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23 Jun: Senate Passes Whelan Bill To Keep Casinos & Racetracks Open

TRENTON – The Senate today approved legislation, S1463, sponsored by Senator Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, to allow casinos, racetracks and simulcasting operations to stay open for up to seven days in the event of a State government shutdown similar to the crisis caused by the July 2006 budget impasse. The vote was 39-0.

“Hopefully, we will never have to implement this proposal, but it’s really a fundamental economic necessity for the people of Atlantic City,” said Senator Whelan. “We have to be prepared, based on what we faced two years ago, to have a system in place to keep the casinos open.”

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23 Jun: Rice / Whelan Bill To Require Hospitbal Boards To Undergo Training Received Final Legislative Approval

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senators Ronald L. Rice and Jim Whelan to require all hospital board trustees to complete a training program received final Legislative approval today.

“Hospital trustee members should be properly trained to fulfill their duties,” said Senator Rice, D-Essex. “Trustees must ensure that hospitals are operating efficiently and are financially responsible. Sufficient education and training are vital to ensuring that hospitals are staffed with the most qualified individuals in order to prevent mismanagement of resources.”

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Senator Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, speaks at a news conference with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) on a bill he’s sponsored – S-1926, known as “Ricci’s Law” – which would make alcohol ignition interlock devices mandatory for all drunk driving offenses.
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12 Jun: Whelan Lauds Branca Family For Advancing Safe Driving

TRENTON – At a news conference today with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Senator Jim Whelan credited the family of Richard “Ricci” Branca, who was just 17 when killed by a drunk driver, for advocating mandatory use of ignition interlocks to block vehicles from starting unless the driver is sober.

Senator Whelan, D-Atlantic, is the co-prime sponsor along with Senator John H. Adler, D-Camden, of S-1926, known as “Ricci’s Law,” to make ignition interlock devices mandatory for all drunk driving offenses and to require their installation while driving privileges are suspended.

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11 Jun: MEDIA ADVISORY – Whelan To Hold News Conference With MADD On Ignition Interlock Bill

TRENTON – On Thursday, June 12, Senator Jim Whelan will hold a news conference with representatives from the New Jersey and national chapters of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), as well as the family of Richard “Ricci” Branca, an Egg Harbor Township youth who was killed by a drunk driver, to promote legislation requiring ignition interlock devices for all drunk driving offenses.

The bill, S-1926, known as “Ricci’s Law,” would make ignition interlock devices mandatory for all drunk driving offenses and to require their installation while driving privileges are suspended. Ignition interlock devices are designed to block vehicles from starting unless the driver is sober, by requiring drivers to blow into a breathalyzer-type device before they can successfully start their car. The legislation is named for Ricci Branca, who was killed by a drunk driver at the age of 17, while riding his bicycle home from a friend’s house in Egg Harbor Township.

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From left to right: Senators Ronald L. Rice, D-Essex, Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, and Dana Redd, D-Camden and Gloucester, listen to testimony before the Senate Health Committee.
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22 May: Rice-Whelan Bill To Ensure Training For Hospital Trustees Approved

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Ronald L. Rice and Jim Whelan which would guarantee that hospital trustees in New Jersey receive the appropriate training to prepare them for the job was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 35-2.

“New Jersey’s hospitals, particularly in many urban areas, are in crisis,” said Senator Rice, D-Essex. “Recently, it seems that every time I open the newspaper, I read about another hospital – serving mostly uninsured or the working poor – which is shutting its doors, because it cannot afford to continue to provide health care in the Garden State. Whether this is a sign of the times or an effect of sky-rocketing health care costs, we need well-trained hospital trustees who are prepared to roll with the punches and can navigate hospitals down the rough road ahead.”

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15 May: Hospital Governance Measures Approved By Health Committee

TRENTON – A package of bills sponsored by members of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee which would address hospital governance in an attempt to keep hospitals competitive in New Jersey was unanimously approved by the Health Committee today.

“These bills are part of the recommendations set forth by the Reinhardt Commission to Rationalize Health Care Resources in New Jersey,” said Senate Health Committee Chair, Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex. “We spend billions every year to support health care around the State, and we must ensure that we’re spending our health care dollars wisely and efficiently. We need to make sure we’re getting the biggest bang for our buck, and I applaud my Committee members for stepping up to work to fix the problems many hospitals are facing around the Garden State.”

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate.

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09 May: Senate Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee Hearing at Monmouth Park

Senate Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee Hearing at Monmouth Park

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10 Apr: MEDIA ADVISORY – Whelan-Burzichelli To Hold Joint Hearing On Tourism Tomorrow

ATLANTIC CITY – As part of the Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Senator Jim Whelan and Assemblyman John Burzichelli, the Chairmen of the Senate Wagering and Tourism Committee and the Assembly Tourism and Gaming Committee, will hold a joint public hearing tomorrow in Atlantic City on the State of tourism in the Garden State.

“The tourism conference is a great opportunity for us to highlight all that New Jersey has to offer visitors from beaches, attractions along the Delaware Water Gap, to gaming in Atlantic City or horse racing tracks in the Meadowlands and Monmouth County,” said Senator Whelan, D-Atlantic. “Government officials and regulators must be responsive to the needs and concerns of the multi-billion dollar tourism industry, and promote the Garden State as a travel destination to the rest of the nation. Tourism is a major economic engine in New Jersey, and we need to keep the industry strong.”

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