Assembly Panel Reviews Legislation as Part of COVID-19 Response Efforts Monday
Assembly Panel Reviews Legislation as Part of COVID-19 Response Efforts Monday
(TRENTON) – The Assembly Appropriations Committee will convene at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 11 to review and vote on bills targeting pandemic relief.
Video and audio live stream of the voting session is available: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp?SESSION=2020.
Monday’s full agenda can also 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 Committee will take oral testimony on bills, by telephone, limited to three minutes.
The Assembly will act on the following bills:
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A-3945 Murphy/Chaparro/ Mukherji
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Extends eligibility for accidental disability and accidental death benefits to certain PFRS and PERS members who contract infectious diseases during public health emergency or state of emergency. |
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A-3969 Danielsen
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Allows extension of certain local government timeframes; allows local governments to accept certain payments; allows local governments to conduct certain meetings remotely; adjusts certain property tax distribution and notice requirements. |
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A-3996 Lopez |
Provides for waivers of contract penalties and modification of contract terms on public contracts between non-profit organizations and State agencies for failure to perform due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
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A-4030 Mukherji S-2347 Sweeney/Greenstein/ Kean, T
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Establishes Employment and Business-Related Tax Deferral Assistance Program in EDA to allow small businesses to defer the payment and remittance of certain employment and business-related taxes during COVID-19 public health emergency. |
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A-4126 Egan |
Permits local units and authorities to waive interest and lien enforcement for certain delinquent water and sewer utility payments during emergency circumstances. |
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A-4127 Speight |
Allows local governments and school districts to engage in certain borrowing to aid with COVID-19 response. |
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A-4128 Verrelli |
Concerns participation in certain meetings by means of remote communication during state of emergency declared by the Governor. |
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A-4129 Spearman |
Requires health care facilities to report certain coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) data related to health care workers and certain first responders. |
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A-4131 Karabinchak/McKnight
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Imposes certain service and cleaning requirements on hotels. |
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A-4132 Taliaferro |
