Assembly Homeland Security Committee to Meet on Monday— Voting on Bipartisan- Sponsored Bills Protecting Schools, Workers & Businesses Stemming from Concerns Raised by Coronavirus Pandemic
Assembly Homeland Security Committee to Meet on Monday— Voting on Bipartisan- Sponsored Bills Protecting Schools, Workers & Businesses Stemming from Concerns Raised by Coronavirus Pandemic
The General Assembly to Convene in Afternoon Session to Pass These Specific Bills & Send to Senate
**Residents, Stakeholders & Other Interested Parties Planning to Attend the Voting Session are Urged to Follow CDC Guidelines; Can Also Listen Or View Proceedings At Https://Www.Njleg.State.Nj.Us/.**
(TRENTON) – In a special session to address concerns that have been raised by the increased cases of COVID-19, the Assembly Homeland Security Committee will review a bipartisan-supported legislative bill package aimed at addressing residents’ school, work and business concerns surrounding coronavirus testing and potential quarantines.
The committee is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. in Committee Room 11 located on the 4th floor of the State House Annex in Trenton. The full agenda can be found here.
Voting Session will begin at 2 p.m. Video and audio live stream is available: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp .
Residents have another option to view and listen to the hearing and voting session remotely at https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/.
Residents planning to attend the voting session are urged to follow CDC guidelines. Those with compromised immune systems, chronic medical conditions or otherwise are considered to be in a vulnerable population are urged to listen and view the proceedings remotely.
The committee and the full Assembly will consider the following bills:
| *A-3095
Mazzeo/DiMaio (pending referral) |
Provides county clerks with additional week to mail ballots for 2020 primary election. |
| *A-3813
Burzichelli/Schepisi/ Lampitt/Stanfield (pending intro and referral) |
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances. |
| *A-3839
Carter/Bramnick (pending intro and referral) |
Makes supplemental appropriation of $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization. |
| *A-3840
Lampitt/Dunn (pending intro and referral) |
Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic. |
| *A-3841
Pintor Marin/Bramnick (pending intro and referral) |
Extends time to file gross income tax or corporation business tax return by one month. |
| *A-3842
Greenwald/Taliaferro (pending intro and referral) |
Establishes Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program in DOE to provide and expand access to technology and equipment for students in certain school districts. |
| *A-3843
McKeon/Bramnick (pending intro and referral) |
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019, and for telemedicine during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency. |
| *A-3844
Freiman/Greenwald (pending intro and referral) |
Concerns business interruption insurance during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency. |
| *A-3845
Freiman/Greenwald/ Dancer (pending intro and referral) |
Expands EDA small business loan program to include small businesses negatively affected by certain epidemics; makes $25 million appropriation to EDA. |
| *A-3846
Sumter (pending intro and referral) |
Creates “Temporary Lost Wage Unemployment Program” to allow persons to claim for lost wages due to coronavirus disease 2019. |
| *A-3847
Tully/DeCroce (pending intro and referral) |
Provides paid leave without utilizing accumulated leave for local government employees under certain circumstances. |
| *A-3848
Lopez/Munoz/Downey (pending intro and referral) |
Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease. |
| *A-3849
Johnson (pending intro and referral) |
Permits public agency to respond to request for government record within 21 calendar days during period of emergency or other exigency. |
| *A-3850
Murphy/DeCroce (pending intro and referral) |
Allows local government agencies to meet electronically during declared Public Health Emergency or State of Emergency. |
| *A-3851
Schaer/Scharfenberger (pending intro and referral) |
Extends deadlines for adoption of county and municipal budgets under certain circumstances. |
| *A-3853
Jasey/Schepisi (pending intro and referral) |
Establishes “COVID-19 Emergency Food Distribution Fund”; appropriates $10,000,000. |
| *A-3854
Conaway/Munoz (pending intro and referral) |
Authorizes licensed health care facilities and laboratories to develop and administer coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tests; allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements.
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| *A-3855
Mosquera/Stanfield (pending intro and referral) |
Requires food access information be displayed on websites of 2-1-1 system and executive branch departments during public health emergencies. |
| *A-3856
Downey (pending intro and referral) |
Makes FY2020 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for residential facility sanitation due to coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. |
| *A-3857
Coughlin (pending intro and referral) |
Makes FY2020 supplemental appropriation of $5 million to Community Food Bank of New Jersey to provide meals for children who are out of school and received subsidized lunches. |
| *A-3858
Mukherji (pending intro and referral) |
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to issue supplemental cash assistance payments to recipients of certain public assistance programs under certain circumstances; makes appropriation. |
| *A-3859
McKnight/Schepisi (pending intro and referral) |
Concerns prohibition of residential tenant eviction and eviction due to residential foreclosure during certain emergency circumstances. |
| *A-3860
Pinkin/DeCroce (pending intro and referral) |
Facilitates use of telemedicine and telehealth to respond to public health emergencies. |
| *ACR-165
Mejia/Mazzeo (pending intro and referral)
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Urges DHS to apply for federal waivers to facilitate and increase access to SNAP benefits during coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. |
| *AJR-158
DeAngelo/DePhillips (pending intro and referral) |
Urges FCC to take temporary measures to secure broadband access for those affected by COVID-19.
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