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Legislation To Create Worker Retirement Plans Goes To Murphy
Co-sponsored by Sens. Joseph Lagana, D-38th of Paramus, and Troy Singleton, D-7th of Delran, the legislation would establish individual retirement accounts for private sector employees who aren’t already offered retirement plans through their employers, as well as a state board to implement and oversee the program.
Senate Advances Bill Package Promoting Awareness Of Food Waste And Hunger
Trenton – A bill package sponsored by Senator Bob Smith, Senator Troy Singleton, Senator Richard Codey, Senator James Beach, Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez, Senator Vin Gopal, Senator M. Teresa Ruiz, Senator Sandra B. Cunningham, Senator Joseph Cryan, and Senator Linda Greenstein, which would promote awareness of food waste and hunger, advanced from the Senate.
NJ Senate Approves Legislation Requiring 'Dark Money' Groups To Reveal Donors
The bill would mandate disclosure of contributors who give more than $10,000 to nonprofit 501(c)4s, super PACs and other similar groups that engage in political activities, ban elected officials and candidates from managing such groups and boost contribution limits to state and county political committees.
Senate Approves Singleton-Greenstein Bill Setting Disclosure Requirements For Independent Advocacy Organizations
Reforms Will Provide Greater Transparency To ‘Dark Money’ Groups
TRENTON – The Senate today approved legislation that would require independent advocacy committees to disclose their donors, bringing greater transparency to organizations that work to influence the political process. Sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) and Senator Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer/Middlesex), the bill, S-1500, would require the so-called “dark money” groups to make public their expenditures and donors.
Senate Advances Lagana, Singleton, Turner Retirement Savings Plan
‘Secure Choice’ Would Provide Private Sector Employees Means for Retirement Security
Trenton – Private sector employees would be provided a means to save for retirement under the terms of legislation sponsored by Senator Joseph Lagana, Senator Troy Singleton and Senator Shirley Turner. The bill advanced from the Senate today.
Ruiz, Singleton Bill Creating Pilot Program To Recruit Minority Men To Teach Clears Senate
Trenton – Legislation sponsored by Senate Education Chair M. Teresa Ruiz and Senator Troy Singleton, which would establish a pilot program to recruit men from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds to teach in public schools, cleared the Senate today.
Senate Passes Singleton, Gill Bill To Set Standards For Boards Considering Applicants With Criminal History Records
Trenton – Legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton and Senator Nia Gill, which would require certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records, passed the Senate today.
Singleton, Corrado Bill To Assist Homeless Veterans Clears Senate
Trenton – Legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton and Senator Kristin M. Corrado, which would expand the current pilot program to authorize grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans, cleared the Senate today.
Senate Advances Singleton, Corrado Bill To Permit Health Care Professionals To Waive Copayments For Military Members
Trenton – A bill sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton and Senator Kristin M. Corrado, which would permit certain healthcare professionals to waive copayments, advanced from the Senate today.
Lifting Working Families: Overtime Pay & Tax Credits
Economic fairness and equity for workers is an important concern if we are to close the income inequality gap in New Jersey and beyond. There are multiple ways in which this can be addressed. One such way relates to the need to update the salary thresholds for what qualifies as overtime pay, and the other relates to utilizing our tax code to assist workers who will face continued and increasingly complicated challenges for future job opportunities.