Steve Sweeney

21 May: Sweeney-Van Drew Bill To Require Law Enforcement To Inform School Principals Of Crimes Committed By Students Approved By Senate

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney and Senator Jeff Van Drew which would require law enforcement or prosecuting agencies to provide written notice to high school principals of the identity of any student who is 18 years old or older and has been charged with certain serious criminal offenses was unanimously approved by the Senate today.

“School officials have a sacred and moral responsibility to ensure a safe and productive learning environment for their students,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “However, many times, principals and other school administrators do not always have all the information they need to protect students from danger. This bill expands the current principal notification requirements for students older than 18 who have committed very serious criminal offenses, in order to give school officials the information they need to respond to and address potential dangers on school grounds.”

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15 May: Sweeney Measure To Establish Financial Literacy Pilot Program Approved In Budget Committee

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney which would create a three-year pilot program to provide high school students with financial literacy education was approved by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday by a vote of 13-1.

“A major underlying factor in the economic collapse going on around the nation and around the world is a fundamental ignorance about personal finance,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “People have lived beyond their means for a long time, and have not recognized the consequences until it was too late. We need to educate future generations about the basics of financial literacy, so that hopefully we can avoid the credit card mentality which has helped to drag down our economy in New Jersey and around the country.”

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06 May: Beach Bill Would Make Inmates Pay Cost Of Their Incarceration

TRENTON � Sen. James Beach has introduced a bill that would require inmates with financial means to pay the state for the cost of their incarceration

The bill (S-2809) would require the state Department of Corrections to establish and collect an annual fee from inmates in state correctional facilities. The money would be used to offset the cost of their imprisonment. The fee established by the bill would be equivalent to the average cost to the department of incarcerating an inmate for one year.

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04 May: Sweeney Bill To Establish Pilot County-Wide Tax Assessment In Gloucester Advances In Committee

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney which would create a pilot program in Gloucester County to merge municipal property tax assessors into a countywide office was unanimously approved by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee today.

“Gloucester County has been a Statewide leader in shared services and has shown that there are real savings for the taxpayer when you merge municipal services at the county level,” said Senator Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem. “At a time when we must stretch public tax dollars to the limit, we need to look at new ideas that ensure the cost-effective delivery of public services. Our limited public resources should go to benefit the public, not perpetuate the bureaucracy.”

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04 May: Sweeney-Madden Bill Would Make Supplemental Workers� Compensation Benefits Fairer

TRENTON � A bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem) and Sen. Fred Madden (D-Camden and Gloucester) to provide an annual cost of living adjustment in the workers� compensation benefit rate for any worker who has become totally and permanently disabled from a workplace injury after December 31, 1979, was approved today by a Senate committee.

The bill (S-785) would also provide for a COLA for the surviving dependents of any worker who died from a workplace injury after December 31, 1979. Both changes would take effect July 1, 2011.

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04 May: Madden/Sweeney Bill Would Carve Out Exemption In Hand-Held Ban To Aid Truckers, Emergency Vehicles

TRENTON – The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee today approved a bill sponsored by Senator Fred H. Madden, Jr. and Senate Majority Leader Stephen M. Sweeney that would carve out an exemption for drivers of commercial and emergency vehicles in the state law banning the use of hand-held electronic devices while driving. Under the proposed amendment, S2243, drivers of commercial and emergency vehicles would be allowed to use citizen’s band (CB) and two-way radios in order to assist law enforcement efforts and communicate vital information while on the job.

“New Jersey has invested significant training dollars in the private sector to educate the trucking industry on how to be an additional set of eyes and ears on our roadways when it comes to potential terrorist activity,” said Sen. Madden, (D-Camden and Gloucester). “This is about helping drivers remain vigilant and giving them the tools to assist in our law enforcement efforts.”

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20 Apr: Sweeney Responds To Karrow Attack On Bridgeton

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney today issued the following statement in response to Sen. Marcia Karrow’s criticism of the city of Bridgeton:

“At last week’s Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing, I was troubled by Senator Marcia Karrow questioning the appropriateness of the City of Bridgeton receiving Special Municipal Aid from the state while the city still maintains a free zoo. Her statement that the Corzine administration ‘pampers’ Bridgeton and other distressed cities is not supported by the facts.

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25 Mar: Sweeney Statement On Public Employee Furloughs

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem) issued the following statement following today’s adoption of emergency rules by the Civil Service Commission giving state and local governments the ability to impose mandatory furloughs:

“Today’s action by the Civil Service Commission will give state and local leaders the flexibility they need to maneuver through the worst financial crisis in recent memory. The commission’s finding today that an emergency exists allows us to immediately move forward with plans for temporary furloughs in the current budget and in the budget that will take effect July 1.

At a news conference in the Statehouse Annex, Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, outlines his plan to provide affordable health care coverage for all New Jersey residents.

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16 Mar: Vitale-Sweeney-Weinberg Bill To Publicize Hospital Errors Approved

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale, Loretta Weinberg, and Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney which would require the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) to publicly report certain preventable patient safety errors at New Jersey’s hospitals was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 38-0.

“As we work to make health care safer for patients in New Jersey, we have to recognize that one of the biggest drivers of patient safety is a free and open marketplace,” said Senator Vitale, D-Middlesex, and Chairman of the Senate Health Committee. “Publicizing patient safety records of hospitals would allow health care consumers to make informed decisions about their medical care. This bill would provide essential consumer information to New Jersey residents and would put more pressure on health care facilities to do more to ensure patient safety.”

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16 Mar: Sweeney Bill Expanding Investment Options Approved By Senate

TRENTON – A bill that would allow the state to invest a portion of its cash management funds in certificates of deposit, fixed income securities and other investments, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem) was approved 37-0 today by the full Senate.

The bill (S-2552) would spur small business lending by New Jersey’s community banks by increasing their liquidity so they can make more and cheaper capital available to small businesses, local governments and individual borrowers.

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