Patrick Diegnan

ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS SEEK QUICK ACTION ON RUTGERS ATHLETICS REFORMS

Lawmakers Want Progress Report from RU President Within 90 days, Suggest New Chief Operating Officer Post to Ensure Accountability

(TRENTON) – Assembly Higher Education Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan and Vice Chairwoman Pamela R. Lampitt today asked the Rutgers University president to report within 90 days on progress made toward changing how the university operates after a special audit found it has mismanaged its athletics department.

In a letter to Rutgers University President Richard L. McCormick, the lawmakers wrote that they want to be kept abreast of reform efforts and suggested the university create a new chief operating officer and hire someone with a business background to fill the post.

ALBANO/DIEGNAN/JOHNSON BILL REQUIRING IGNITION BREATHALYZER FOR ALL DUI CONVICTIONS ADVANCES

‘Ricci’s Law’ Named for Egg Harbor Teen Killed by a Drunk Driving Hit-and-Run

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assemblymen Nelson T. Albano, Patrick J. Diegnan and Gordon M. Johnson sponsored to make ignition interlocks mandatory for all drunk driving offenses in New Jersey was released today from the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

DIEGNAN/LAMPITT NJ STARS REFORM LEGISLATION CALLS FOR HIGHER STANDARDS, SUSTAINABILITY

Legislation Seeks to Enact Recommendations of NJ STARS Task Force

(TRENTON) – Legislation Assembly Higher Education Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan and Vice-Chairwoman Pamela Lampitt sponsored to revise the popular NJ STARS I and NJ STARS II college scholarship programs to ensure their long-term viability was released today from the Assembly Higher Education Committee by a vote of 7-2, with 2 abstentions.

ASSEMBLY OK'S SCHAER/DIEGNAN BILL TO RESCHEDULE VOTES
THAT CONFLICT WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES ADVANCES
Measure Stems from Situation in Edison Where School Officials Sought Bond Referendum On Rosh Hashanah

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Gary S. Schaer and Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. sponsored to ensure New Jersey voters are not disenfranchised when an election falls on the same day as a major religious observance was today passed by the General Assembly.

ASSEMBLY PASSES SEVEN-BILL PACKAGE TO UPDATE, IMPROVE NJ'S CORPORATE BUSINESS LAWS

Measures Would Make State More Business Friendly; Make NJ's Corporate Business Laws Similar to Delaware's

(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today passed a seven-bill package sponsored by Assemblymen Patrick J. Diegnan, Joseph Vas, Matthew W. Milam, Nelson T. Albano and Wayne P. DeAngelo to simplify many of New Jersey's corporate governance statutes and make the state more attractive to businesses.

SCHAER/DIEGNAN BILL TO RESCHEDULE VOTES
THAT CONFLICT WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES ADVANCES
Measure Stems from Situation in Edison Where School Officials Sought Bond Referendum On Rosh Hashanah

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Gary S. Schaer and Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. sponsored to ensure New Jersey voters are not disenfranchised when an election falls on the same day as a major religious observance was released today by an Assembly committee.

DIEGNAN/VAS SEVEN-BILL PACKAGE TO UPDATE, IMPROVE NJ'S CORPORATE BUSINESS LAWS ADVANCES

Measures Would Make State More Business Friendly; Make NJ's Corporate Business Laws Similar to Delaware's

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee today released a seven-bill package sponsored by Assemblymen Patrick J. Diegnan and Joseph Vas to simplify many of New Jersey's corporate governance statutes and make the state more attractive to businesses.

DIEGNAN, BARNES: JEWISH RESIDENTS CANNOT LOSE VOICE IN SEPTEMBER SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUMS
Lawmakers Urge Officials to Give Districts Ability to Reschedule Votes

(EDISON) - Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. and Peter Barnes III today called upon administration officials to come to a final determination whether the date of next month's school bond referendums could be changed to ensure Jewish residents are not disenfranchised by the coincidence of the elections falling on the same day as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and one of the holiest days on the Hebrew calendar.

A four-hour impasse over public employee benefits reform legislation Monday night in the General Assembly left a number of top Assembly Democrats fuming after several Hudson Democrats held out their votes on the measure causing the delay.  The boycott -- apparently orchestrated by State Senator Nicholas Sacco, who holds three public jobs in addition to his wife's employment with the Hudson County School of Technology, forced Democrats to rely on Republicans to pass the measure, a common occurrence in the Senate but a rarity in the lower House which infuriated veteran Democrats. 

DIEGNAN/BARNES BILL MOVING NONPARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER ADVANCES

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Patrick Diegnan, Jr., and Peter J. Barnes III sponsored to allow New Jersey towns that hold May nonpartisan municipal elections to move the date of the election to the same day as the November general election was unanimously released today from the Assembly State Government Committee.