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Votes at a glance: committee releases slate of bills on gambling, elections, cybersecurity, and government operations
Summary
The committee voted to release a series of bills and a resolution covering gambling penalties, raffle rules, school gambling instruction, ballot canvassing guidelines, government simplification, a state cybersecurity office, electioneering distance, resident health coverage, and a Paul Robeson Day resolution.
The committee released a slate of bills and a joint resolution. Key actions recorded in the committee transcript are summarized below.
S-1242: Makes compulsive gambling prevention, education and treatment programs an optional penalty for casino gambling by persons under 21 and makes the fine optional. Senator Turner moved release; Senator Paulistina seconded. Roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion to release carried.
S-3609: Allows licensed organizations to conduct raffles remotely and advertise such raffles, removes maximum prize-value limits, allows remote raffles on Sundays, and requires quarterly reporting of raffle results. Senator Turner moved release; the motion carried on recorded affirmative votes.
S-36/66: Requires school districts to provide instruction on the risk of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey student learning standards; committee amendments add probability-vs-predictability language and make the effective date contingent on a commissioner-developed training module and the State Board of Education’s review. Senator Turner moved to amend and release; Senator Osteen seconded. The committee amended and released the bill.
S-3816: Directs boards of election to make initial determinations about the validity of cast ballots, clarifies standards for marks and written names on ballots, and requires the secretary of state to establish uniform guidelines with counties. Committee amendments were proposed to clarify canvassing standards; the committee amended and released the bill on a recorded roll call.
S-3833: Establishes the Ease of Government Doing Business Act to simplify and expedite government procedures and transactions. The committee released the bill on a roll call vote.
S-3835: Establishes the Office of Cybersecurity Infrastructure; committee amendments change the title to director of the office and provide that the governor appoint the director with the advice and consent of the Senate. The committee released the bill on a roll call vote.
S-3850: Permits county boards of elections to extend the distance within which electioneering is prohibited. The committee released the bill; committee members discussed whether a uniform statewide distance would be preferable but left the bill to give local flexibility.
S-41/05: Requires eligible residents and fellows employed by Rutgers who are eligible for SHBP to be able to enroll and receive health insurance on the first day of employment. The committee released the bill after resident physician testimony describing gaps caused by the 60-day waiting period.
SJR-46: Designates April 9 as Paul Robeson Day in New Jersey. Representatives of the Paul Robeson House and affiliated organizations described local historical sites tied to Robeson; the committee released the resolution.
All recorded roll calls in the transcript show affirmative votes by the committee’s recorded members (Senator Paulistina, Senator Josefel, Senator Turner, Vice Chairman McKeon — left a vote in the affirmative — and Chairman Beach). Where the transcript records a specific mover and second, that information is listed above; where a second was not audibly identified in the transcript, it is marked "not specified."
