Full Assembly Vote on $15 Minimum Wage, “Bots,” Autonomous Vehicle Task Force, Requiring More Accountability in State Service Contracts & Making it Easier to Report School Bus Driver Misconduct
Full Assembly Vote on $15 Minimum Wage, “Bots,” Autonomous Vehicle Task Force, Requiring More Accountability in State Service Contracts & Making it Easier to Report School Bus Driver Misconduct
4-Bill Package Concerning the Reporting of Child Abuse in Schools, Mandating Teacher Training
Naming Route 27 in Union County in Honor of Late Assemblyman Jerry Green, Assembly Also to Vote on Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago’s Law & “Anthony Bourdain Food Trail” in New Jersey
(TRENTON)- Working toward economic fairness in New Jersey for the state’s hardest working residents, the full Assembly will take a floor vote on A-15, which raises, gradually and fairly, the state’s minimum wage to $15. Legislation prohibiting discrimination of cash-paying customers and creating an autonomous vehicle task force are also among the measures up for a vote on Thursday.
The Assembly will also consider bills that would increase access to funding for local organizations offering “Code Blue” Emergency Shelter Services to the homeless; prohibit the use of bots to deceive a person; and allow municipalities to dedicate a funding source for local arts and culture programs through public question.
The session is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. and will be streamed live at:
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp.
Full agenda can found here: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/BillsForAgendaView.asp.
The Assembly will consider the following bills:
| Bill No. | Sponsor | Description | ||
| A-591 AcaScaSa | Moriarty, Paul D.
/Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina /Jimenez, Angelica M. |
Prohibits discrimination against cash-paying consumers. | ||
| A-3832 | Mukherji, Raj
/McKnight, Angela V. /Chiaravalloti, Nicholas |
Authorizes municipal tax levy dedicated to arts and culture through public question. | ||
| A-4135 Aa | (Andrzejczak, Bob
Land, R. Bruce Taliaferro, Adam J.) |
Concerns use of digital parking meters to monitor parking compliance; establishes fund to encourage designated drivers. | ||
| **AJR-164 AcaSca | Benson, Daniel R.
/Zwicker, Andrew /Lampitt, Pamela R. |
Establishes “New Jersey Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Task Force.” | ||
| AR-173 | Moriarty, Paul D.
/Murphy, Carol A. /McKnight, Angela V. |
Calls on Division of Travel and Tourism to establish “Anthony Bourdain Food Trail” in New Jersey. | ||
| A-4073 Sca | Holley, Jamel C. /Carter, Linda S. /Kennedy, James J. /Quijano, Annette /Scutari, Nicholas P. /Cryan, Joseph P. |
Designates portion of State Highway Route 27 in Union County as “Jerry Green Memorial Highway.” | ||
| A-4318 Aca | Lopez, Yvonne /Mukherji, Raj /McKnight, Angela V. |
Includes certain armed security officers regulated by “Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago’s Law” in crimes of assault and disarming an officer. | ||
| A-4563 Aca | Zwicker, Andrew | Prohibits use of bots to deceive person about origin and content of communication for certain commercial or election purposes. | ||
| S-1773 Sca
(A-4031 Aca) |
Diegnan, Patrick J.
/Gopal, Vin (Calabrese, Clinton) |
Requires display of identifying information on rear of school bus so public may report bus driver misconduct. | ||
| S-2707 SaAca
(A-4403 Aca) |
Ruiz, M. Teresa
/Madden, Fred H. (Lampitt, Pamela R. |
Establishes task force within DOE on prevention of sexual abuse of children. | ||
| S-2709 SaAca
(A-1909/ 4404 Acs) |
Ruiz, M. Teresa
/Madden, Fred H. (Mukherji, Raj |
Provides that certain persons who commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact with students who are at least 18 but less than 22 years old are guilty of sexual assault or criminal sexual assault. | ||
| S-2712 Sa
(A-4406) |
Ruiz, M. Teresa
/Madden, Fred H. (Lampitt, Pamela R. |
Mandates certain training for DOE arbitrators. | ||
| S-2714
(A-4408) |
Ruiz, M. Teresa
/Madden, Fred H. (Lampitt, Pamela R. |
Requires school districts to notify State Board of Examiners when teaching staff member fails to report child abuse for determination of revocation or suspension of certificate. | ||
| S-2715
(A-4199) |
Madden, Fred H.
/Ruiz, M. Teresa (Lampitt, Pamela R.) |
Requires Attorney General to develop protocol for retaining footage from school surveillance system. | ||
| S-2773
(A-4043) |
Pou, Nellie
(Greenwald, Louis D. |
Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health aides. | ||
| S-2711 AcaAa
(A-4405 AcaAa) |
Ruiz, M. Teresa
/Madden, Fred H. (Lampitt, Pamela R. |
Mandates child abuse and sexual abuse training for all candidates for teaching certification. |
