Key Votes
A 3101 - Creating Homelessness Trust Funds - Key Vote
New Jersey Key Votes
Stages
- Sept. 8, 2009 Executive Signed
- June 25, 2009 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 18, 2009 Senate Bill Passed
- Oct. 27, 2008 House Bill Passed
- Sept. 15, 2008 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Sept. 8, 2009
Title: Creating Homelessness Trust Funds
Signed by Governor Jon Corzine
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (52-27) - June 25, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Creating Homelessness Trust Funds
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows counties to create and fund Homelessness Trust Funds.
Highlights:
-Allows the creation of county homelessness trust funds in counties that have completed and endorsed a plan to end homelessness (Sec. 2).
-Goals include the reduction of homelessness Statewide by 50 percent by 2019 (Sec. 4).
-Allows a local government to adopt a homeless housing plan to address housing needs of homeless persons within its jurisdiction (Sec. 5).
-Permits local government to collect funding for their county homelessness trust fund by imposing a three-dollar surcharge for each document recorded (Sec. 8).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (29-7) - June 18, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Creating Homelessness Trust Funds
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows counties to create and fund Homelessness Trust Funds.
Highlights:
-Allows the creation of county homelessness trust funds in counties that have completed and endorsed a plan to end homelessness (Sec. 2).
-Goals include the reduction of homelessness Statewide by 50 percent by 2019 (Sec. 4).
-Allows a local government to adopt a homeless housing plan to address housing needs of homeless persons within its jurisdiction (Sec. 5).
-Permits local government to collect funding for their county homelessness trust fund by imposing a three-dollar surcharge for each document recorded (Sec. 8).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (50-28) - Oct. 27, 2008
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Sept. 15, 2008
Title: Creating Homelessness Trust Funds
Sponsors
- Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Elease Evans (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Reed Gusciora (NJ - D)
- Mila M. Jasey (NJ - D)
- Nellie Pou (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ - D)
Co-sponsors
- James 'Jim' Beach (NJ - D)
- Barbara A. Buono (NJ - D)
- Upendra J. Chivukula (NJ - D)
- Joseph P. Cryan (NJ - D)
- Sandra Bolden Cunningham (NJ - D)
- Sheila Y. Oliver (NJ - D)
- Annette Quijano (NJ - D)
- Dana L. Redd (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ronald L. Rice (NJ - D)
- Caridad 'Cary' Rodriguez (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- M. Teresa Ruiz (NJ - D)
- Robert W. Singer (NJ - R)
- Robert G. 'Bob' Smith (NJ - D)
- Brian P. Stack (NJ - D)
- Concetta 'Connie' Terranova-Wagner (NJ - D)
- Valerie Vainieri Huttle (NJ - D)
- Joseph F. Vitale (NJ - D)
