By Frank Brill, Editor, EnviroPolitics 


The following environment and energy bills are scheduled for floor votes when the New Jersey Assembly meets at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, at the State House in Trenton:

A1093 (Downey / Pinkin) – Requires DEP to update Shore Protection Master Plan.

A2544 (DeAngelo / Houghtaling) – Requires DCA to provide certain information on low-income home energy assistance program, annually update its low-income home energy assistance program handbook, and provide quarterly training sessions on administering program.

A3798 (Calabrese / Eustace / Murphy) – Revises “New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act” to prohibit smoking at public beaches and parks.

AR45 (Thomson / Mazzeo / Armato) – Urges President and Congress to enact “Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act.”


S1057 / A1046 (Van Drew / Gopal / Houghtaling / Andrzejczak / Mazzeo) – Requires EDA, in consultation with Department of Agriculture, to establish loan program for certain vineyard and winery capital expenses.