New Jersey General Assembly

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New Jersey General Assembly
New Jersey State Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type Lower house
Term limits None
New session started January 10, 2012
Leadership
Speaker of the General Assembly Sheila Y. Oliver, (D)
since January 12, 2010
Speaker pro Tempore Jerry Green, (D)
since December 10, 2008
Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, (D)
since January 10, 2012
Minority Leader Jon Bramnick, (R)
since January 12, 2012
Structure
Members 80
Political groups Democratic Party (47)
Republican Party (33)
Length of term 2 years
Authority Article IV, New Jersey Constitution
Salary $49,000/year
Elections
Last election November 8, 2011
(80 seats)
Next election November 5, 2013
(80 seats)
Redistricting Legislative Control
Meeting place
New Jersey General Assembly floor.jpg
General Assembly Chamber
New Jersey State House
Trenton, New Jersey
Website
New Jersey State Legislature

The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.

Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average populations of 210,359 (2000 figures). To be eligible to run, a potential candidate must be at least 21 years of age, and must have lived in New Jersey for at least two years prior to the election. They also must be residents of their districts. Membership in the Assembly is considered a part-time job, and many members have employment in addition to their legislative work. Assembly members serve two-year terms, elected every odd-numbered year in November. Several members of the Assembly hold other elective office, as they are grandfathered in under a New Jersey law that banned multiple office holding in 2007.

The Assembly is led by the Speaker of the Assembly, who is elected by the membership of the chamber. After the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey and the President of the New Jersey Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly is third in the line of succession to replace the Governor of New Jersey in the event that he or she is unable to execute the duties of that office. The Speaker decides the schedule for the Assembly, which bills will be considered, appoints committee chairmen, and generally runs the Assembly's agenda. The current Speaker is Sheila Y. Oliver (D-East Orange).

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[edit] Salary and Costs

Members of the NJ General Assembly receive an annual base salary of $49,000 with the Senate President and the Assembly Speaker earning slightly more.[1] Members receive $110,000 for staff salaries. In addition, they receive 12,500 postage stamps, stationery and a telephone card. They receive New Jersey State health insurance and other benefits. The total cost to the State of New Jersey for each member of the general assembly is approximately $200,000 annually.[2]

[edit] History

See: New Jersey Legislature#Before the Legislature and the Constitution of 1776 and New Jersey Legislative Council#Composition

[edit] Composition

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous legislature 48 31 79 1
Begin[3] 47 31 78 2
January 9, 2012[4] 30 77 3
February 1, 2012[5] 31 78 2
February 29, 2012[6] 48 79 1
March 5, 2012[7] 32 80 0
Latest voting share 60% 40%

[edit] Committees and Committee Chairs

[edit] List of past Assembly Speakers

Note: The first two subsections below end with a constitutional year: 1844 or 1947. The third subsection ends in 1966, the year of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that required legislative apportionment based on the principle of "one person, one vote".

The following is a list of Speakers of the Assembly since 1776.[9]

[edit] 1776–1844

[edit] 1845–1947

The Constitution of 1844 expanded the General Assembly to 60 members, elected annually and apportioned to the then-nineteen counties by population.[10]

[edit] 1948–1967

[edit] 1968–present

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ NJ.com, Published June 2011
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Democrat Gabriela Mosquera (District 4) was ruled ineligible to appear on the November ballot on January 5. Seat remains vacant. [2] Republican Peter Biondi (District 16) died November 11, 2011.
  4. ^ Republican Alex DeCroce (District 26) died.
  5. ^ Republican Donna Simon appointed to replace Biondi.
  6. ^ Democrat Gabriela Mosquera appointed to vacant District 4 seat, as she now meets the residency requirement. She will face a special election in November.
  7. ^ Republican Betty Lou DeCroce appointed to replace DeCroce.
  8. ^ Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Morris) co-chaired the committee until his death on January 9, 2012
  9. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. J.A. Fitzgerald. 1977. http://books.google.com/books?id=1ClMAAAAMAAJ. 
  10. ^ Also in the Constitution of 1844, the Legislative Council was renamed the Senate, to be composed of one member from each of the state's 19 counties, serving a three-year term. In addition, the new constitution provided for a direct popular election of the governor, with the power to veto bills passed by the Legislature. See: New Jersey Legislature#The Constitution of 1844.

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Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
   
  1.    Nelson Albano (D)
       Matthew W. Milam (D)
  2.    John F. Amodeo (R)
       Chris A. Brown (R)
  3.    John J. Burzichelli (D)
       Celeste Riley (D)
  4.    Paul Moriarty (D)
       Gabriela Mosquera (D)
  5.    Angel Fuentes (D)
       Gilbert Wilson (D)
  6.    Louis Greenwald (D)
       Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)
  7.    Herb Conaway (D)
       Troy Singleton (D)
  8.    Scott Rudder (R)
       Christopher J. Brown (R)
  9.    DiAnne Gove (R)
       Brian E. Rumpf (R)
  10.    David W. Wolfe (R)
       Gregory P. McGuckin (R)
  1.    Jon Bramnick (R)
       Nancy Munoz (R)
  2.    Jerry Green (D)
       Linda Stender (D)
  3.    John DiMaio (R)
       Erik Peterson (R)
  4.    Gary R. Chiusano (R)
       Alison Littell McHose (R)
  5.    Michael Patrick Carroll (R)
       Tony Bucco (R)
  6.    Jay Webber (R)
       BettyLou DeCroce (R)
  7.    Mila Jasey (D)
       John F. McKeon (D)
  8.    Ralph R. Caputo (D)
       Cleopatra Tucker (D)
  9.    Alberto Coutinho (D)
       L. Grace Spencer (D)
  10.    Dave Rible (R)
       Sean T. Kean (R)
  1.    Jason O'Donnell (D)
       Charles Mainor (D)
  2.    Vincent Prieto (D)
       Angelica M. Jimenez (D)
  3.    Ruben J. Ramos (D)
       Sean Connors (D)
  4.    Thomas P. Giblin (D)
       Sheila Y. Oliver (D)
  5.    Benjie E. Wimberly (D)
       Shavonda E. Sumter (D)
  6.    Gary Schaer (D)
       Marlene Caride (D)
  7.    Valerie Huttle (D)
       Gordon M. Johnson (D)
  8.    Connie Wagner (D)
       Tim Eustace (D)
  9.    Bob Schroeder (R)
       Holly Schepisi (R)
  10.    Scott Rumana (R)
       David C. Russo (R)
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