Assembly Committees Reconvene Monday
Assembly Committees Reconvene Monday—
Adding Video Calling/Watching to Distracted Driver Violations, Increasing Efficiency in Construction Permit Process, Addressing Campus Sexual Assault, Cyber-Harassment Top Legislative Agendas
Also: Bills Urging Congress and President to Enact a Long-Term
Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program &
Prohibiting the Disconnection of Electric Utilities for Customers
on Life-Sustaining Equipment
(TRENTON) – Protecting residents affected by federal government shutdown from negative credit reports, requiring general and special hospitals, nursing homes and home health workers to offer influenza shots, and mandating boil water notices to be presented to the mayor and town clerk within an hour are also on Monday’s committee agendas.
The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee will hear testimony from invited guests about Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield’s new policy requiring preauthorization for certain obstetrical and non-obstetrical ultrasound procedures. The committee will meet at 10:00 AM in committee room 15, 4th Floor.
The Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee will receive testimony from invited guests in the alcoholic beverage industry concerning whether and how the State should streamline the licensing system from an economic, social, and regulatory perspective. The committee will meet at 1:00 PM in committee room 12, 4th Floor.
Assembly committees will begin at 10:00 AM in the Statehouse Annex, 125 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608 and can be viewed here.
Highlights from Monday’s agendas:
| A-1763
Quijano S-778 Cunningham/Kean, T |
Establishes Campus Sexual Assault Commission. | |
| A-4521
Swain/Murphy/Carter |
Authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to impose a fine against an institution of higher education that fails to appropriately respond to a student’s allegation of sexual assault by another student. | |
| A-4448
Swain/Downey/Mosquera |
Expands cyber-harassment to include tampering or interfering with electronic devices. | |
| A-5117
Chiaravalloti/Taliaferro/ Swain |
Expands distracted driving violations to include additional forms of communication and transmission of data on wireless telephone or electronic communication device. | |
| A-2423
Benson/DeAngelo/Pinkin S-1242 (1R) Turner/Greenstein |
Requires boil water notices be provided to mayor and municipal clerk within one hour. | |
| A-4430
Lopez/ Pintor Marin/Kennedy |
“Linda’s Law”; prohibits electric public utilities from discontinuing service to customers using life-sustaining equipment with verification of use of equipment. | |
| A-4555
Mukherji/DeAngelo/ Swain |
Prohibits electric public utilities from discontinuing service to customers using life-sustaining equipment without BPU approval or court order. | |
| A-4463
Freiman/Egan/ Karabinchak |
Establishes “Electronic Permit Processing Review System.” | |
| A-4788
Karabinchak/Freiman |
Establishes expedited construction inspection program. | |
| A-5166
Tully/Swain/Timberlake S-3500 (1R) Pou/Singleton |
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from making reports containing adverse information related to employees affected by federal government shutdown. | |
| AJR-28
Downey/Coughlin/ Houghtaling/Mazzeo/ Caride/Wimberly |
Urges Congress and President to enact a long-term reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program. | |
| A-1576
Conaway/Giblin |
Requires certain health care facilities to offer, and health care workers to receive, annual influenza vaccination. | |
