TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
SENATE Quorum 11:00 AM Senate Chambers
ASSEMBLY Quorum 11:30 AM Assembly Chambers
JOINT Session 11:30 AM Assembly Chambers
Joint Session to receive Governor's Budget
Message
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008
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
Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Meeting 2:00
PM Committee Room 8, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, NJ
Chair: Asm. Fisher, Douglas H.
A1304 [Stender, Linda], St. parks-vol contrib,
income tax return
A2012 [Karrow, Marcia A./Fisher, Douglas H.],
Trespassers, cert.-clarifies penal.
A2224 [Milam, Matthew W./DeCroce, Alex+13],
Hist. preserv. proj.;$1.068M
A2225 [Spencer, L. Grace], Open space, park
devel.;$54.917M
A2226 [McKeon, John F./Rooney, John E.+2],
Land-recreation & conserv. purpose;$8.4M
A2260 [McKeon, John F./Gusciora, Reed],
Horseshoe crabs-impose moratorium
Assembly Education Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Cryan, Joseph
The Committee will receive testimony from
Lucille E. Davy, Commissioner of Education, on the implementation of the New
Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC).
A267 [Vandervalk, Charlotte/Conners, Jack+1],
Students w/diabetes-concerns care
A1671 [McHose, Alison Littell/Greenwald, Louis
D.+1], Classroom placement-concerns
Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 9, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. McKeon, John F.
Lisa Jackson, the Commissioner of Environmental
Protection, has been invited to discuss the State's environmental priorities
for the next two years.
A798 [Gusciora, Reed/Greenstein, Linda R.+1],
Declaration of Independence-grave prog.
A1763 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Greenstein, Linda
R.+2], Energy efficiency standard-cert. product
A1941 [Oliver, Sheila Y./Giblin, Thomas P.], Dam
restoration proj.;$7M
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 Mr. Richard Canas,
Director of the New Jersey Office
of Homeland Security and Preparedness, to
provide testimony regarding the catastrophic event planning.
A1977 [Scalera, Frederick/Cohen, Neil M.],
Sports/entertainment fac-evacuation plan
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008 (continued)
Assembly Human Services Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asw. Oliver, Sheila Y.
The Committee will hear testimony from representatives
of the Department of Human Services and other interested parties concerning Ancora Psychiatric
Hospital and efforts to improve conditions.
Assembly Judiciary Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asw. Greenstein, Linda R.
The Committee will be taking testimony from New
Jersey Law Revision Commission and other invited guests to discuss areas of
statutory reform.
A1598 [Cohen, Neil M./Karrow, Marcia A.],
Tampering w/witnesses-upgrades penal.
A1607 [Cohen, Neil M.], Medicaid estate
recoveries-concerns
A1772 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie], Witness
tampering-upgrades offense
Assembly Labor Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Egan, Joseph V.
A873 [Albano,
Nelson T./Oliver, Sheila Y.+10], Family temp. disab. leave-prov. benf.
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 will receive testimony from
invited speakers on veterans' civil
service preference.
A769 [Conners, Jack/Conaway, Herb+15], Vet.
civil svc. preference-expand elig.
A770 [Conners, Jack/Scalera, Frederick+1], PFRS-concerns accidental death
benf.
A1923 [Conners, Jack/Cruz-Perez, Nilsa], Vet.
Svcs. Council-changes memb. req.
ACR98 [Conners, Jack/Conaway, Herb+13], Disab.
vet.-receive civil svc preference
Assembly
State Government Meeting
2:00 PM
Committee Room 13, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asw. Quigley, Joan M.
A562 [Dancer, Ronald S.], St. MVs,
surplus-concerns
A1930 [Gusciora, Reed], Poll workers-cert.
training req.
A2204 [Quigley, Joan M./Conners, Jack+1],
Ballots, cert.-concerns transmission
A2229 [Roberts, Joseph J./DeCroce, Alex], Voting
machines-concerns
AJR79 [Cohen, Neil M./Schaer, Gary S.], Jewish
Heritage Mo.-desig. April
Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent
Authorities Meeting 10:00 AM Committee Room 11,
4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Wisniewski, John S.
A419 [Handlin, Amy H./Rible, David P.],
Provisional lic. holder-concerns
A1013 [Wisniewski, John S./Cohen, Neil M.],
Vessels, cert.-req. liab. insur.
A1038 [Wisniewski, John S.], Disabled veh.,
cert.-concerns
A1329 [Stender, Linda/Wisniewski, John S.+1],
Pedestrians in crosswalks-revises laws
A1358 [Prieto, Vincent], Emerg. Mgt.
driv.-concern lic. req.
A1461 [DeCroce, Alex+2], Emerg Evacuation
Rtes/Procedures Council
A2254 [Giblin, Thomas P.], Robert A. Roe Hwy.-repeal desig.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008 (continued)
Joint State Leasing and Space Utilization Committee
Meeting
The Meeting has been Canceled.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008
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.
A232 [Bramnick, Jon M.], PERS-elim. memb. in
leg. part
A407 [Handlin, Amy H.], PERS memb., elected
off.-concerns
A1194 [Chiappone, Anthony], Police off,
firefighter-elim max age req
A1446 [O'Scanlon, Declan Joseph], PERS,
TPAF-concerns enrollment threshold
A1564 [Greenstein, Linda R.], Multi elective pub
off-proh dual holding
A1605 [Cohen, Neil M.], PERS memb.-cert. emp. in
DLPS
S126 [Scutari, Nicholas P.+1], Leg.
memb.-concerns holding dual office
S271 [Kyrillos, Joseph M.], St.-admin. retir.
sys.-concerns
S273 [Kyrillos, Joseph M.], St. admin. retir.
sys.-elim. memb.
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008
*SENATE Session 2:00 PM Senate Chambers
10:00 AM: Committees at the call of the Senate
President
Voting Session:
A1586 [Cohen, Neil M./Rodriguez, Caridad+2],
Life insur. policies-concerns
A1770 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Wagner, Connie+1],
Drug and alco. dependent offenders-rehab
S88 [Connors, Christopher J.], Age-restricted
community-concerns
S184 [Bucco, Anthony R./Sweeney, Stephen M.],
Safe Haven Infant Prot. Act-pub. info.
S218 [Singer, Robert W./Oroho, Steven V.], Jersey Fresh-sale along cert. toll rds.
S227 [Lesniak, Raymond J.+2], Chiropractic
practice-concerns
S233 [Adler, John H./Turner, Shirley K.], Drug
and alco. dependent offenders-rehab
S335 [Kean, Sean T./Adler, John H.+1], Mun.
courts-concerns
S367 [Lesniak, Raymond J./Turner, Shirley K.],
Tampering w/witnesses-upgrades penal.
S390 [Gill, Nia H.], Life insur.
policies-concerns
S392 [Gill, Nia H., Esq./Adler, John H.+1],
Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting Act-revise
S451 [Haines, Philip E.], Emergency
supplies-concerns
S464 [Buono, Barbara/Madden, Fred H.], Rail
station acessibility, disab.-report
S472 [Buono, Barbara/O'Toole, Kevin J.], Non-tax
debt mgt.-centralizes
S520 [Sacco, Nicholas J./Gordon, Robert M.+1],
Ice/snow on mv-removal req, creates fine
S521 [Sacco, Nicholas J.], MV sales,
off-site-concerns
S534 [Girgenti, John A.+2], Emerg. mgt.
dept.-expands auth.
S611 [Vitale, Joseph F./Allen, Diane B.+6],
Adoptees-permits access to birth cert.
S772 [Rice, Ronald L.], Pub. housing proj.-cert.
of occupancy
S786 [Sweeney, Stephen M./Buono, Barbara+2],
Family leave benf.-extends TDI
S795 [Sarlo, Paul A./Van Drew, Jeff+8],
Land-recreation & conserv. purpose;$33M
S796 [Smith, Bob/Van Drew, Jeff], Recycing
tax-concerns
S797 [Ciesla, Andrew R./Sacco, Nicholas J.+1],
Drag racing-upgrades penal.
S983 [Girgenti, John A./Bucco, Anthony R.],
Firemen's relief assn., loc.-concerns
S998 [Madden, Fred H.], Disabled veh.,
cert.-concerns
S1023 [Weinberg, Loretta/Turner, Shirley K.],
Religious observance-admin., cert. tests
S1163 [Whelan, Jim/Beck, Jennifer], Workers'
comp.-concerns horse racing emp
S1238 [Van Drew, Jeff/Singer, Robert W.],
Shopping carts, impounding-reg.
SCR36 [Whelan, Jim/Van Drew, Jeff+1], Aviation
Research & Tech. Park-urge Cong
SJR12 [Bucco, Anthony R.], Firefighter
Recognition Day-desig Oct. 2
SJR15 [Sacco, Nicholas J.], Aviation Maintenance
Tech. Day-May 24
SJR24 [Van Drew, Jeff], Salute To Hospitalized
Vet. Wk.-Feb. 14
SR13 [Allen, Diane B.], Light rail quiet
zones-concerns
SR28 [Connors, Christopher J.], Community Emerg.
Response Teams-recog.
Senate Judiciary Meeting 10:30 AM
Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Adler, John H.
Interviewed:
to be a Judge of the Superior Court:
Joseph P. Donohue of Union
for the term prescribed by law.
Jamie D. Happas of Edison
for the term prescribed by law.
Fred Kieser, Jr. of Metuchen for the term prescribed
by law.
Laura Manus LeWinn of Princeton Junction for the term
prescribed by law.
James J. McGann of Neptune
for the term prescribed by law.
Joseph P. Perfilio of Scotch
Plains for the term prescribed by law.
Jack M. Sabatino of Pennington for the term
prescribed by law.
SR40 [Adler, John H.], St. Bar Assn. Day in
Trenton-commem.
ASSEMBLY Quorum Assembly Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (A) Committees scheduled to meet
2:00 PM: Group (B) Committees scheduled to meet
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 (continued)
Assembly Appropriations Meeting
Chair: Asw. Pou, Nellie
The Committee will not meet.
Assembly Budget Meeting
Chair: Asm. Greenwald, Louis D.
The Committee will not meet.
*Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Meeting
2:00 PM Committee Room 9, 3rd Floor,
State House Annex, Trenton,
NJ
Chair: Asm. Vas, Joseph
The Committee will hear from the Office of
Economic Growth, the Economic Development Authority and the Commerce, Economic
Growth & Tourism Commission on successes and goals for economic development
in NJ
A1778 [Chiappone, Anthony], Prop.-concerns sale
or lease
*Assembly Consumer Affairs Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 14, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asw. Cruz-Perez, Nilsa
A219 [Bramnick, Jon M./Gusciora, Reed],
Commercial ads, cert.-concerns posting
A378 [Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr./Cruz-Perez,
Nilsa+1], Prescribing cert meds to minors-concerns
A801 [Gusciora, Reed/Greenstein, Linda R.+28],
Credit card solicitations, cert.-proh.
A1097 [Cryan, Joseph+1], Stolen goods, sold on
websites-concerns
A1111 [Cryan, Joseph], Newspapers-concerns
unwanted delivery
A1311 [Stender, Linda/Gusciora, Reed+2],
Magazine subscriptions-concerns
*Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Meeting
10:00 AM Committee Room 12, 4th Floor,
State House Annes, Trenton,
NJ
Chair: Asm. Cohen, Neil M.
A1501 [Burzichelli, John J./Schaer, Gary S.+11],
Real Estate Installment Contract Act
A1666 [McHose, Alison Littell/Chiusano, Gary
R.+1], Ovarian cancer screening-prov. coverage
A2252 [Greenstein, Linda R./Cohen, Neil M.],
Insur. producers-concerns
AR92 [Cohen, Neil M./Schaer, Gary S.],
Foreclosure consultants-investigate
*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 receive testimony on the
subject of access to pediatric critical care. *Also on Agenda: ACR156 Quigley (Pending
Intro and Referral) Memorializes Congress and President to enact
"Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act."
A1870 [Conaway, Herb], Tobacco possession under
age-penal.
A1935 [Conaway, Herb], Anatomical gifts for
ed/research-concern
A2077 [Johnson, Gordon M./Vainieri Huttle,
Valerie+1], Mental health coverage req.-revises
A2083 [McKeon, John F.], Hero Act-concerns organ
donation
A2177 [Scalera, Frederick/Schaer, Gary S.+2],
Tobacco products-concerns use, under 19
A2183 [Schaer, Gary S.], Nursing home
resid.-religious diet req.
A2206 [Conaway, Herb], Revised Uniform
Anatomical Gift Act
AJR60 [Greenwald, Louis D./Lampitt, Pamela R.],
Blindness Awareness Mo-desig Oct each yr
AJR64 [Chivukula, Upendra J./Munoz, Eric], Lyme
Disease Awareness Mo.-May
each yr.
AJR71 [Conaway, Herb], Child Obesity Prev.
Mo.-desig. March
AJR75 [McKeon, John F.], Bipolar Disorder
Awareness Mo.-April
*Assembly Higher Education Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Diegnan, Patrick J.
The Committee will receive testimony from the NJ
Commission on Higher Education and the Office of Homeland Security and
Preparedness on the Campus Security Task Force Report, and from the president
of Thomas Edison State College.
A422 [Schaer, Gary S./Watson Coleman,
Bonnie+11], Religious observance-admin., cert. tests
A842 [Chivukula, Upendra J./Diegnan, Patrick
J.], Internatl Ed Resource Ctr, Rutgers-estab
*Assembly Housing and Local Government Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 16, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Green, Jerry
A1027 [Wisniewski, John S.], Resid. fire
extinguisher req.-concerns
A1619 [McKeon, John F.+1], Prop.-concerns sale
to enforce liens
A1917 [Gusciora, Reed], Loc. Pub. Contract
Law-concerns
A2178 [Pou, Nellie/Cohen, Neil M.], Debts owed
to courts, co., mun.-concern
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 (continued)
*Assembly Law and Public Safety Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Johnson, Gordon M.
A339 [Quigley, Joan M./Vas, Joseph+6], Handgun
sales-concerns
A358 [Diegnan, Patrick J./Johnson, Gordon M.+2],
MV accidents-prop. damage threshold
A2218 [Moriarty, Paul D./Love, Sandra], Criminal
id theft-concerns
*Assembly Regulated Professions Meeting 1:00 PM
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Prieto, Vincent
The Committee will receive testimony from
interested parties on the State Commission of Investigation (SCI) report:
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - New Home Construction in NJ"
*Assembly Tourism and Gaming Meeting 2:00 PM
Committee Room 15, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Burzichelli, John J.
Also being considered A-2410 (pending
intro/referral) In an emergency shutdown, casinos remain open. A-155 (pending
intro/referral) Authorizes the Legislature to provide that Atlantic City casinos be operated by State
Authority supported by fee revenues.
A2253 [Burzichelli, John J./Milam, Matthew W.],
St govt shutdown-concerns essential emp
*Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Meeting 10:00
AM Committee Room 9, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Asm. Chivukula, Upendra J.
The Chairman would like to invite Emmitt Carlton
of the FCC and other invited speakers to educate the Committee on details
regarding the analog to digital television switchover and energy efficiency.
A844 [Chivukula, Upendra J.], Energy,
renewable-concern cert. contract
A1255 [Moriarty, Paul D./Cruz-Perez, Nilsa+15],
Text messaging, unsolicited ads-proh.
A1884 [Cohen, Neil M.], Cell phone
prov.-disclosing number proh.
AR88 [Milam, Matthew W./Greenstein, Linda R.],
Do Not Call law-concerns
AR108 [Burzichelli, John J./Chivukula, Upendra
J.], Digital tv transition-educate consumers
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008
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 Education Meeting 10:00 AM
Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
Chair: Sen. Turner, Shirley K.
A690 [Spencer, L. Grace/Rodriguez, Caridad+4],
Bd. of ed. meetings-pub. participation
S473 [Buono, Barbara], DOE, DOLWD-match cert.
data files
S752 [Codey, Richard J./Turner, Shirley K.],
Steroid use among students-deters
S1236 [Singer, Robert W./Vitale, Joseph F.], Janet's
Law-concerns defibrillators
S1263 [Turner, Shirley K.], Textbooks, higher
ed. instit.-concerns
S1300 [Turner, Shirley K./Ruiz, M. Teresa], Bd.
of ed. meetings-pub. participation
SJR19 [Madden, Fred H.], Sch. Bus Driv.
Appreciation Day-May 27
For Discussion Only:
S488 [Turner, Shirley K.+2], Sch. bd.
election-Nov. general election
S794 [Lance, Leonard], Sch. bd. election-Nov.
general election
*Senate Judiciary Meeting 10:00 AM
Chair: Sen. Adler, John H.
The Committee will not meet.
*Senate Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs
Meeting
2:00 PM Committee Room 4, 1st Floor,
State House Annex, Trenton,
NJ
Chair: Sen. Girgenti, John A.
The Committee will take testimony from invited
guests only on the reentry of former inmates into society.
S654 [Sarlo, Paul A.], Corrections off-concerns
training course
S776 [Kyrillos, Joseph M.], Knives,
disguised-proh. sale, possession
S1304 [Girgenti, John A.], Machine gun
possession-upgrade crime
ASSEMBLY Quorum Assembly Chambers
10:00 AM: Group (C) Committees scheduled to meet
2:00 PM: Group (D) Committees scheduled to meet
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
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
Committees at the call of the Assembly Speaker
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
ASSEMBLY Session Assembly Chambers
Voting Session: Time and board list to be
announced
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008
SENATE Session 2:00 PM Senate Chambers
10:00 AM: Committees at the call of the Senate
President
Voting Session: Board list to be announced
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