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Gas Station Generators, Emergency Plans for Senior Housing, Reading Disability Services, Developmental Centers, Animal Cruelty Laws & Campaign Spending Disclosure Highlight Thursday Assembly Committee Hearings

(TRENTON) — A gas station generator pilot program, emergency plans for senior housing, improved reading disability services, studying the impact of developmental center closures, tougher animal cruelty laws and campaign spending disclosure for third-party organizations top Thursday’s Assembly committee agendas.

Hearings are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and will be streamed live here.

Highlights include:

  • A bill (A-3930) sponsored by Annette Quijano (D-Union) to establish a pilot program to give no-interest loans to motor fuel dealers to install wiring for use of generators during a power outage. It will be heard at 2 p.m. by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee;
  • Legislation (A-3625) to require senior citizen housing facilities to submit emergency operations plans for services such as adequate heat, water, hot water, electricity, gas or telephone services. It’s sponsored by Tim Eustace (D-Bergen/Passaic), Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer/Middlesex), Angelica Jimenez (D-Hudson/Bergen) and Speaker Pro Tempore Jerry Green (D-Union/Middlesex/Somerset) and will be heard at 2 p.m. by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee;
  • A bill (A-3928) sponsored by Annette Quijano (D-Union) to permit the Office of Emergency Management to order a reduction in reservoir levels before a weather emergency. It will be heard at 2 p.m. by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee;
  • Three bills (A-3606-3607-3608) to improve services for students with reading disabilities by enhancing teaching standards. The bills are sponsored by Nelson Albano (D-Atlantic/Cape May/Cumberland) and Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-Middlesex) and will be heard at 1 p.m. by the Assembly Education Committee;
  • Two bills regarding developmental centers. One (A-3782) would require follow-up studies of developmental center residents transitioning to the community. It’s sponsored by Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Connie Wagner (D-Bergen/Passaic). The other (A-3870) would require at least one developmental center in each region of the state. It’s sponsored by Valarie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), Shavonda Sumter (D-Passaic/Bergen), Connie Wagner (D-Bergen/Passaic), Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-Middlesex), Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) and Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon). Both bills will be heard at 1 p.m. by the Assembly Human Services Committee;
  • A bill (A-3863) sponsored by Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) and Linda Stender (D-Union/Middlesex/Somerset) to require campaign spending and disclosure from third-party organizations. It will be heard at 2 p.m. by the Assembly State Government Committee;
  • Legislation (A-2379) sponsored by Gordon Johnson (D-Bergen) to establish the new crimes of dog fighting and leading a dog fighting network. The bill will be heard at 10 a.m. by the Assembly Judiciary Committee;
  • A 4-bill package to toughen and modernize New Jersey’s animal cruelty laws (A-3250-3902-3904-3905). It’s variously sponsored by Nelson Albano (D-Atlantic/Cape May/Cumberland), Marlene Caride (D-Passaic/Bergen), Whip Wilson (D-Camden/Gloucester) and Thomas Giblin (D-Essex/Passaic) will be heard at 2 p.m. by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee;
  • A bill (A-3445) to permit pet owners to board public transportation with domesticated animals during emergency evacuations. It’s sponsored by Annette Quijano (D-Union) and Connie Wagner (D-Bergen/Passaic) and will be heard at 2 p.m. by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee;
  • The Scholastic Student-Athlete Safety Act (A-3048) sponsored by Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-Middlesex) and Thomas Giblin (D-Essex/Passaic). It will be heard at 1 p.m. by the Assembly Education Committee; and
  • A bill (A-3851) sponsored by Craig Coughlin (D-Middlesex) to require landlords to pay attorney’s fees for successful tenants, if the lease reserves the same right for landlords. It will be heard at 10 a.m. by the Assembly Judiciary Committee.