Special pension bill would help Grant, who is Black, keep top judiciary job

I augmented David Wildstein’s headline a bit to better capture the spirit of his NJ Globe story.

The bill looks like it is not on the state bill tracker yet as the legislature is only “preparing to fast-track” it but it should be similar to S3197 which sailed through earlier this year to benefit another judge.

S3197 Clarifies eligibility for deferred retirement for certain judges in JRS. Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor

Identical Bill Number: A5344    Scutari, Nicholas P.   as Primary Sponsor Smith, Bob   as Primary Sponsor Mukherji, Raj   as Primary Sponsor         11/19/2020 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee 12/14/2020 Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading 12/14/2020 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee 1/11/2021 Passed by the Senate (34-0) 1/12/2021 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee 3/15/2021 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading 5/20/2021 Substituted for A5344 5/20/2021 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-8-0) 6/11/2021 Approved P.L.2021, c.105. Statement – SJU 12/14/20 – 1 pages PDF Format    HTML Format Statement – AJU 3/15/21 – 1 pages PDF Format    HTML Format Introduced – – 3 pages PDF Format    HTML Format Advance Law – – 2 pages PDF Format    HTML Format Pamphlet Law – – 1 pages PDF Format    HTML Format Committee Voting: SJU  12/14/2020  –  r/favorably  –  Yes {10}  No {1}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  –  Roll Call Scutari, Nicholas P. (C) – YesBateman, Christopher – YesCardinale, Gerald – No Corrado, Kristin M. – YesDoherty, Michael J. – YesGopal, Vin – Yes Lagana, Joseph A. – YesSarlo, Paul A. – YesSmith, Bob – Yes Stack, Brian P. – YesSweeney, Stephen M. – Yes AJU  3/15/2021  –  r/favorably  –  Yes {6}  No {0}  Not Voting {0}  Abstains {0}  –  Roll Call Mukherji, Raj (C) – YesMurphy, Carol A. (V) – YesAuth, Robert – Yes Chiaravalloti, Nicholas – YesDePhillips, Christopher P. – YesJohnson, Gordon M. – Yes Session Voting: Sen.    1/11/2021  –  3RDG FINAL PASSAGE   –  Yes {34}  No {0}  Not Voting {6}    –  Roll Call Addiego, Dawn Marie – YesBateman, Christopher – Not VotingBeach, James – Not Voting Brown, Chris A. – YesBucco, Anthony M. – YesCardinale, Gerald – Not Voting Codey, Richard J. – YesConnors, Christopher J. – YesCorrado, Kristin M. – Not Voting Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. – YesCryan, Joseph P. – YesCunningham, Sandra B. – Yes Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr. – YesDoherty, Michael J. – YesGill, Nia H. – Not Voting Gopal, Vin – YesGreenstein, Linda R. – YesHolzapfel, James W. – Yes Kean, Thomas H., Jr. – YesLagana, Joseph A. – YesMadden, Fred H., Jr. – Yes O’Scanlon, Declan J., Jr. – YesOroho, Steven V. – YesPennacchio, Joseph – Yes Pou, Nellie – YesRice, Ronald L. – YesRuiz, M. Teresa – Not Voting Sacco, Nicholas J. – YesSarlo, Paul A. – YesScutari, Nicholas P. – Yes Singer, Robert W. – YesSingleton, Troy – YesSmith, Bob – Yes Stack, Brian P. – YesSweeney, Stephen M. – YesTesta, Michael L., Jr. – Yes Thompson, Samuel D. – YesTurner, Shirley K. – YesVitale, Joseph F. – Yes Weinberg, Loretta – Yes Asm.  5/20/2021  –  SUB FOR A5344   –  Yes {0}  No {0}  Not Voting {80}  Abstains {0}  –  Voice Vote Passed Asm.  5/20/2021  –  3RDG FINAL PASSAGE   –  Yes {68}  No {8}  Not Voting {4}  Abstains {0}  –  Roll Call Armato, John – YesAuth, Robert – YesBenson, Daniel R. – Yes Bergen, Brian – NoBramnick, Jon M. – YesBurzichelli, John J. – Yes Calabrese, Clinton – YesCaputo, Ralph R. – YesCarter, Linda S. – Yes Catalano, John – YesChaparro, Annette – YesChiaravalloti, Nicholas – Yes Clifton, Robert D. – YesConaway, Herb, Jr. – YesCoughlin, Craig J. – Yes Dancer, Ronald S. – YesDanielsen, Joe – YesDeAngelo, Wayne P. – Yes DeCroce, BettyLou – NoDeFuccio, DeAnne C. – YesDePhillips, Christopher P. – Yes DiMaio, John – NoDiMaso, Serena – YesDowney, Joann – Yes Dunn, Aura K. – NoEgan, Joseph V. – YesFreiman, Roy – Yes Giblin, Thomas P. – YesGove, DiAnne C. – YesGreenwald, Louis D. – Yes Holley, Jamel C. – YesHoughtaling, Eric – YesJasey, Mila M. – Yes Jimenez, Angelica M. – YesJohnson, Gordon M. – YesKarabinchak, Robert J. – Yes Kean, Sean T. – YesKennedy, James J. – YesLampitt, Pamela R. – Yes Lopez, Yvonne – YesMazzeo, Vincent – YesMcClellan, Antwan L. – Yes McGuckin, Gregory P. – YesMcKeon, John F. – YesMcKnight, Angela V. – Not Voting Mejia, Pedro – YesMoen, William F., Jr. – YesMoriarty, Paul D. – Not Voting Mosquera, Gabriela M. – Not VotingMukherji, Raj – YesMunoz, Nancy F. – Yes Murphy, Carol A. – YesPeters, Ryan E. – YesPeterson, Erik – No Pintor Marin, Eliana – YesQuijano, Annette – Not VotingReynolds-Jackson, Verlina – Yes Rooney, Kevin J. – YesRumpf, Brian E. – YesSchaer, Gary S. – Yes Scharfenberger, Gerard – YesSimonsen, Erik K. – YesSpace, Parker – No Spearman, William W. – YesSpeight, Shanique – YesStanfield, Jean – Yes Stanley, Sterley S. – YesSumter, Shavonda E. – YesSwain, Lisa – Yes Taliaferro, Adam J. – YesThomson, Edward H. – NoTimberlake, Britnee N. – Yes Tucker, Cleopatra G. – YesTully, P. Christopher – YesVainieri Huttle, Valerie – Yes Verrelli, Anthony S. – YesWebber, Jay – YesWimberly, Benjie E. – Yes Wirths, Harold J. – NoZwicker, Andrew – Yes