The Assembly Appropriations Committee will meet remotely at 10:45 a.m. today

Due to the public health emergency, the State House Annex remains closed to visitors. The public may not attend the Committee meeting in person but may view and participate in the meeting via the New Jersey Legislature home page at https: / / www.njleg.state.nj.us / .

Among the bills to be considered are the following:

A1841 (Timberlake / Quijano / Schaer) – Allows gross income tax deduction for amounts paid for removal of lead, asbestos and other contaminants from taxpayer’s residential property.

A1976 (Benson) – Establishes Renewable and Efficient Energy Financing Program; authorizes BPU to transfer up to $20 million annually in societal benefits charge revenues to New Jersey Infrastructure Bank for purposes of program.

A4819 / S3033 (Lampitt / DeAngelo / Giblin / Sweeney / Singleton) – Establishes School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program in BPU.

A4825 / S647 (McKeon / Karabinchak / Greenstein / Singleton) – Revises cybersecurity, asset management, and related reporting requirements in the “Water Quality Accountability Act.”

A5121 (Coughlin / Zwicker / Karabinchak) – Concerns provision of energy to certain manufacturing facilities by providing exemptions to certain energy related taxes.

A5478 / S2714 (Mazzeo / Freiman / Dancer / Sarlo / Addiego) – Authorizes special occasion events at certain farms on preserved farmland, under certain conditions

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