2023 NJ Legislative Scorecard 2022-

A1282 would allocate 45 million dollars over three years to the purchase and maintenance of electric school busses.

The Senate passed A1282 on June 16, 2022 by a vote of 23 to 15. We have assigned pluses to the nays because spending 45 million dollars on electric school buses is an inappropriate use of public money. New Jersey is one of the most indebted states in the country. This reckless response to the panic around a "climate crisis" is one of the reasons why.

A1765 allows the Attorney General to exploit public nuisance statutes to bring charges against gun manufacturers.

The Senate passed A1765 on June 29, 2022 by a vote of 24 to 16. This outrageous piece of legislation is designed to maliciously prosecute gun manufacturers for selling legal firearms. This legislation even warns that certain "marketing practices" may trigger a legal response. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the fundamental right of the American people to keep and bear arms should not be infringed, as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

S1943 creates the Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer.

The Senate passed S1943 on June 29, 2022 by a vote of 40 to 0. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill creates new bureaucracy that awards contracts to minority-owned and women-owned businesses. This bill is unconstitutional under the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the power of federal and state government to discriminate. The 14th Amendment disallows the government from treating individuals unequally because of their membership in a racial group or as part of a gender.

S1204 creates new legal restrictions regarding gun ownership in the state of New Jersey.

The Senate passed S1204 on June 29, 2022 by a vote of 23 to 15. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill would add onerous new restrictions to gun ownership in the state of New Jersey. The fundamental right of the American people to keep and bear arms should not be infringed, as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

S2023 appropriates $50,640,229,000 in State funds and $24,082,639,850 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2022-2023.

The Senate passed S2023 on June 29, 2022. The enormous budget of the second-most indebted state in the union grows ever larger. This massive state budget contains allocations for such items as a five-million-dollar "Council on Green Jobs," and a nearly million-dollar "Hemp Farming Fund." Out-of-control spending is a crisis at both the state and federal levels. It should be a conservative priority that government at all levels have its fiscal house in order.