Assemblyman McKeon

ASSEMBLY PASSES MANDATORY HIV SCREENING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN & NEWBORNS

Measure Would Make New Jersey First in Nation to Require Testing
For Both Pregnant Women and Newborns

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed legislation Assemblyman John F. McKeon sponsored that would require all newborns and pregnant women to be screened for HIV making New Jersey the only state in the nation to require such universal statewide testing for mothers and their babies.

ASSEMBLY PASSES McKEON BILL TO SUSTAIN OPEN-SPACE PRESERVATION PROGRAM

(TRENTON) - New Jersey voters would have the opportunity this November to approve a $200 million plan to preserve open space through 2010 under legislation passed today in the General Assembly.

'GLOBAL WARMING RESPONSE ACT' CLEARS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Budget Committee today released legislation Assembly members Linda Stender, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Reed Gusciora, Linda R. Greenstein, and John F. McKeon are sponsoring to establish an aggressive greenhouse gas reduction plan in an effort to help curb global warming over the next half century.

BILL TO KEEP OPEN-SPACE PRESERVATION PROGRAM RUNNING CLEARS ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE

(TRENTON) - New Jersey voters would have the opportunity this November to approve a $200 million plan to preserve open space through 2010 under legislation released today by the Assembly Budget Committee.

ASSEMBLY PASSES LAMPITT/GREENWALD/MCKEON MEASURE TO CRACK DOWN ON PORN SHOPS

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed a two-bill package Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt and Assemblymen Louis D. Greenwald and John F. McKeon sponsored to protect children and neighboring property owners in communities with sexually oriented business.

GARDEN STATE PRESERVATION TRUST BILL CLEARS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE

Measure Would Ensure Sustainability of New Jersey's Land Preservation Efforts

(PRINCETON) - The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee today released bipartisan legislation to replenish the state's fund to preserve critical open space, historic sites, farmlands and the voluntary acquisition of flood-prone properties, the Garden State Preservation Trust.

FISHER/McKEON SEEK TO REPLENISH FLOOD-PRONE PROPERTY BUYOUT FUND

Assemblymen Team with Environmentalists, Flood Victim to Underscore Importance Of Renewing Garden State Preservation Trust

(FAIRFIELD) - Teaming with leading environmentalists and a Fairfield woman whose home was flooded by last month's record-setting nor'easter, Assemblymen Douglas H. Fisher and John F. McKeon today called for renewal of a state land preservation fund, a portion of which would be used to finance voluntary acquisitions of flood-prone properties across the state.