Under the Dome: Senate Voting session, Senate Judiciary and Assembly Budget Committees

by: Jason Springer

Mon Feb 22, 2010 at 09:15:00 AM EST

The Judiciary committee will consider the nominations of Lee Solomon to replace Fred Butler leading the BPU and Bret Schundler to replace Lucile Davy as commissioner for the Department of Education.

For the Senate voting session, they will start by honoring the Cooper doctors and nurses who went to assist with earthquake relief in Haiti. Much of the attention will focus on the pension and benefits reform package - bills S-2, S-3, and S-4. Another bill up for consideration, S-19 would authorize the President of the Senate to take legal action concerning certain federal legislation prohibiting sports betting.  

I'll put the full list of bills up for consideration below the fold. If you can't make it to Trenton, you can follow along live here.

Voting Session:
S2 [Scutari, Nicholas P./O'Toole, Kevin J.+21], Pub emp pensions-elig,
allowance, rights
S3 [Doherty, Michael J./Whelan, Jim+21], SHBP, SEHBP-elig, cost share, waiver
S4 [O'Toole, Kevin J./Buono, Barbara+25], Sick leave, disab. benf.-PERS, TPAF
S95 [Rice, Ronald L./Cunningham, Sandra B.], Sch. fac. proj. contracts-concerns
S104 [Rice, Ronald L.], Sr. managing underwriters-opportunities
S114 [Connors, Christopher J./Madden, Fred H.+5], Beach access-concerns
S189 [Haines, Philip E./Scutari, Nicholas P.+1], Bump key-estab. penal. for use
S212 [Whelan, Jim], Coastal area-concerns wind energy fac.
S221 [Kean, Sean T.+2], Fishing gear on artificial reefs-proh.
S225 [Kean, Sean T./Kyrillos, Joseph M.], Chosin Few Memor. Hwy.-desig. Rt. 35
S245 [Bateman, Christopher/Rice, Ronald L.+1], St. auth., loc. govt. unit-purch. req.
S443 [Turner, Shirley K.], Smoking in cert. pub. places-proh.
S501 [Girgenti, John A.+2], Emerg. mgt. dept.-expands auth.
S515 [Weinberg, Loretta/Whelan, Jim], Physicians continuing ed.-concerns
S589 [Beach, James/Haines, Philip E.+1], Deceased svc. memb. benf.-concerns
S676 [Sarlo, Paul A./Gill, Nia H.+1], Worker's comp, loss of hand or foot-incr
S733 [Sacco, Nicholas J./Ciesla, Andrew R.], Airport Safety Fd.-concerns expenditures
S825 [Sweeney, Stephen M.], Devel. disab. offender-estab. reg.
S826 [Codey, Richard J./Beck, Jennifer], Sch. dist. emp.-concerns tuition assist.
S828 [Whelan, Jim], Alco. bev. retail lic.-concerns
S895 [Gill, Nia H./Sarlo, Paul A.], Shareholder actions, cert.-concerns
S923 [Whelan, Jim/O'Toole, Kevin J.+1], Mail-in ballots-changes distrib. date
S936 [Cardinale, Gerald/Sarlo, Paul A.], Consumer complaints, cert.-concerns
SCR40 [Beach, James/Girgenti, John A.+1], Svc. memb. Opportunity Coll. Consortium
SJR12 [Turner, Shirley K.], Women's Hist. Mo.-desig. March, each yr.
SR19 [Sweeney, Stephen M./Lesniak, Raymond J.], Sports betting-Senate Pres,
legal action
SR23 [Cunningham, Sandra B./Lesniak, Raymond J.], Haitian Prot. Act. of 2009-enact

Senate Judiciary Meeting 9:30 AM

Interviewed:

to be Commissioner of the Department of Education:

Bret Schundler of Jersey City to replace Lucille E. Davy, for the term prescribed by law.

to be a member of the Board of Public Utilities:

Lee A. Solomon, Esq. of Haddonfield to replace Frederick F. Butler, for the term prescribed by law.

Assembly Budget Meeting 10:00 AM

The Assembly Budget Committee has invited the Acting Treasurer, Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, to discuss the Fiscal Year 2010 estimated budget shortfall and Governor Christie's proposal for closing that shortfall.