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New Law: Johnson, Vainieri Huttle & Wimberly Bill Encouraging Development & Use of “Smart Guns” in NJ

July 16, 2019 1:00 pm

(TRENTON) – 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. A personalized handgun...

No timeline for vote on bill eliminating EOA carveouts

June 21, 2019 6:12 pm

Assemblyman Gordon Johnson, chair of the Commerce and Economic Development Committee, isn’t sure when the panel will vote on a bill eliminating carveouts inserted into the Economic Opportunity Act by Kevin Sheehan, a Parker McCay attorney with ties to South...

Johnson Statement on Legislative Democrats’ FY2020 State Budget Proposal

June 17, 2019 3:47 pmJune 17, 2019 4:15 pm

(TRENTON) – In response to the Assembly Budget Committee’s approval of the Democratic Legislature’s Fiscal Year 2020 State Budget plan, Assembly Speaker Pro Temp Gordon Johnson (D-Bergen) released the following statement: “New Jersey has long struggled with the highest-in-the-nation property...

Hameeduddin can run against Weinberg if he wants, Johnson says

June 13, 2019 4:05 pmJune 13, 2019 9:53 pm

Assemblyman Gordon Johnson on Thursday declined to repudiate Teaneck mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin for declining to rule out a challenge to Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg “It’s America,” Johnson said. “If he wants to run, he can … It’s part of...

Maps: New Jersey House, Senate & Assembly in the military

May 27, 2019 3:38 pmMay 28, 2019 11:41 am

Fifteen members of the combined New Jersey congressional delegation, State Senate, and State Assembly have served in the military, which spans from the Vietnam War, to the Iraq War. Members have served in the Navy, Army, Marines, Air Force, and...

No hard date set for Assembly EDA hearings

May 23, 2019 3:26 pm

No concrete start date has been set for the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s hearings on the Economic Development Authority’s tax incentive programs, committee chair Gordon Johnson told the New Jersey Globe Thursday. “I haven’t got gotten a date...

Coughlin says Assembly will hold hearings on EDA tax incentives

May 9, 2019 5:09 pmMay 10, 2019 9:39 am

Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee will hold hearings to scrutinize tax incentive programs approved by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Speaker Craig Coughlin announced today. The decision follows an announcement by Senate President Steve Sweeney that he had...