(TRENTON) — Corporate campaign spending disclosure, improving the state’s transportation infrastructure, help for those caring for seniors and enhanced domestic violence protections top Thursday’s Assembly committee action.
Hearings are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. They will be streamed live here.
The agenda can be viewed here.
Highlights include:
- A bill (A-3343) sponsored by Tim Eustace (D-Bergen/Passaic) and Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer/Middlesex) to require businesses receiving state economic development funding to report campaign contributions greater than $10,000. It will be heard at 2 p.m. by the Assembly State Government Committee;
- A bill sponsored by Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) to create a State Transportation Infrastructure Bank. It will be heard by the transportation panel at 10 a.m.;
- A measure (A-3404) to create an income tax credit for expenses paid by those caring for an elderly family member in their home. It’s sponsored by Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden/Burlington) and Gary Schaer (D-Passaic/Bergen). It will be heard at 10 a.m. by the Assembly Women and Children Committee;
- A bill (A-781) sponsored by Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Annette Quijano (D-Union) to expand domestic violence protections to adoptive parents. It will be heard at 10 a.m. by the Assembly Judiciary Committee;
- Legislation (A-3537) to prohibit a person convicted of sexual assault that resulted in the birth of a child from being awarded custody or visitation. It’s sponsored by Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex/Passaic), Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden/Burlington), Gabriela Mosquera (D-Gloucester/Camden), Herb Conaway M.D. (D-Burlington) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) and will be heard at 10 a.m. by the Assembly Judiciary Committee;
- A bill sponsored by Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) and Angel Fuentes (D-Camden/Gloucester) to establish a conditional dismissal program in Municipal Court (A-3598). It will be heard at 10 a.m. by the judiciary panel;
- The Assembly Human Services Committee at 1 p.m. will hold a hearing on the types, quality and availability of services available to New Jerseyans suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia; and
- A measure (A-3480) sponsored by Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden/Burlington) to require forms and materials for those with developmental disabilities be made available in languages besides English. It will be heard at 1 p.m. by the Assembly Human Services Committee.