Bill Text: NJ A317 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires Governor and legislative leaders to meet together quarterly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A317 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A317-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MICHELE MATSIKOUDIS
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Governor and legislative leaders to meet together quarterly.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act requiring the Governor and legislative leaders to meet together quarterly and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Governor, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Minority Leader of the General Assembly shall meet together at the State House in Trenton at least once each quarter of each calendar year for a period of time of not less than two hours. The initial portion of any meeting shall be private. The private portion of a meeting shall be followed by a portion that is open to the public. The Governor and each legislative leader shall discuss the state of the State, pending legislation, ideas for legislation, public policy issues, and any matter that may be of interest to the people of this State. The Governor and each legislative leader shall have the opportunity to speak. During the public portion of any meeting the Governor and each legislative leader shall report to the public on the state of the State and, at the discretion of that individual, may accept and respond to questions from members of the public.
The Governor and each legislative leader shall attend every meeting in person for the duration thereof and shall not be represented by any other person.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Minority Leader of the General Assembly to meet together at the State House in Trenton at least once each quarter of each calendar year for a period of time of not less than two hours. The initial portion of any meeting will be private. The private portion of a meeting will be followed by a portion that is open to the public. The Governor and each legislative leader will discuss the state of the State, pending legislation, ideas for legislation, public policy issues, and any matter that may be of interest to the people of this State. The Governor and each legislative leader will have the opportunity to speak. During the public portion of any meeting the Governor and each legislative leader will report to the public on the state of the State and, at the discretion of that individual, may accept and respond to questions from members of the public.
The Governor and each legislative leader must attend in person every meeting for the duration thereof and may not be represented by any other person.
