A package of bills designed to encourage the re-distribution or recycling of food that otherwise would be disposed of as waste are among a number of bills scheduled for action Monday, March 13, in the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee and on the Senate floor.
Here’s the lineup:
SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
3/13/17 10:00 AM
Aide: (609) 847-3855
Committee Room 10, 3rd Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
A-3056 Webber, J. (R-26)
Requires Dept. of Agriculture to develop voluntary
guidelines to encourage school districts and institutions of higher education
to donate excess food; extends “Food Bank Good Samaritan Act”
protections to school districts.
guidelines to encourage school districts and institutions of higher education
to donate excess food; extends “Food Bank Good Samaritan Act”
protections to school districts.
Related Bill: S-2360
S-2360 Allen, D.B. (R-7)
Requires Department of Agriculture to develop voluntary
guidelines to encourage school districts and institutions of higher education
to donate excess food; extends “Food Bank Good Samaritan Act”
protections to school districts.
guidelines to encourage school districts and institutions of higher education
to donate excess food; extends “Food Bank Good Samaritan Act”
protections to school districts.
Related Bill: A-3056
S-2914 Greenstein, L.R. (D-14)
Precludes DEP from imposing certain certification
requirements on installers of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.
requirements on installers of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.
Related Bill: A-4350
S-2991 Turner, S.K. (D-15); Kean, T.H. (R-21)
Appropriates $2,988,859 from 2009 Historic Preservation
Fund and constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to provide capital
preservation grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Fund and constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to provide capital
preservation grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Related Bill: A-4583
S-3012 Lesniak, R.J. (D-20)
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable
contributions of food made from business inventory.
contributions of food made from business inventory.
Related Bill: A-2753
S-3026 Smith, B. (D-17); Thompson, S.D. (R-12)
Clarifies and expands liability protections for food
donations and gleaning activities.
donations and gleaning activities.
Related Bill: A-4634
S-3027 Smith, B. (D-17); Greenstein, L.R. (D-14)
Establishes State food waste reduction goal of 50
percent by 2030.
percent by 2030.
Related Bill: A-4631
S-3028 Smith, B. (D-17); Greenstein, L.R. (D-14)
Establishes standards for food date labeling; requires
Commissioner of Health to establish public education program and promulgate
guidelines related to food safety. Related Bill: A-4633
Commissioner of Health to establish public education program and promulgate
guidelines related to food safety. Related Bill: A-4633
S-3030 Greenstein, L.R. (D-14); Bateman, C. (R-16)
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12
schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle
food waste.
schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle
food waste.
Related Bill: A-4632
SCR-144 Sweeney, S.M. (D-3)
Commends Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation
Laboratory for contributions to ocean research, data collection, technology,
and forecasting.
Laboratory for contributions to ocean research, data collection, technology,
and forecasting.
Related Bill: ACR-231
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SENATE VOTING SESSION
03/13/17 2 PM
Senate Chamber
S-724 Cruz-Perez, N. (D-5); Allen, D.B. (R-7)
Establishes “Integrated Roadside Vegetation
Management Program.”
Management Program.”
Related Bill: A-3604
S-2997 Smith, B. (D-17); Bateman, C. (R-16)
Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally
dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and
conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park
development projects.
dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and
conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park
development projects.
Related Bill: A-4597
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