A Newark no-no
When discussing the merits of bill Monday that would give independent car repair shops access to information only held by car makers to make it possible for them to repair more vehicles, Assemblywoman...
View ArticleState Assembly boxscore, 11/13/08
A recap of the activity in state Assembly committees Thursday; D, R or B represents whether the bill is sponsored by Democrats, Republicans or a bipartisan mix. Assembly Agriculture and Natural...
View ArticleAssembly session done (Bebe Newirth and all)
The state Assembly has just wrapped up its voting session. In all, 40 bills were passed and another seven on the original agenda were held. Most days, like this one, the Assembly begins with ceremonial...
View ArticleAssembly wrapup, 12/8/08
In the state Assembly, eight committees met today, advancing nearly 40 pieces of legislation. The Assembly environment committee talked about the Department of Environmental Protection's counter-offer...
View ArticleAssembly wrapup, 1/15/09
There was legislative action for the first time in 2009 (and first time in a month) today, with Assembly committees meeting though nothing on the Senate side. They've wrapped up their work for today...
View ArticleAssembly wrapup, 2/5/09
Without debate, the Assembly voted this afternoon to delay the deadline for New Jersey voting machines to produce a paper trail. State law has required such voter-verifiable receipts for a few years,...
View ArticleAssembly wrapup, 2/9/09
Ten Assembly committees started the day with more than 30 bills on their plates at today's meetings in Trenton. What will probably be the day's most heated hearing just wrapped up with the Assembly...
View ArticleAssembly wrapup, 2/26/09
An eight-pack of Assembly committees met today. Among the bills that advanced: a 10-bill package aimed at sex offenders; a plan to replace special license plates (such as 22 proposed new ones on top of...
View ArticleAssembly plans stimulus oversight hearings
Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts announced yesterday that the Assembly's committee hearings on March 9 and 12 will focus on how New Jersey plans to spend its share of the federal stimulus package --...
View ArticleAssembly wrapup, 06.10.10
Assembly committees were busy in their first action in a few weeks, advancing nearly three dozen bills. Among those that were on the docket stalling out, at least temporarily, was one prohibiting the...
View ArticleAssembly setup: Transparency & partisanship
A bunch of interesting things are in the works in today's Assembly committee meetings -- so rather than lump all eight together, here's a review of the three morning meetings, with info later on the...
View ArticleAssembly wrapup, 06.14.10
Two dozen bills moved along in Monday's Assembly committee meetings. Five bills on the original lists didn't get voted on, and three that did advance got redirected to the Assembly Appropriations...
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