Assembly to Consider New Regulations for Cannabis Possession, Social Justice Reform Legislation, Bills to Increase Affordable Housing Options & Bolster Paratransit Services During Thursday, June 18
Assembly to Consider New Regulations for Cannabis Possession, Social Justice Reform Legislation, Bills to Increase Affordable Housing Options & Bolster Paratransit Services During Thursday, June 18
Voting Session
Deeming the Police Use of a ‘Chokehold” as Deadly Force, Expanding Juror Pools, Creating Women’s Reentry Commission On the Board List
(TRENTON) – New statewide guidelines concerning cannabis possession and personal use, measures recently advanced in committee implementing social justice reforms in New Jersey, and bills improving access to affordable housing and paratransit services are among the legislation to be considered by the General Assembly on Thursday.
The electronic voting session begins at 11:00 AM. An audio live stream will be available: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp.
Thursday’s full agenda can be found here.
Due to the public health emergency, the State House Annex remains closed to visitors and the public will not be allowed to attend the meeting in person.
The Assembly will consider the following bills:
| A-299 | Mazzeo, Vincent
/Armato, John |
Allows alcoholic beverages to be consumed outdoors in Atlantic City Tourism District. | ||
| A-1049 | Jasey, Mila M. /Quijano, Annette /Wimberly, Benjie E. |
Establishes the “New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act.” | ||
| A-4201 Aca | Conaway, Herb
/Greenwald, Louis D. /Pinkin, Nancy J. |
Defers ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment payment due on June 15, 2020 by 90 days. | ||
| A-4227 Aca | Coughlin, Craig J. | Ensures insurance coverage for certain persons attending school graduation exercises in July and August of 2020. | ||
| S-1055
(A-3659) |
Stack, Brian P.
(Mukherji, Raj /Vainieri Huttle, Valerie) |
Permits qualified municipalities to prohibit conversion of affordable residential rental units to certain forms of ownership housing. | ||
| S-1370
(A-2607) |
Sweeney, Stephen M.
/Scutari, Nicholas P. /Greenstein, Linda R. (DeAngelo, Wayne P. /Egan, Joseph V. /Giblin, Thomas P.) |
Revises definition of “public works projects” to permit project labor agreements for more projects. | ||
| S-2383 ScsSa
(A-4142 Acs) |
Sarlo, Paul A. /Ruiz, M. Teresa /Sweeney, Stephen M. /Oroho, Steven V. (Lampitt, Pamela R. /Jasey, Mila M. /Vainieri Huttle, Valerie) |
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish three-year “Bridge Year Pilot Program” for certain students who were impacted by public health state of emergency caused by coronavirus disease 2019. | ||
| S-2437 Sca
(A-3978) |
Gopal, Vin /Cryan, Joseph P. (DiMaso, Serena /Quijano, Annette /Dunn, Aura K.) |
Limits service fees charged to restaurants by third-party food takeout and delivery applications during COVID-19 state of emergency. | ||
| S-2496 Sca
(A-4259) |
Sarlo, Paul A.
(Chiaravalloti, Nicholas) |
Allows municipal clerks to receive hand delivered voted mail-in ballots and applications; extends ballot receipt and election certification deadlines; increases certain messenger and bearer ballot limits. |
| A-744 Aa | Johnson, Gordon M.
/Holley, Jamel C. |
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances. | ||
| A-1076 | Speight, Shanique
/McKnight, Angela V. /Timberlake, Britnee N. |
Requires AG to collect, record, analyze, and report certain prosecutorial and criminal justice data. | ||
| A-1897/
4269 Acs |
Wimberly, Benjie E.
/Quijano, Annette /Holley, Jamel C. /Speight, Shanique /McKnight, Angela V. /Timberlake, Britnee N. |
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly with respect to legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offences as well as broadening awareness of available expungement relief. | ||
| A-1906/
4230 Acs |
Wimberly, Benjie E.
/Lopez, Yvonne /Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina /Tucker, Cleopatra G. |
Includes false incrimination and filing false police report as form of bias intimidation; establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected class. | ||
| A-2394 | Wimberly, Benjie E.
/Johnson, Gordon M. /Holley, Jamel C. |
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement. | ||
| A-2456 Aca | Benson, Daniel R.
/Murphy, Carol A. /Vainieri Huttle, Valerie |
Provides that users of Access Link paratransit service are automatically eligible for and enrolled in motor bus and rail passenger discounted fare program. | ||
| A-2636 Aca | Jasey, Mila M.
/Wimberly, Benjie E. /Chaparro, Annette |
Concerns online marketing of affordable housing units. | ||
| A-2964 | Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
/Verrelli, Anthony S. |
Requires all creditors that acquire title to non-owner occupied residential property following foreclosure to notify municipality and common interest community. | ||
| A-3641 | Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
/Murphy, Carol A. /Timberlake, Britnee N. |
Requires DLPS to incorporate implicit bias in cultural diversity training training materials for law enforcement officers; makes mandatory cultural diversity and implicit bias training for law officers. | ||
| A-4263 | Sumter, Shavonda E.
/Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina /Wimberly, Benjie E. /Holley, Jamel C. |
Clarifies that law enforcement officer who knowingly chokes another person engages in use of deadly force. | ||
| A-4275 | Sumter, Shavonda E. | Expands category of lists from which single juror source list is compiled to include persons who are utility customers, have non-driver identification card, or have applied for or received various types of assistance. | ||
| S-908 Aca
(A-2480 Aca) |
Singleton, Troy
/Oroho, Steven V. (Murphy, Carol A. /Wirths, Harold J. /Schepisi, Holly T.) |
Clarifies association assessment payment requirements in planned real estate developments. | ||
| SCR-53
(ACR-92) |
Ruiz, M. Teresa
/Cunningham, Sandra B. (Pintor Marin, Eliana /Lopez, Yvonne /Quijano, Annette) |
Establishes the “Commission on Reentry Services for Women.” |
