Fred Scalera

WISNIEWSKI/HACKETT/SCALERA BILL REQUIRING COLLEGES
TO PURCHASE FIRE-RESISTANT FURNITURE ADVANCES

(TRENTON) -- The Assembly today passed legislation Assemblymen John S. Wisniewski, Mims Hackett, and Fred Scalera sponsored to require private and state colleges and universities to purchase fire-resistant furniture for all dormitories and classrooms.

SENATE PASSES BILL CURTAILING MINORS’ ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL TANNING SALONS

Measure to Prohibit Use by Minors Under 14;Require Parental Consent for Minors Under 18

(TRENTON) -- The Senate today gave final legislative approval to legislation Assemblyman Fred Scalera, Gary Schaer, and Herb Conaway, M.D. sponsored to restrict juvenile access to tanning booths and other artificial tanning devices.

MEASURE TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIN OF RESPONDERS
WHO DIE FROM 9/11-RELATED ILLNESSES CLEARS COMMITTEE

(TRENTON) -- Legislation Assembly members Pamela R. Lampitt, Fred Scalera, Mike Panter, and Patrick J. Diegnan sponsored to provide college scholarships to surviving family members of New Jerseyans who die from illnesses caused by exposure to the 9/11 terrorist attack sites was released today by an Assembly committee.

ASSEMBLY ADVANCES BILL CURTAILING MINORS' ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL TANNING SALONS
Measure to Prohibit Use by Minors Under 14; Require Parental Consent for Minors Under 18

(TRENTON) -- The Assembly today passed legislation Assemblymen Fred Scalera, Gary Schaer, and Herb Conaway, M.D. sponsored to restrict juvenile access to tanning booths and other artificial tanning devices.

COMMITTEE CLEARS MEASURE REQUIRING PAID TIME OFF
FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS

(TRENTON) -- An Assembly panel today released legislation Assemblymen Fred Scalera and Jeff Van Drew sponsored to require public school districts to provide paid time off to employees who are called to duty as emergency first-responders in their communities.

SCALERA APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF FEDERAL CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY ACT
Assemblyman Says Congressional Action Bolsters Effort To Pass Similar Bill In New Jersey

(NUTLEY)- Assemblyman Fred Scalera today applauded the passage of Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr.'s Campus Fire Safety Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. Scalera is sponsoring a similar measure in New Jersey that would require institutions of higher education to disseminate fire safety information about their facilities to students, parents or guardians, and employees.

McKEON/COHEN/SCALERA BILL REVISING 'NEW JERSEY MONEY TRANSMITTERS ACT' ADVANCES
Would Provide Better Consumer Protections; Increased Reporting & Record Keeping

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen John F. McKeon, Neil M. Cohen and Fred Scalera sponsored to revise the "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act" was released from the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee today.

SCALERA/CONAWAY BILL SEEKS GREATER USE OF 'ICE' MEDICAL ALERTS
Measure Urges Cell-Phone Companies to Inform Subscribers About Utilizing Cell Phones as Medical Alert Devices

(TRENTON) -- Assemblymen Fred Scalera and Herb Conaway have introduced legislation encouraging wireless telephone companies to inform their subscribers about programming ICE (In Case of Emergency) entries into their cell phones.

SCHAER VOWS UNITED FRONT TO REVERSE SCC PLAN TO BUILD SCHOOL NEXT TO PORN THEATER
Assemblyman Calls SCC Plan 'An Absurdity and an Obscenity,' Says He Will Team with Sarlo, Scalera to Protect Passaic's Young People

(PASSAIC) - Assemblyman Gary S. Schaer today assailed a decision by the state Schools Construction Corporation to construct a new elementary school next to a porn theater in downtown Passaic.

ASSEMBLY PANEL RELEASES SCALERA/GREENSTEIN/McKEON/VOSS BILL
REGULATING INTERNET PHARMACIES THAT DISPENSE TO NJ PATIENTS

(TRENTON) -- An Assembly panel today released legislation Assembly members Fred Scalera, Linda Greenstein, John McKeon, and Joan Voss sponsored to ensure the safety of New Jersey consumers who purchase prescription drugs via the Internet.