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Votes at a glance: committee releases several bills and a resolution on March 17, 2025
Summary
The committee released multiple bills and a resolution addressing mental‑health hotline protocols, respite care, early language instruction for deaf children, DSP stipends, and extended postpartum Medicaid coverage. Listed below are motions, movers (when recorded), and committee outcomes.
This committee meeting on March 17, 2025, produced the following recorded actions. Where recorded in the transcript, movers, seconds and member votes are shown. If a detail was not specified in the provided excerpt, it is listed as "not specified." All items below were released from committee for further legislative consideration.
• AR168 — Resolution urging Congress to change federal rules so individuals with disabilities retain federal disability benefits upon marriage (as amended). - Motion: Move to release AR168 as amended (mover/second not specified in excerpt). - Recorded outcome: Released. Recorded yes votes included Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Azaridi, Assemblywoman Peter Paul, Assemblyman Atkins, Assemblywoman Tucker, Assemblywoman Spate.
• A3016 — Allows follow‑up calls by New Jersey suicide hotline operators to minors 16 and older identified as high risk without parental consent. - Motion: Moved by Assemblywoman Selena Atkins; second by Assemblywoman Fantasia. - Recorded outcome: Released. Yes: Selena Atkins, Assemblywoman Peter Paul, Assemblywoman Tucker, Chairwoman Spate. No: Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Azaridi.
• A4761 — Changes DCF respite/family support reauthorization from 90 days to 12 months and converts annual reapplication to an annual reevaluation. - Motion: mover/second not specified in excerpt. - Recorded outcome: Released (affirmative votes recorded on the record by members present).
• A4986 — Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard‑of‑hearing and deaf‑blind children in Department of Human Services and seeks to protect funding. - Motion: mover/second not specified in excerpt. - Recorded outcome: Released. Multiple members recorded yes votes on the record.
• A5185 — Provides for annual fellowship stipends for DSP career development program participants. - Motion: mover/second not specified in excerpt. - Recorded outcome: Released. Recorded yes votes by several members; Assemblywoman Fantasia and Assemblyman Azaridi recorded abstentions on funding language.
• A5321 (and S3934 companion) — Codifies Medicaid coverage for eligible pregnant women for a 365‑day postpartum period. - Motion: mover/second not specified in excerpt; motion to move recorded as "my privilege to move." - Recorded outcome: Released. Roll‑call yes votes recorded (members on the record: Fantasia, Azaridi, Peter Paul, Atkins, Tucker, Spate).
Notes on process and recordkeeping: The committee transcript shows several motions and roll‑call responses. Some motions lacked an on‑record mover/second in the provided excerpt; where members spoke to a bill or cast a roll‑call vote that statement is captured above. For bills with substantial testimony (A3016, A4761, A4986, A5185), separate articles summarize the discussion and testimony.
