Newsletter Update (3/31)

Newsletter Update (3/31/20)

View the March 31, 2020 update of our newsletter for updates regarding the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic. 

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NOW LAW: WIMBERLY, JASEY, MUKHERJI AND LOPEZ MEASURE CREATING HUNGER-FREE CAMPUS GRANT PROGRAM

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Aiming to ensure no college student goes hungry in New ...

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Wimberly: We Must End Segregation in Housing

 

 

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WIMBERLY: I WILL SUPPORT A STATE BUDGET THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE A MILLIONAIRES TAX

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Bergen, Passaic) released the following statement today regarding the FY2020 State Budget:

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WIMBERLY: CONTROVERSIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHOULD RESIGN TODAY

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly issued the following remarks on the Toms River School Board member Dan Leonard and his recent social media posts regarding the two Muslim women Congressional representatives:

“As a career educator, coach and elected official, I find Leonard’s social media posts abhorrent and unfitting of an elected official representing children of his district as a school board member.

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WIMBERLY, VAINIERI HUTTLE AND JASEY BILL TO CREATE SENSITIVITY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC STAFF APPROVED BY ASSEMBLY

Aiming to reduce incidents of harassment in high school athletic programs, a bill sponsored by Assembly Democrats Benjie Wimberly, Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Mila Jasey to establish a sensitivity training program for high school athletic personnel was approved on Thursday by the full Assembly, 72-1.

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NEW LAW: JOHNSON, VAINIERI HUTTLE & WIMBERLY BILL ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT & USE OF “SMART GUNS” IN NJ

 

Establishing performance standards for personalized handguns, also known “smart guns” and “child-proof guns,” legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Gordon Johnson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Benjie Wimberly was signed into law today by Governor Phil Murphy.

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WIMBERLY STATEMENT ON FY2020 BUDGET

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Bergen, Passaic), who sits on the Assembly Budget Committee, released the following statement on the signing of the FY2020 fiscal spending plan:

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HOLLEY, MCKNIGHT & WIMBERLY BILL REVISING STATE EXPUNGEMENT PROCEDURES APPROVED BY ASSEMBLY PANEL

On legislation (A-4498) that would revise procedures for expunging records of conviction, approved by Assembly Appropriations Monday, sponsors Assembly Democrats Jamel Holley, Angela McKnight and Benjie Wimberly issued the following statements Monday:

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