TRENTON – The Senate State Government Committee today voted 5 to 0 to approve a bipartisan ethics reform bill sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey and Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. that would, most notably, prohibit current legislators from serving on a key panel that investigates ethical complaints against members of the legislature and staff.
“This bill marks a step in the right direction for the 213th Legislature,” said Sen. Codey (D-Essex). “These reforms will allow us to move forward, in a bipartisan manner, with changes that the public has been clamoring for, changes that will prohibit conflicts of interest and create greater efficiency and oversight to investigate ethical complaints.”