TEAM DAVIS: ABSENTEE ASSEMBLYMAN – JASON O’DONNELL MISSED DOZENS OF MAJOR VOTES IN LAST SESSION HE SERVED
ABSENTEE ASSEMBLYMAN: JASON O’DONNELL MISSED DOZENS OF MAJOR VOTES IN LAST SESSION HE SERVED
BAYONNE, NJ — Jason O’Donnell wants Bayonne voters to believe he will have their back as Mayor, but he already failed them as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. During O’Donnell’s last year in the Assembly in 2014-15, he actually failed to show up and register a vote on dozens of major issues taken up by the legislative body, missing 34 significant votes in all — a staggering amount that should disqualify him from seeking another public office. Below is a breakdown of the votes on 3rd Final Passage, Motion to Concur and Motion to Table of bills during the 2014-15 session that O’Donnell missed.
“Jason O’Donnell has already had a chance to serve Bayonne, but even though he was still being paid almost $50,000 by the taxpayers he couldn’t be bothered to show up and do the people’s work,” said Davis Team spokesman Philip Swibinski. “This atrocious attendance record isn’t the only way Assemblyman O’Donnell failed to represent Bayonne — he never delivered a cent of new school funding, and as soon as his term was up he got himself a job with a big lobbying firm and went to work for Chris Christie. That’s not commitment, it’s total failure.”
O’Donnell missed votes on major issues including economic development, prevailing wage requirements, pension funding and much more. O’Donnell also failed to deliver any new school funding during his time in Trenton, even though Bayonne’s schools have been dangerously underfunded by the state for years.
His dozens of missed votes in the 2014-15 legislative session are below:
2014-2015 Missed Votes
| Bill | Description | Date | House | Vote | Y | N | X | JO |
| A447 | Jasey (D27); DeCroce, B. (R26); Caputo (D28) Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten. |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 62 | 10 | 1 | X |
| A964 | Singleton (D7); DeAngelo (D14); Watson Coleman (D15) Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid. |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 49 | 12 | 15 | X |
| A986 | Andrzejczak (D1); Benson (D14); Danielsen (D17) Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit. |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 46 | 13 | 15 | X |
| A3081 | Jasey (D27); Andrzejczak (D1); Eustace (D38) Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays implementation of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | Motion Table Motion | 50 | 27 | 3 | X |
| A3081 | Jasey (D27); Andrzejczak (D1); Eustace (D38) Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays implementation of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 72 | 4 | 2 | X |
| A3095 | Watson Coleman (D15); Johnson (D37); Gusciora (D15) Enhances opportunities for qualified residential projects under the Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 69 | 7 | 2 | X |
| A3952 | Prieto (D32); Mazzeo (D2); Pintor Marin (D29) Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund. |
12/18/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 46 | 19 | 12 | X |
| A3969 | Prieto (D32); Schaer (D36); Caride (D36) “Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act”; “Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District Act of 2014”; “New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief Act.” |
12/18/2014 | Assembly | Emergency Resolution | 62 | 4 | 14 | X |
| A3969 | Prieto (D32); Schaer (D36); Caride (D36) “Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act”; “Hackensack Meadowlands Transportation Planning District Act of 2014”; “New Jersey Meadowlands Tax Relief Act.” |
12/18/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 42 | 25 | 12 | X |
| A4103 | Mazzeo (D2); Andrzejczak (D1); Giblin (D34) Creates workforce training program for former casino workers. |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | Concur with Senate amendments | 49 | 13 | 16 | X |
| A4233 | Jasey (D27); McKeon (D27); Vainieri Huttle (D37) Provides Medicaid coverage for advance care planning. |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 46 | 13 | 16 | X |
| A4275 | Prieto (D32); Eustace (D38); Lagana (D38) “New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act.” |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | Motion Table Motion | 49 | 29 | 1 | X |
| A4275 | Prieto (D32); Eustace (D38); Lagana (D38) “New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act.” |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 54 | 16 | 2 | X |
| A4326 | Schaer (D36); Lagana (D38); Eustace (D38) Reforms annual State revenue estimating and reporting, and executive State budget presentation and revenue certification processes. |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | Concur with Senate amendments | 42 | 21 | 16 | X |
| A4567 | Wimberly (D35); Spencer (D29); Sumter (D35) Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease. |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 41 | 21 | 17 | X |
| A4703 | Spencer (D29); Tucker (D28); Pintor Marin (D29) Increases tax credit cap by $165 million for certain qualified residential projects under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program and restricts increase to certain projects. |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | Concur with Senate amendments | 42 | 20 | 16 | X |
| A4763 | McKeon (D27); Spencer (D29); Pinkin (D18) Revises “Electronic Waste Management Act.” |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 46 | 18 | 14 | X |
| ACR118 | Diegnan (D18); Jasey (D27); Jimenez (D32) Accepts and modifies various recommendations included in Educational Adequacy Report. |
03/27/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 44 | 26 | 8 | X |
| ACR244 | Prieto (D32); Greenwald (D6); Sweeney (D3) Urges Governor to make, by July 15, 2015, State pension payment of $1.3 billion for State Fiscal Year 2016. |
06/29/2015 | Assembly | Table | 26 | 41 | 13 | X |
| ACR244 | Prieto (D32); Greenwald (D6); Sweeney (D3) Urges Governor to make, by July 15, 2015, State pension payment of $1.3 billion for State Fiscal Year 2016. |
06/29/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 45 | 6 | 11 | X |
| S82 | Stack (D33); Green (D22); Gusciora (D15) “Property Tax Lien Pilot Program,” establishes pilot program to allow certain municipalities greater control over sale of tax liens. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 46 | 30 | 2 | X |
| S374 | Scutari (D22); Beck (R11); Rible (R30) Concerns attorney fees for workers’ compensation awards. |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 47 | 12 | 12 | X |
| S770 | Weinberg (D37); Turner (D15); Sweeney (D3) Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 48 | 30 | 2 | X |
| S783 | Weinberg (D37); Lampitt (D6); Mosquera (D4) “Unfair Wage Recovery Act”; provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 49 | 26 | 2 | X |
| S966 | Rice (D28); Turner (D15); Watson Coleman (D15) Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 58 | 17 | 2 | X |
| S1038 | Weinberg (D37); Lampitt (D6); Mosquera (D4) “Wage Transparency Act”; requires reporting of public contractor employment information. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 47 | 31 | 2 | X |
| S1440 | Barnes, III (D18); Whelan (D2); Riley (D3) Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 53 | 22 | 2 | X |
| S1869 | Sweeney (D3); Doherty (R23); Prieto (D32) Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration; extends two-percent cap on base salary awards. |
03/27/2014 | Assembly | Motion Table Motion | 42 | 30 | 8 | X |
| S1869 | Sweeney (D3); Doherty (R23); Prieto (D32) Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration; extends two-percent cap on base salary awards. |
03/27/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 47 | 22 | 8 | X |
| S2143 | Van Drew (D1); Singer (R30); Wisniewski (D19) Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property. |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 48 | 10 | 12 | X |
| S2867 | Ruiz (D29); Pou (D35); Jasey (D27) Permits municipal land banking in conjunction with online property database development. |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 45 | 22 | 12 | X |
| S3004 | Cunningham (D31); Van Drew (D1); Andrzejczak (D1) Permits municipality with UEZ to participate in Downtown Business Improvement Zone Loan Fund. |
12/03/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 45 | 16 | 15 | X |
| S3282 | Rice (D28); Cunningham (D31); Wimberly (D35) Expands Police Training Commission membership to include representative from National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. |
12/17/2015 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 44 | 22 | 11 | X |
| SCR116 | Gordon (D38); Greenstein (D14); Stender (D22) Declares that Civil Service Commission’s new rule concerning job banding is not consistent with legislative intent. |
06/16/2014 | Assembly | 3rd Reading / Final | 47 | 30 | 2 | X |
For any additional information please contact Philip Swibinski at 201-864-0600 or philip.swibinski@vmmi.net.
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