Mike Panter

ASSEMBLY PASSES COHEN/McKEON/VOSS/PANTER 'NEW JERSEY STEM CELL RESEARCH BOND ACT'

Measure Would Authorize a $450 Million Bond Initiative to Fund Stem Cell Research Over 10 Years

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly members Neil M. Cohen, John F. McKeon, Joan Voss, and Mike Panter sponsored to authorize the sale of $450 million in general obligation bonds for the purpose of supporting stem cell research in New Jersey passed today in the General Assembly, one day after President Bush used his third presidential veto to stop embryonic stem-cell research at the federal level.

WATSON COLEMAN/PANTER/GREENSTEIN BILL CREATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR APPLIANCES ADVANCES

Measure Would Include More Appliances under Federal ENERGY STAR Standards

(TRENTON) - An Assembly committee today released legislation Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman, Assemblyman Mike Panter, and Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein sponsored to create energy efficiency standards for a variety of appliances.

PANTER/SCHAER MEASURE IMPROVING BUDGET TRANSPARENCY RECEIVES FINAL LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL

Bill Would Require Lobbyists to Report Involvement on Annual, Supplemental Appropriations Acts

(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today passed legislation Assemblymen Mike Panter and Gary S. Schaer sponsored to improve the transparency of New Jersey's budget process.

PANTER/GREENSTEIN/MAYER DUAL OFFICE HOLDING BAN PASSES ASSEMBLY

Measure Would Prohibit Individuals from Simultaneously Holding More Than One Elective Office

(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today passed legislation sponsored by Assembly members Mike Panter, Linda R. Greenstein, and David R. Mayer that would ban the practice of dual elective office holding for all individuals elected to public office after February 1, 2008.

WHELAN JOINS IN SPONSORING BILL TO OVERHAUL LEGISLATIVE ETHICS PANEL

(TRENTON) - Calling it a long overdue reform that would help restore public confidence in legislative affairs, Assemblyman Jim Whelan today announced that he is joining in the sponsorship of legislation that would revamp the panel that oversees the ethical conduct of state lawmakers.

ROBERTS MEASURE OVERHAULING JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ETHICAL STANDARDS ADVANCES

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., crafted to overhaul the state's Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards by removing legislators from the panel was released today by the Assembly State Government Committee.

CONSUMER ELECTRONIC LEMON LAW ADVANCES
Would Regulate Warranties, Extended Warranties, Service Contracts for Electronic Devices

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee today released legislation Assembly Members Nilsa Cruz-Perez, Paul Moriarty, Jim Whelan, and Michael Panter sponsored to extend the consumer protections of the state's stringent automotive lemon law to consumer-electronic products like plasma TVs and home entertainment systems.

GUSCIORA/PANTER/GORDON BILL TO BAN MILITARY-STYLE .50-CALIBER GUNS ADVANCES

Potentially Destructive Military-Grade Weapons Pose Security Threat to NJ

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Reed Gusciora, Mike Panter and Robert M. Gordon sponsored that would ban the sale of .50-caliber rifles - powerful battlefield-styled weapons that would be devastatingly lethal in the hands of terrorists - was released today from the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

PANTER: NEW Q-POLL SHOWS DUAL-OFFICE HOLDING
MUST BE CURTAILED

(SHREWSBURY) - Citing a new Quinnipiac University poll that found 76-percent of residents disapprove of dual-office holding by legislators, Assemblyman Mike Panter today said it's clearer than ever that the Legislature needs to crack down on the practice.

KARCHER & PANTER ANNOUNCE $500 THOUSAND GRANT FOR MONMOUTH COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER

One site for investigation, assessment and victim services

FREEHOLD -12th District State Senator Ellen Karcher (D-Marlboro) and Assemblyman Mike Panter (D-Shrewsbury) are pleased to announce the approval of a half-million dollar grant from the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) to aid in the construction of the Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center.

The $500 thousand grant will supplement a stream of donations raised by the Friends of the Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center toward the $4.5 Million dollar total cost for the facility. The center will be located on land donated by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, according to Senator Karcher, vice-chair of the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.