Some of My Favorite Bills

by: Bill Orr

Sun Nov 14, 2010 at 01:15:00 PM EST

Polls tell us that New Jerseyans focus on our governor not the legislature. Too bad. A number of important bills are wending their way through the legislature - many with a key hearing on Monday. Below is the status of each bill and how legislators voted in committee. You can attend these meetings or listen live.

Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act
S2392 (Sen. Education Committee) - 28 bipartisan sponsors. Hearing Scheduled: Monday, Nov. 15 10:00 AM - Room 6 Annex
A3466 (Ass. Education Committee) - 46 bipartisan sponsors. Hearing scheduled: Monday, Nov. 15 2:00 PM - Room 11 Annex

Medicinal Marijuana: Determines that draft proposed medicinal marijuana program rules are inconsistent with legislative intent.
SCR130 (Sen. Health Committee) Yes: Weinberg, Madden, Whelan, Vitale, Gordon, Rice; No: S.Kean; Not Voting: Goodwin, Allen, Singer.
Referred to Sen. Judiciary Co. Hearing scheduled: Monday, Nov. 15 2:00 PM - Room 4 Annex
ACR151(Ass. Regulatory Oversight Committee): Yes: Quijano, Coughlin, Caputo, Polistina, Casagrande. No further hearing scheduled.

Restores income eligibility level for AIDS Drug Distribution Program to 500% of the federal poverty level.
S2214 (Sen. Health Committee) Yes: Weinberg, Madden, Whelan, Vitale, Gordon, Rice; No: S. Kean, Goodwin, Singer; Abstain: Allen
Referred to Sen Budget Committee - Hearing scheduled: Monday Nov. 15 11:30 AM - Room 4 Annex
A3286 (Ass. Health Committee) - Sponsors: Riley and Coughlin. No committee vote yet scheduled.

Amends Fiscal Year 2011 annual appropriations act to require filing of application for expansion of Medicaid coverage for family planning services.
S2393 (Sen. Budget Committee) Sponsors: Weinberg and Sarlo. Hearing scheduled: Monday Nov. 15 11:30 AM - Room 4 Annex
A3273 (Ass. Appropriations Committee) Yes: Pou, Greenwald, Stender, Conaway, McKeon, Barnes, Vainieri Huttle; No: DiMaio, Peterson, Addiego, Thompson; Not Voting: Chivukula

Transfers $5,000,000 of unexpended balance from Purchase of Service for Inmates Incarcerated in County Penal Facilities ... and appropriates that amount for Women's Health and Family Planning Services.
A3274 (Ass. Appropriations Committee) Yes: Pou, Greewald, Stender, Conaway, McKeon, Barnes, Vainieri Huttle; No: Addiego, Thompson, DiMaio, Peterson; Not Voting: Chivukula
S2293 (Sen. Budget Committee) Sponsors: Weinberg, Cunningham, Gill, Gordon. No vote yet scheduled

Requires certain issue advocacy organizations to register with ELEC and disclose contribution and independent expenditure information.
S2379 (Sen. State Government Committee) Sponsors: Buono and Weinberg. No vote scheduled
A3497 Sponsors Vainieri-Huttle and Wagner - recently introduced but not yet referred to a committee.

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Some of My Favorite Bills | 1 comments

Does anybody know if anything is being done... (0.00 / 0)

...to restore NJ Family Care coverage to families with incomes below 200% of the poverty line?

HCR was supposed to do this as part of the expansion of Medicaid, but only if states comply with their own legislation, changing how they administrate the Medicaid program, which NJ still has not done since Christie vetoed the supplementary bill that would have done this.

by: Bertin Lefkovic @ Mon Nov 15, 2010 at 00:49:32 AM UTC