Assembly Committee Agendas
Assembly Committee Agendas
Also: Vegetation Management Response Act, New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act, Fighting Hunger – Food Desert Elimination Act, Hunger Free Campus Act
Joint Panel Discussion – Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities and Environment Committees – On Use of Plug-in Electric Vehicles
(TRENTON) – Gradually raising the state minimum wage to $15 by 2024, establishing a savings plan for certain workers, credentialing sober living homes and voting on the six bills as part of the Assembly fight against food insecurity are among legislation to be reviewed during Monday’s Assembly Committees.
The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will meet jointly to receive testimony from invited guests concerning electric vehicles. The committees will also receive testimony from the public on Assembly Bill No. 4634, which would establish goals, initiatives, and programs to encourage and support the use of plug-in electric vehicles. The meeting begins at 9:30 AM in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex.
The committees are slated to begin at 9:30 AM and will be streamed live at:
https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp
ASSEMBLY AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
| A-15
Coughlin (pending intro and referral) |
Raises, over time, hourly minimum wage to $15.00. |
| A-1094
Downey/Lampitt/Schaer/Houghtaling/Benson/ Muoio/DeAngelo |
Concerns employer inquiries about worker’s wage and salary experience. |
| A-2903
Quijano/Lampitt/ DeAngelo |
Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages.
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| A-3413
Johnson S-1791 Weinberg |
Requires employers to disclose certain wage information to employees. |
| A-1852
Lampitt/Moriarty/ DeAngelo/DiMaio/ Chiaravalloti S-392 Madden/Addiego |
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law. |
| A-1887
Muoio/Mukherji/ McKnight/Chiaravalloti S-1965 Sweeney (pending referral) |
Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances. |
| A-2558 (1R)
DeAngelo/Wirths/Space |
“Vegetation Management Response Act”; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure. |
| A-2614
DeAngelo/Mukherji/ Danielsen S-679 Bateman/Smith, B |
Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations. |
| A-3607 (1R)
Mazzeo/Armato/ Chiaravalloti |
Requires DOH to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer a voluntary recovery residence certification program. |
| A-4134
Freiman/Mukherji/ Murphy |
“New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act”; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers. |
| A-4700 (1R)
Coughlin/Jones/Mukherji (pending referral) |
“Food Desert Elimination Act”; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in “food deserts.” |
| A-4701 (1R)
Spearman/Chiaravalloti/ Mukherji/Quijano (pending referral) |
Requires DHS to establish electronic portal to promote surplus food donation collaboration among nonprofit organizations, gleaners, and food retailers. |
| A-4702
Wimberly/Jasey/Mukherji (pending referral) |
“Hunger-Free Campus Act”; requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish grant program to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education; appropriates $1 million. |
| A-4703 (1R)
Lopez/Holley/Kennedy (pending referral) |
Requires Chief Technology Officer to establish “Anti-Hunger Link” for all State websites, providing information on emergency food services. |
| A-4704 (1R)
Taliaferro/Murphy/ Verrelli (pending referral) |
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program. |
| A-4705 (1R)
Carter/Benson/Mejia (pending referral) |
Establishes New Jersey Food Waste Task Force to make recommendations concerning food waste in New Jersey. |
| A-4707
Tucker/Downey/Calabrese (pending referral) |
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish public awareness campaign for food waste. |
