S3438 Pou,N
Real estate lic., cert.-concerns
REF SCM
S3457 Gill,N/Codey,R+2 Destructive device-revises definition REF SLP
SCR164 Pou,N/Cruz-Perez,N Puerto Rico-exempt from Jones Act REF SSG
SR136 Vitale,J/Ruiz,M Maternal Health Accountability Act
2017 REF SHH
Bills On Emergency Resolution:
AJR77 Aca
(1R) Dancer,R/Holley,J+3 Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October (33-0) (Thompson)
S3439 Sweeney,S/Lesniak,R+1 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall-desig. (34-0)
(Lesniak)
Bills Passed:
A320 Aca
w/GR (2R) Singleton,T/Vainieri
Huttle,V+25 Personal care svc.-estab.
Medicaid reimb (33-0)
A2061 AcaAca (2R) Gusciora,R/Singleton,T+8 Strangulation-aggravated assault (34-0)
A2503 AcsSca w/GR (ACS/2R) Vainieri Huttle,V/Mosquera,G+26 Stephen Komninos' Law-devel. disab.
prot (32-0)
AJR77 Aca (1R) Dancer,R/Holley,J+3 Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October (33-0)
S3439 Sweeney,S/Lesniak,R+1 Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall-desig. (35-0)
SR138 Sweeney,S/Kean,T+1 Senator Whelan-honors life and service (35-0)
SR139 Sarlo,P/Weinberg,L+16 Fed. tax deduct., prop. tax-oppose
elim. (34-0)
Bills Substituted:
A2061 AcaAca
(2R) Gusciora,R/Singleton,T+8 Strangulation-aggravated assault SUB FOR S3209
AJR77 Aca (1R) Dancer,R/Holley,J+3 Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October SUB FOR SJR116
S3209 Greenstein,L/Sarlo,P+2 Strangulation-aggravated assault SUB BY A2061 (2R)
SJR116 Thompson,S+1 Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October SUB BY AJR77 (1R)
Bills Returned Second Reading/Amended:
A3295
AcaSa (2R) McKeon,J/Benson,D+3 Clean Veh. Task Force-estab. (24-0) (Smith)
S110 Sa (1R) Pennacchio,J St Invest Council memb-forbid cert
votes (30-0) (Pennacchio)
S985 Sa (1R) Smith,B/Bateman,C Clean Veh. Task Force-estab. (24-0) (Smith)
S2332 ScaSa (2R) Gordon,R/Oroho,S Health care industry rep.-estab cert
req (26-0) (Gordon)
Bills Withdrawn From The Files:
S1137 Bateman,C+1 Relocation of Children Act FROM SJU
Bills Received from Governor/Conditional Veto:
S1297/1990
Scs (SCS) Vitale,J/Sweeney,S Sch. bd. candidates-bracket together
S2214 Turner,S/Cunningham,S+2 Higher ed. tuition-improve
transparency
Bills Given Second Reading w/Governor's Recommendation:
S677
ScaAca w/GR (3R)
Rice,R/Turner,S+6 Racial and
ethnic impact statement-req. (34-0)
Bills Received from Assembly/Concurrence w/Governor's
Recommendation/Given Second Reading:
A320 Aca
w/GR (2R) Singleton,T/Vainieri
Huttle,V+25 Personal care svc.-estab.
Medicaid reimb
A2297 w/GR (1R) Vainieri Huttle,V/Spencer,L+15 Contraceptives-req. insur cover, 6
mths
A2503 AcsSca w/GR (ACS/2R) Vainieri Huttle,V/Mosquera,G+26 Stephen Komninos' Law-devel. disab.
prot
A3338 Aca w/GR (2R) Eustace,T/Lagana,J+23 Cig. tax rev.-anti-smoking initiatives
A4253 Aca w/GR (2R) Quijano,A/Mukherji,R+7 Nonprofit Security Grant Pilot Prog.
Bills Received from Assembly/Referred to Committee:
A3406 Wisniewski,J/Lampitt,P Teen driv. orientation prog.-estab. REF STR
A3407 Wisniewski,J/Lampitt,P Learner's permit req, special-estab
addl REF SBA
A5128 McKeon,J/Vainieri Huttle,V+2 St. parks open-failure to enact
approp. REF SEN
A5132 Wisniewski,J/McKnight,A St resid prop-Gov proh, no annual
approp REF SSG
ACR254 Vainieri Huttle,V/Eustace,T+3 Addiction Svcs.-oppose transfer to DOH REF SHH
Co-Sponsors Added:
S371 (Doherty,M) First responders-req./training standards
S624 (Stack,B)
Elections, cert.-available to vote early
S1026 (Pennacchio,J) Fentanyl;unlawful use-Incr. penalties
S1575 (Addiego,D) Right to Try Act
S1632 (Stack,B)
Light frame resid. constr-estab restrict
S1832 (Thompson,S) Resid. vacant prop.-concerns forclosure
Co-Sponsors Added: (cont’d)
S1852 Sca (1R) (Weinberg,L) Affordable housing, cert.-tax credits
S1937 (Weinberg,L) Lead paint inspection req.-concerns
S2657 (Pennacchio,J) Sr. cit. resid repairs-concerns tax cred
S2811 (Diegnan,P.J.) Health benefits plan-req. cert.
S2879 (Weinberg,L) Lead paint inspect.-prior to home purch
S2928 (Doherty,M; Pou,N; Stack,B; Thompson,S) Child Exploit Prev-block internet device
S2969 (Diegnan,P.J.) Pharm drugs-req continued coverage
S3046 (Stack,B)
Co. housing, cert-surcharge increase
S3178 (Stack,B)
MV Owners' Right to Repair Act
S3189 (Cardinale,G; Codey,R; Diegnan,P.J.;
Doherty,M; Cruz-Perez,N; Madden,F; Rice,R; Stack,B) Brain Injury Fd-dedicate,
community svcs
S3198 (Diegnan,P.J.) Student Loan Ombuds-estab, reg. loan svc
S3209 (Allen,D; Beck,J) Strangulation-aggravated assault
S3298 (Oroho,S)
Ret law enforcement off.-carry handgun
S3303 (Cruz-Perez,N) Civic Info. Consortium-estab.
S3361 (Rice,R)
Smoking, cert. bldgs.-permits
S3385 (Bateman,C) Affordable housing-estab. addl. factors
S3386 (Bateman,C) Affordable housing, St-wide-calculate
S3398 (Bateman,C) Affordable housing-local zoning auth.
S3405 (Gordon,R)
Chlorpyrifos insecticide-proh. Use
S3439 (Ruiz,M)
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall-desig.
SJR98 (Pennacchio,J) Fibrodysplasis Ossificans Prog. Day
SJR116 (Turner,S)
Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October
SR124 (Turner,S)
28th anniversary-Taiwan sister state
SR138 (Ruiz,M)
Senator Whelan-honors life and service
SR139 (Greenstein,L) Fed. tax deduct., prop. tax-oppose elim.
A320 Aca w/GR (2R) (Sarlo,P)
Personal care svc.-estab. Medicaid reimb
Co-Sponsors Withdrawn:
S3028 Sca
(1R) (Bateman,C) Food date labeling-estab. standards
Prime Sponsors Added:
S99 (Bell,C)
AC Growth Tax Credit Prog.-estab.
S103 Sca (1R) (Bell,C)
Multistate Nurse Lic. Compact-NJ enters
S537 (Corrado,K) Minor-proh. posting cert. personal info
S538 (Corrado,K) Sex crime against minor-mand prison term
S539 (Corrado,K) Right to Home Defense Law
S540 (Corrado,K) Invasion of privacy crime-upgrades
S541 (Corrado,K) Invasion of privacy, cert.-upgrade crime
S542 (Corrado,K) Child-proh. unauth photos or videotaping
S543 (Corrado,K) Commissions maintain meeting minutes-req
S544 (Corrado,K) Juv. repeat offender-waiver, adult court
S545 (Corrado,K) Elected off, convicted-mand forfeit benf
S546 (Corrado,K) Mil., receiving combat pay-tax exemp.
S547 (Corrado,K) Reg. contrib. agreements-reauth. use
S548 (Corrado,K) Traffic-bi-st. auth, advance not of proj
S549 (Corrado,K) Transp. interference-estab. new crime
S550 (Corrado,K) Bi-St. Comm. Recommend Reform, PANYNJ
S552 (Corrado,K) Office of River Maintenance-estab.
S553 (Corrado,K) Student ed prog-proh physical restraints
S554 (Corrado,K) Open-air reservoirs-concerns
S555 (Corrado,K) Pretrial intervention-bars cert. persons
S556 (Corrado,K) Electric pub. util. operations-concerns
S558 (Corrado,K) Off of Lic Approval Efficiency Ombudsman
S560 (Corrado,K) CDS-concerns imitation
S561 (Corrado,K) Elder abuse, domestic settings-clarifies
S892 (Bell,C)
Main Street Economic Growth Prog.
S923 (Corrado,K) Rule adoption-proh. fed. standards
S942 (Corrado,K) Independent auth. emp. info.-concerns
S1163 Sca (1R) (Corrado,K) Students w/disab.-estab. restraint req.
S1216 (Corrado,K) Ethics training-req. govt affairs agents
S1217 (Corrado,K) Candidate-concerns campaign contrib. use
S1417 (Corrado,K) Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act
S1418 (Corrado,K) St.-admin. pension sys.-benf. exemp.
S1430 (Corrado,K) Bi-st. auth.-estab. good governance req.
Prime Sponsors Added: (cont’d)
S1431 (Corrado,K) St. & loc auth-estab good governance
req
S2054 (Corrado,K) Sex offender-restrict internet access
S2613 (Corrado,K) Med devices, qual-corp/income tax cred
S3083 (Bell,C)
Overdose Prevention Act-clarifies
S3091 (Bell,C)
Drug court elig, special probation-estab
S3177 (Bell,C)
Balloon release, cert.-proh.
S3370 (Sarlo,P)
Drones-reg. and proh. cert. operations
S3421 (Bell,C)
Casinos-concerns declared St of emerg.
SCR59 (Corrado,K) Keeping All Students Safe Act-Cong enact
SR117 (Bell,C)
Disabled-encourage accessible beaches
Co-Prime Sponsors Added:
S58 (Kean,T)
Higher ed. fac. construction-concerns
S1168 (Diegnan,P.J.) Animal cruelty viol.-recover costs
S1998 (Stack,B)
Voter regis.-estab. using MVC info
S2260 (Turner,S)
PERS-concerns reenrollment
S2672 (Stack,B) Voting rights, parole/probation-concern
S2872 (Bell,C)
Garden St. Growth Zone-Bus. incentive
S3136 (Gordon,R)
Hair braiding, eyebrow treading-concerns
S3189 (Van Drew,J) Brain Injury Fd-dedicate, community svcs
S3209 (Sarlo,P)
Strangulation-aggravated assault
S3318 (Gordon,R)
Red Tape Review Commission-estab.
S3324 (Diegnan,P.J.) Sunscreen used in sch.-concerns
S3361 (Gordon,R)
Smoking, cert. bldgs.-permits
Third Prime Sponsors Added:
S3439 (Bell,C)
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall-desig.
SCR164 (Ruiz,M)
Puerto Rico-exempt from Jones Act
SR138 (Bell,C)
Senator Whelan-honors life and service
Prime Sponsors Added to Bills Substituted:
A2061
AcaAca (2R) (Greenstein,L) Strangulation-aggravated assault
AJR77 Aca (1R) (Thompson,S) Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October
Second Prime Sponsors Added to Bills Substituted:
A2061
AcaAca (2R) (Sarlo,P) Strangulation-aggravated assault
Co-Sponsors Added to Bills Substituted:
A2061 AcaAca (2R) (Allen,D; Beck,J) Strangulation-aggravated assault
AJR77 Aca (1R) (Turner,S)
Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October
The Senate
President has made the following appointments:
*Effective July 31, 2017
New Jersey Task Force on Child
Abuse and Neglect:
Senator Dawn Marie
Addiego (8)
*Effective August 8, 2017
University Hospital Community
Oversight Board:
Taisha Miranda, of
Newark.
The Senate
President has made the following appointments: (cont’d)
*Effective August 10, 2017
Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force:
Jacqueline Koury,
of Chatham.
*Effective August 31, 2017
New Jersey Human Relations
Council-Executive Committee:
Senator Nellie Pou
(35), to replace Senator M. Teresa Ruiz (29), resigned.
New Jersey Adults with Autism
Spectrum Disorder Mobility and Support Services Task Force:
Cecilia Feeley,
Ph.D., of Wayne.
*Effective September 19,
2017
State Capitol Joint Management
Commission:
Eugene Lepore, of
Haddonfield.
The Senate
President has made the following reappointment:
*Effective July 31, 2017
New Jersey Task Force on Child
Abuse and Neglect:
Senator Shirley K.
Turner (15)
Note to the 11/03/2016 Digest:
Bills Received from Assembly/Without Reference/Given Second
Reading:
AJR77 Aca (1R) Dancer,R/Holley,J+2 Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October R/S SWR 2RS *NOT* REF SHH
Note to the 5/25/2017 Digest:
Bills Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:
SR124 Weinberg,L 28th anniversary-Taiwan sister state SWR 2RS *NOT*
REF SSG
Note to the 6/29/2017 Digest:
Bills Reported from Committee/Given 2nd Reading:
S1045 Sca (1R) Weinberg,L/Pennacchio,J Pub body meetings-changes law
addressing REP/SCA without
recommendation
S1046 Sca (1R) Weinberg,L/Pennacchio,J Martin O'Shea Pub Open Records Act REP/SCA without
recommendation
Note to the 7/04/2017 Digest:
Bills Introduced/Without Reference/Given Second Reading:
SJR116 Thompson,S Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October SWR 2RS *NOT*
REF SHH
The Senate adjourned at 5:10 P.M. to meet again at a date and time to
be announced.
ASSEMBLY ACTION
The Assembly did not meet. The
Assembly will meet at a date and time to be announced.
Bills Passed Both Houses/Sent To Governor:
A320 Aca
w/GR (2R) Singleton,T/Vainieri
Huttle,V+25 Personal care svc.-estab.
Medicaid reimb
A2061 AcaAca (2R) Gusciora,R/Singleton,T+8 Strangulation-aggravated assault
A2503 AcsSca w/GR (ACS/2R) Vainieri Huttle,V/Mosquera,G+26 Stephen Komninos' Law-devel. disab. prot
AJR77 Aca (1R) Dancer,R/Holley,J+3 Dyslexia Awareness Mo.-desig. October
Bills Signed Into Law Since Last Session (8/24/2017):
P.L.2017, c.232. S3311 ScaSa (2R) Sweeney,S/Mazzeo,V+1 8/25/2017
Mun.-modify incentive prog.
P.L.2017, c.233. S2512 ScaSaSaSa (4R) Madden,F/Beach,J+2 9/13/2017
Emp. leasing agreements-concerns
P.L.2017, c.234. S2563 ScaSa (2R) Weinberg,L/Kean,T+2 9/13/2017
Resid health care fac-proh cert eviction
P.L.2017, c.235. A1661 AcaSa (2R) Schaer,G/Danielsen,J+5 9/13/2017
Med. parole for inmates-expands elig.
P.L.2017, c.236. A2511
AcsSca (ACS/1R)
Eustace,T/Turner,S+2
9/13/2017 Life insur.-concerns
P.L.2017, c.237. A3433 AcaAaSca (3R) Greenwald,L/Jones,P+2 9/13/2017
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