New Jersey General Assembly News

ROBERTS/DECROCE BIPARTISAN ETHICS REFORMS PASS ASSEMBLY

Measures Would Reformulate Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards; Disqualify Criminals from Lobbying

(TRENTON) - Two ethics bills sponsored by Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. and Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce that would overhaul the state's Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards (JLCES) and bar convicted individuals from registering as lobbyists today passed the General Assembly.

Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts and Minority Leader Alex DeCroce have asked the Assembly State Government Committee to consider legislation today that would prevent people convicted of first, second and third degree crimes from registering as a lobbyist. 

ASSEMBLY ADVANCES MEASURE BANNING LEGISLATIVE ACCEPTANCE OF LOBBYIST GIFTS

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Jim Whelan, Nelson T. Albano, John F. McKeon, and Jeff Van Drew sponsored to prohibit legislators and legislative staff from accepting gifts from lobbyists and governmental affairs agents passed today in the General Assembly.

SWEENEY-DORIA BILL BANNING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM HIRING LOBBYISTS

TRENTON - A bill sponsored by Senators Stephen M. Sweeney and Joseph V. Doria which would prohibit school districts from hiring registered lobbyists was approved by the Senate Education Committee today by a vote of 3-0.

FISHER BILL INCREASING GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY ADVANCES

Measure Would Require Government-Paid Lobbyists to Register With the State

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblyman Douglas H. Fisher sponsored that would require lobbyists employed by the State of New Jersey to register and file reports with the Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) - thereby increasing governmental transparency - was released from an Assembly committee today.