Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, New Jersey General Assembly

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## Contents

* 1 Function
* 2 Membership
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee is a standing committee of the New Jersey General Assembly.[1]

Per Section 10.1 of the General Assembly Rules, committees of the New Jersey General Assembly are appointed by the speaker of the house. Assembly members are appointed to standing committees at the commencement of every annual session.[2] The speaker of the house shall appoint a chair and vice-chair of each standing committee.[3] The speaker, majority leader and the minority leader shall be ex-officio members of all standing reference committees, but have no voting rights.[4]

See rules: Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021

## Function[edit]

The 2020-2021 New Jersey General Assembly rules described the function of standing committees as outlined below.

“  | Each standing reference committee, within its subject area, is authorized to: (a). consider and report bills and resolutions referred to it. Bills and resolutions may be reported to the General Assembly with or without amendments, or by committee substitute; (b). determine whether laws and programs are effective and implemented in accordance with the intent of the Legislature by – (1) conducting investigations and studies of public entities responsible for the application, administration and execution of the laws and programs; (2) meeting with public officials and citizens responsible for or involved with the application, administration and execution of the laws and programs; (3) reviewing books, papers, documents, records and other data pertaining to the application, administration and execution of laws and programs; (4) holding public hearings; (5) issuing reports; and 6) making recommendations to the General Assembly as the committee deems appropriate; and (c). perform other duties as the Speaker or the General Assembly may direct.[5][6] | ”

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## Membership[edit]

### 2023-2024 legislative session

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, 2023-2024

Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0)

* P. Christopher Tully Chair
* Linda Carter Vice Chair
* William F. Moen Jr.
* Ellen Park

* Christian Barranco
* DeAnne DeFuccio
* Christopher DePhillips

### 2020-2021 legislative session

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, 2020-2021

Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0)

* Andrew Zwicker Chair
* Linda Carter Vice-chair
* Herbert C. Conaway Jr.
* Raj Mukherji

* BettyLou DeCroce
* Christopher DePhillips

### 2019-2020 legislative session

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, 2019-2020

Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(0)

* Andrew Zwicker Chair
* James Kennedy Vice-Chair
* Linda Carter
* Herbert C. Conaway Jr.
* Britnee Timberlake

* BettyLou DeCroce
* Christopher DePhillips

## External links[edit]

* Assembly Committees Listing

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021," accessed March 2, 2021(Section 10.1)
2. ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021," accessed March 2, 2021(Section 10.1)
3. ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021," accessed March 2, 2021(Section 10.3)
4. ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021," accessed March 2, 2021(Section 10.4)
5. ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021," accessed March 2, 2021(Section 10.5)
6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Current members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Leadership

Representatives

District 1

Antwan McClellan (R)

Erik Simonsen (R)

District 2

Don Guardian (R)

Maureen Rowan (D)

District 3

Dave Bailey (D)

Heather Simmons (D)

District 4

Dan Hutchison (D)

Cody Miller (D)

District 5

William Moen (D)

William Spearman (D)

District 6

Louis Greenwald (D)

Melinda Kane (D)

District 7

Carol Murphy (D)

Balvir Singh (D)

District 8

Anthony Angelozzi (D)

Andrea Katz (D)

District 9

Gregory Myhre (R)

Brian Rumpf (R)

District 10

Paul Kanitra (R)

Gregory McGuckin (R)

District 11

Margie Donlon (D)

Luanne Peterpaul (D)

District 12

Robert Clifton (R)

Alex Sauickie (R)

District 13

Victoria Flynn (R)

Gerard Scharfenberger (R)

District 14

Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Tennille McCoy (D)

District 15

Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)

Anthony Verrelli (D)

District 16

Mitchelle Drulis (D)

Roy Freiman (D)

District 17

Joseph Danielsen (D)

Kevin Egan (D)

District 18

Robert Karabinchak (D)

Sterley Stanley (D)

District 19

Craig Coughlin (D)

Yvonne Lopez (D)

District 20

Annette Quijano (D)

Ed Rodriguez (D)

District 21

Vincent Kearney (D)

Andrew Macurdy (D)

District 22

Linda Carter (D)

James Kennedy (D)

District 23

John DiMaio (R)

Erik Peterson (R)

District 24

Dawn Fantasia (R)

Michael Inganamort (R)

District 25

Aura Dunn (R)

Marisa Sweeney (D)

District 26

Brian Bergen (R)

Jay Webber (R)

District 27

Rosy Bagolie (D)

Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)

District 28

Chigozie Onyema (D)

Cleopatra Tucker (D)

District 29

Eliana Marin (D)

Shanique Speight (D)

District 30

Sean Kean (R)

Avi Schnall (D)

District 31

William Sampson (D)

Jerry Walker (D)

District 32

Ravinder Bhalla (D)

Katie Brennan (D)

District 33

Gabriel Rodriguez (D)

Larry Wainstein (D)

District 34

Carmen Morales (D)

Michael Venezia (D)

District 35

Alaa Abdelaziz (D)

Kenyatta Stewart (D)

District 36

Clinton Calabrese (D)

Gary Schaer (D)

District 37

Shama Haider (D)

Ellen Park (D)

District 38

Lisa Swain (D)

Chris Tully (D)

District 39

Robert Auth (R)

John Azzariti (R)

District 40

Al Barlas (R)

Christopher DePhillips (R)

Democratic Party (57)

Republican Party (23)

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