Under the Dome: Senate Committees and Assembly Voting Session

by: Jason Springer

Mon Mar 15, 2010 at 09:15:00 AM EDT

The Senate Judiciary will consider three nominations including Thomas Considine to be Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance, Bob Martin to be Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Poonam Alaigh to be Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services. The Martin nomination has raised concerns from environmental groups and the Alaigh nomination has had people on the right up in arms.

The Economic Growth committee will consider Senator Lesniak's legislation that would change the way affordable housing is done in New Jersey. The State Government Committee has invited Catherine Starghill, Esq., Executive Director of the NJ Government Records Council to discuss the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The Environment Committee has seven bills up for consideration including bills dealing with the highlands and renewable energy.

Among the legislation up for consideration in the Assembly voting session is a bill that would convert property tax rebates to direct credits on the tax bill. Also on the agenda is a bill sponsored by Burzichelli to direct the State Commission of Investigation to look into the finances and operations of the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association. Still another bill would create a New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon for the New Jersey National Guard. And then A-2420 eliminates the 10-day waiting period for certain shareholder actions not concerning mergers and acquisition activity governed by state law.

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.

S1 [Lesniak, Raymond J./Bateman, Christopher], Afford. housing-reforms procedures
S1794 [Lesniak, Raymond J./Scutari, Nicholas P.], Redevel. Auth. finan.
assistance-elig.
SR35 [Kean, Thomas H./Sarlo, Paul A.], Meadowlands Stadium-Super Bowl XLVIII

**Senate Environment and Energy Meeting 10:00 AM

S239 [Bateman, Christopher/Turner, Shirley K.], Pub. sch des.concerns cert guidelines
S411 [Haines, Philip E./Bucco, Anthony R.+1], Hunting/fishing free lic-auth, cert. mil
S1004 [Oroho, Steven V.], Highlands Region-concerns
ACR106 [Stender, Linda/Quijano, Annette], Earth Hour 2010-urges participation
SCR82 [Lesniak, Raymond J.], Earth Hour 2010-urges participation
For Discussion Only:
S463 [Smith, Bob/Buono, Barbara], Renewable energy-concerns net metering
S1411 [Smith, Bob/Beck, Jennifer], Fertilizer applications-estab. standards

**Senate Judiciary Meeting 12:30 PM

Please note the nomination of Harold J. Wirths to be Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development will be rescheduled.

Interviewed:

to be Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance:

Thomas B. Considine, Esq. of Spring Lake Heights to replace Neil N. Jasey, for the term prescribed by law.

to be Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection:

Bob Martin of Princeton to replace Mark N. Mauriello, for the term prescribed by law.

to be Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services:

Poonam Alaigh, M.D. of Warren to replace Heather Howard, for the term prescribed by law.

Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Meeting 1:00 PM

A1943 [Conners, Jack/Tucker, Cleopatra G.+6], Handicap accessible veh-
DMVA fd raise
S1189 [Van Drew, Jeff], Vets' Hospital Task Force-estab.
S1493 [Connors, Christopher J./Girgenti, John A.], Vet. Svcs. Council-changes
memb. req.
S1629 [Beach, James/Norcross, Donald+1], Handicap accessible veh-DMVA fd raise
S1731 [Madden, Fred H./Beach, James], Vet. to Vet. Peer Support Prog.-estab.

Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Meeting 1:00 PM

Catherine Starghill, Esq., Executive Director of the NJ Government Records Council is invited to discuss the Open Public Records Act (OPRA).

S201 [Whelan, Jim+1], Gov. records-make available on internet
S562 [Cunningham, Sandra B./Beach, James], Electronic transactions by St.-concerns
S1217 [Weinberg, Loretta/Van Drew, Jeff], St. reports & publications-concerns
S1495 [Bucco, Anthony R.], St. veh.-display abuse hotline stickers
S1610 [Van Drew, Jeff], St. veh.-reduce number
SR48 [Sweeney, Stephen M./Kean, Thomas H.], Paperless Senate-suppl. Senate Rules

ASSEMBLY SESSION 1:00 PM Assembly Chambers

Voting Session:

A368 [Schaer, Gary S./Greenwald, Louis D.+1], Auto. Insur. Risk Exchange-concerns appt
A437 [Green, Jerry/McHose, Alison Littell+3], Devel. application-concern approval
A483 [Rodriguez, Caridad/Schaer, Gary S.+3], Interst. Insur Product Reg Compact-estab
A586 [Cryan, Joseph], Surplus lines producer fees-concerns
A912 [Chivukula, Upendra J.], Electric pub util costs-concern recovery
A917 [Chivukula, Upendra J.], Energy efficient outdoor lighting-St use
A974 [Johnson, Gordon M.], Domestic Security Task Force-expand memb
A1017 [Spencer, L. Grace/Schaer, Gary S.+4], Banking-concerns
A1081 [Gusciora, Reed/Prieto, Vincent], Home improvement contractors-concerns
A1392 [Carroll, Michael Patrick/Rodriguez, Caridad], Midwives-w/in definition of lic. person
A1590 [Scalera, Frederick/Johnson, Gordon M.], Birth cert, duplicate-req. 3 forms of id
A1600 [Scalera, Frederick/Wisniewski, John S.], Emerg. operations plans-concerns
A1650 [Greenwald, Louis D./Johnson, Gordon M.+2], Cosmetologist-operate mobile fac.
A1708 [Burzichelli, John J./Milam, Matthew W.+3], Prop. tax info.-concerns confidentiality
A1748 [Watson Coleman, Bonnie/Tucker, Cleopatra G.+2], Domestic viol.-concerns
A1945 [Conners, Jack/Tucker, Cleopatra G.+1], Honor Guard Ribbon-creates
A2219 [McKeon, John F.+1], Tax collectors-issue blanket bonds
A2294 [Diegnan, Patrick J./Caputo, Ralph R.+3], St. bd of ed. memb., cert.-prov. removal
A2297 [Prieto, Vincent+1], Consumer complaints, cert.-concerns
A2420 [Diegnan, Patrick J./Barnes, Peter J.+3], Shareholder actions-elim. advance notice
ACR116 [Burzichelli, John J./Vainieri Huttle, Valerie], St Intersch. Athletic Assoc-investigate
ACR118 [Oliver, Sheila Y.], Prof. Social Work Mo.-desig. March 2010
AJR23 [Evans, Elease/Vainieri Huttle, Valerie+4], Colorectal Cancer Awareness Mo.-March
AJR29 [Burzichelli, John J./Johnson, Gordon M.], Firearms Advisory Task Force-creates
AJR38 [Quijano, Annette/Riley, Celeste M.], Census Awareness Mo.-desig. March 2010
AR317 [Cryan, Joseph/Rible, David P.], Northern Ireland-unify w/Ireland Repub.
S82 [Rice, Ronald L./Van Drew, Jeff], Mun Land Use Law-mod application process
S895 [Gill, Nia H./Sarlo, Paul A.], Shareholder actions-elim. advance notice
S936 [Cardinale, Gerald/Sarlo, Paul A.], Consumer complaints, cert.-concerns