Became P.L.2009, c.227, on January 16, 2010.
2008–2009 Session
Assembly Bill 420
Establishes measures to provide employment stability for teaching paraprofessionals employed in school districts that receive federal funding under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 8
Chief co-sponsor from Feb 7
3 co-sponsors
In the Senate
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 8, 2008 to January 16, 2010, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading70–7
Passed · Nov 17 · 1 present
Who voted how
Yea Albert Coutinho, Alex DeCroce, Amy H. Handlin, Annette Quijano, Anthony Chiappone, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Brian E. Rumpf, Caridad Rodriguez, Caroline Casagrande, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Connie Wagner, Daniel M. Van Pelt, David C. Russo, David P. Rible, Dawn Marie Addiego, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Denise M. Coyle, Douglas H. Fisher, Elease Evans, Eric Munoz, Frederick Scalera, Gary S. Schaer, Gordon M. Johnson, Herb Conaway Jr., Jack Conners, James W. Holzapfel, Jerry Green, Joan M. Quigley, Joan M. Voss, John E. Rooney, John F. Amodeo, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, John S. Wisniewski, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph R. Malone III, Joseph V. Egan, Joseph Vas, L. Grace Spencer, L. Harvey Smith, Linda R. Greenstein, Louis D. Greenwald, Mary Pat Angelini, Matthew W. Milam, Mila M. Jasey, Nellie Pou, Nelson T. Albano, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Pamela R. Lampitt, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul D. Moriarty, Peter J. Barnes III, Peter J. Biondi, Ralph R. Caputo, Reed Gusciora, Ronald S. Dancer, Ruben J. Ramos Jr., Samuel D. Thompson, Sandra Love, Scott Rudder, Scott T. Rumana, Sheila Y. Oliver, Thomas P. Giblin, Upendra J. Chivukula, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Vincent J. Polistina, Vincent Prieto, Wayne P. DeAngelo
Nay Alison Littell McHose, Charlotte Vandervalk, Gary R. Chiusano, Jay Webber, Marcia A. Karrow, Michael J. Doherty, Michael Patrick Carroll
Not voting David W. Wolfe, Linda Stender, Richard A. Merkt
Senate, third reading27–9
Passed · Jan 11, 2010
Who voted how
Yea Andrew R. Ciesla, Barbara Buono, Bill Baroni, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Christopher J. Connors, Fred H. Madden Jr., James Beach, Jeff Van Drew, Jennifer Beck, Jim Whelan, John A. Girgenti, Joseph F. Vitale, Loretta Weinberg, Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Paul A. Sarlo, Raymond J. Lesniak, Richard J. Codey, Robert M. Gordon, Robert W. Singer, Ronald L. Rice, Sandra B. Cunningham, Sean T. Kean, Shirley K. Turner, Stephen M. Sweeney, Thomas H. Kean Jr.
Nay Anthony R. Bucco, Christopher Bateman, Gerald Cardinale, Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr., Joseph Pennacchio, Kevin J. O'Toole, Michael J. Doherty, Philip E. Haines, Steven V. Oroho
Not voting Diane B. Allen, M. Teresa Ruiz, Nia H. Gill Esq.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Nov 13
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 8 – Nov 17
- Jan 8Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Education
- Nov 13Education recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Nov 17Passed the General Assembly, 70 to 7
In the Senate Nov 24 – Jan 11, 2010
- Nov 24Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Education
- May 4, 2009Education recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jan 11, 2010Passed the Senate, 27 to 9, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 16, 2010
- Jan 16, 2010Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2009, c.227