Assembly Panels Move on Bills to Strike Down “Gay or Trans- Panic” Criminal Defense, Put an End to School Lunch Shaming, & Strengthen Protections for Workers Against Misclassification
Assembly Panels Move on Bills to Strike Down “Gay or Trans- Panic” Criminal Defense, Put an End to School Lunch Shaming, & Strengthen Protections for Workers Against Misclassification
***Measures Also to be Considered Would Expand Crime of Terrorism & Would Engage Public Transportation Employees in the Fight Against Human Trafficking***
(TRENTON) – Promoting and expanding school meal programs in New Jersey schools, and addressing the growing concerns of workers being misclassified as independent contractors by employers’ top Monday Assembly committee agendas.
In addition, the Assembly Judiciary panel will receive testimony on legislation that would prohibit “gay or trans- panic” defense for murder and prevent the reduction of a murder charge to manslaughter committed in the heat of passion. Currently, seven states ban its use – California, Rhode Island, Illinois, Nevada, and Connecticut New York and Hawaii. The Assembly Judiciary Committee will meet on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 10:00 AM in Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ.
All committees will be held in the Statehouse in Trenton starting at 10 a.m.
The full Assembly committee agendas can be found here.
Audio live stream is available: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/live_audio.asp
Committee agenda highlights include:
| A-1796
McKeon/Eustace/ Gusciora/Downey |
Prohibits “gay panic” defense for murder; prevents reduction of murder charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion under certain circumstances. | ||
| A-4062
Lampitt/Quijano S-2527 Ruiz/Turner |
Requires Department of Agriculture to promote school meal programs. | ||
| A-4238
McKnight/Lopez/ Chaparro |
Establishes task force to examine school discipline practices including racial disparities and effectiveness. | ||
| A-4856
Murphy |
“Hunger-Free Students’ Bill of Rights Act”; requires certain school meal information be provided to students’ parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears. | ||
| A-5238
Reynolds-Jackson/ Timberlake/Jasey |
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district that includes high school. | ||
| A-5855
Coughlin/Lampitt (pending intro and referral) |
Requires State to pay difference between federal allocation and total cost of reduced price breakfast or lunch; appropriates $4.5 million. | ||
| A-5901
Lampitt/Greenwald (pending intro and referral) |
Clarifies that school district is not required to restrict access to school meals if school meal bill is in arrears. | ||
| A-5902
Lampitt (pending intro and referral) |
Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees. | ||
| A-5903
Lampitt (pending intro and referral) |
Requires school district to establish “School Meal Fund” to assist students with school meal bill in arrears. | ||
| A-5838
DeAngelo (pending intro and referral) |
Concerns stop-work orders. |
| A-5839
Moriarty (pending intro and referral) |
Concerns penalties for misclassification of employees. |
| A-5840
Carter (pending intro and referral) |
Concerns joint liability for payment of employer tax law. |
| A-5841
Calabrese (pending intro and referral) |
Permits Department of Labor and Workforce Development to post information of person who violates State wage, benefit and tax laws. |
| A-5842
Chiaravalloti (pending intro and referral) |
Concerns tax data sharing between State Treasury and DOLWD. |
| A-5843
Speight/Verrelli (pending intro and referral) |
Requires employers to post notice for employees on employee misclassification. |
