Elections Security, Strengthening School Bus Driver Protocols, Deaf Students Bill of Rights, Requiring Evaluation of Students w/ Concussions, Expanding Sexual Assault Law to Include Students Over 18
Elections Security, Strengthening School Bus Driver Protocols, Deaf Students Bill of Rights, Requiring Evaluation of Students w/ Concussions, Expanding Sexual Assault Law to Include Students Over 18
Also: “New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act,” Bill Expanding Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago’s Law to Include Armed Security Officers, and Discussion on Invasive Species– the Lanternfly
Assembly Transportation Committee to Consider Legislation Designating a portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Mercer County as “Francis J. McManimon Highway”
(TRENTON) – Legislation strengthening elections security in New Jersey, continuing the discussion on cybersecurity, a bill requiring installation of emergency power generators to ensure power for senior housing during storms, mandating students with concussion be evaluated before returning to school, and educating parents on resources for deaf children are a few of the measures Assembly committees will review on Thursday.
Also on the agenda: a bill expanding existing law to make it a crime to commit acts of sexual penetration with a student who is between 18 and 20 years old; a measure looping in certain armed security officers under the “Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago’s Law; and legislation that allows a resident to receive lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances.
The Assembly Women and Children Committee will hear testimony from invited speakers on the affordability and accessibility of child care and early education in New Jersey.
The Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee will receive testimony on the potential devastation by the Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive species from Asia, which first appeared in New Jersey this summer.
The Assembly State and Local Government Committee will receive testimony from a representative from the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and/or the Division of Elections in the Department of State regarding cyber security concerns relating to New Jersey’s election process.
The meetings are slated to begin at 10 a.m. and will be streamed live at:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp
Full agendas can be found here: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/default.asp
Thursday’s Highlights Include:
| A-4299
Benson/DeAngelo |
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Mercer County as “Francis J. McManimon Highway.” |
| A-4345
Tully/Swain/Benson/Jones |
Requires safety education training twice per school year for school bus drivers and school bus aides. |
| A-4299
Benson/DeAngelo |
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Mercer County as “Francis J. McManimon Highway.” |
| A-4345
Tully/Swain/Benson/Jones |
Requires safety education training twice per school year for school bus drivers and school bus aides. |
| A-4392
Burzichelli/Giblin S-2892 (2R) Sweeney/Ruiz/Cryan/ Cunningham (pending referral) |
Eliminates certain aviation fuel tax exemptions to qualifying airlines; provides funding for PATH train extension to Newark Liberty International Airport and airport improvements. |
| A-4447
Tully/Swain/Downey |
Requires suspension of school bus endorsement on driver’s license for certain number of motor vehicle moving violations in certain time period. |
| A-1837
Lampitt/Benson/Jasey/ Johnson/Mosquera/ Muoio/Pinkin/Jimenez/ DiMaio/Wimberly |
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed. |
| A-1893
Muoio/Caride/Benson/ Chiaravalloti/Mukherji/ Caputo/Jasey |
Establishes Working Group on Deaf Education and directs DOE to develop parent resource guide and select early intervention assessments for use in identifying language delays in deaf and hard of hearing children. |
| A-1896
Benson/Quijano/Lampitt/Muoio |
Establishes “Deaf Student’s Bill of Rights.”
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| A-2655
Lampitt |
Allows other licensed healthcare providers trained in evaluation and management of concussions in addition to physicians to provide written clearance for student-athlete return to competition. |
| A-4136
Andrzejczak/Land |
Permits commercial fishing vessels to possess more than daily trip limit of black sea bass and summer flounder, under certain conditions. |
| A-1887
Muoio/Mukherji/ McKnight S-1965 Sweeney |
Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances. |
| A-2389
Schaer/Benson |
Concerns expansion of services provided by DOH mental health screening services. |
| A-1141
Wimberly |
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing. |
| A-2475
DeAngelo |
Requires retirement subdivision and retirement community to install electrical generator to provide electricity to common use area to be used as shelter in case of emergency. |
| AJR-83
Mosquera |
Designates November of each year as “Caregivers Awareness Month.” |
| AJR-87
Murphy/Mosquera/Pinkin |
Designates January 11 of each year as “Alice Paul Day” in New Jersey. |
| A-3514 (1R)
Lampitt/Mosquera/ Vainieri Huttle (pending referral) |
Establishes New Jersey Caregiver Task Force to evaluate and provide recommendations on caregiver support services. |
| A-1909
Mukherji/Gusciora/ Chiaravalloti |
Provides that teacher, school bus driver, other school employee, or school volunteer who commits act of sexual penetration with student age 18 or older and less than age 20 is guilty of sexual assault under certain circumstances. |
| A-4318
Lopez/Mukherji/ McKnight |
Includes certain armed security officers regulated by “Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago’s Law” in crimes of assault and disarming an officer. |
| A-133
DeAngelo/Houghtaling/ Space |
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans. |
| A-1741
Quijano/Benson/Lagana S-716 Greenstein/Bateman |
“Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act”; concerns workers’ compensation for public safety workers. |
| A-1992
Sumter/Eustace/Benson/ Vainieri Huttle/ Houghtaling/Wimberly |
“New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act.” |
| A-3666
DeAngelo |
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship. |
FOR DISCUSSION ONLY:
| A-3108
Benson |
Requires evaluation for, and abatement of, mold hazards in school buildings. |
