215th Legislature (2012-2013)
A-4336
Summary: Enacts “Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.”
Status: Passed the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee 3-1 on 11-18-13
Sponsor: Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester)
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Click here to read the testimony submitted by NJGCA
A-352
Summary: “Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.”
Status: Discussed in Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee (without a vote) on June 6, 2013
Sponsor: Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer)
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Click here to read testimony submitted by NJGCA
214th Legislature (2010-2011)
A-4295
Summary: “Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.”
Status: Expired
Sponsor: Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer)
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213th Legislature (2008-2009)
A-803
Summary: “Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.”
Status: Expired
Sponsor: Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer)
Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer)
Assemblywoman Elease Evans (D-Passaic)
Cosponsors: Assemblyman Joe Vas (D-Middlesex)
Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D-Essex)
Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex)
Speaker Joe Roberts (D-Camden)
Assemblyman Doug Fisher (D-Cumberland)
Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester)
Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D-Somerset)
Assemblyman Joe Cryan (D-Union)
Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson)
Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Union)
Assemblywoman Joan Voss (D-Bergen)
Assemblyman Scott Rudder (R-Burlington)
Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone (D-Hudson)
Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex)
Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Bergen)
Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth)
Assemblyman Ruben Ramos (D-Hudson)
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On October 23, 2008 the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee heard testimony on the New Jersey Right to Repair Act. The bill was amended slightly from the original version in order to make it more specific.
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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO NJGCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAL RISALVATO’S TESTIMONY TO THE COMMITTEE
Following testimony, the Committee passed the bill 3-2. Voting Results below:
Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D-Camden) (Chair) –Yes
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) –Yes
Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) –Yes
Assemblyman Jon Bramnick (R-Union) –No
Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk (R-Bergen)—No
On October 27, 2008 the New Jersey General Assembly passed the Right to Repair Act by a vote of 49-22 with 8 abstentions.
Name |
County |
District |
Party |
A-803 |
Nelson Albano | Cumberland |
1 |
D |
Abs |
Matt Milam | Cumberland |
1 |
D |
Abs |
John Amodeo | Atlantic |
2 |
R |
Yes |
Vince Polistina | Atlantic |
2 |
R |
No |
John Burzichelli | Gloucester |
3 |
D |
Yes |
Doug Fisher | Cumberland |
3 |
D |
Yes |
Sandra Love | Camden |
4 |
D |
Yes |
Paul Moriarity | Gloucester |
4 |
D |
Yes |
Joe Roberts | Camden |
5 |
D |
Yes |
Nilsa Cruz-Perez | Camden |
5 |
D |
Yes |
Lou Greenwald | Camden |
6 |
D |
No |
Pamela Lampitt | Camden |
6 |
D |
No |
Herb Conaway | Burlington |
7 |
D |
Yes |
Jack Conners | Camden |
7 |
D |
Yes |
Scott Rudder | Burlington |
8 |
R |
Yes |
Dawn Marie Addiego | Burlington |
8 |
R |
Yes |
Daniel Van Pelt | Ocean |
9 |
R |
No |
Brian Rumpf | Ocean |
9 |
R |
No |
Jim Holzapfel | Ocean |
10 |
R |
No |
David Wolfe | Ocean |
10 |
R |
Abs |
Mary Pat Angelini | Monmouth |
11 |
R |
Yes |
Dave Rible | Monmouth |
11 |
R |
No |
Caroline Casagrande | Monmouth |
12 |
R |
Yes |
Declan O’Scanlon | Monmouth |
12 |
R |
No |
Sam Thompson | Middlesex |
13 |
R |
NV |
Amy Handlin | Monmouth |
13 |
R |
Yes |
Wayne DeAngelo | Mercer |
14 |
D |
Yes |
Linda Greenstein | Mercer |
14 |
D |
Yes |
Reed Gusciora | Mercer |
15 |
D |
Yes |
Bonnie Watson Coleman | Mercer |
15 |
D |
Yes |
Peter Biondi | Somerset |
16 |
R |
No |
Denise Coyle | Somerset |
16 |
R |
No |
Upendra Chivukula | Somerset |
17 |
D |
Yes |
Joe Egan | Middlesex |
17 |
D |
Yes |
Patrick Diegnan | Middlesex |
18 |
D |
No |
Peter Barnes | Middlesex |
18 |
D |
Abs |
John Wisniewski | Middlesex |
19 |
D |
Yes |
Joe Vas | Middlesex |
19 |
D |
Yes |
Joe Cryan | Union |
20 |
D |
Yes |
Annette Quijano | Union |
20 |
D |
Yes |
Jon Bramnick | Union |
21 |
R |
Yes |
Eric Munoz | Union |
21 |
R |
Yes |
Linda Stender | Union |
22 |
D |
Abs |
Jerry Green | Union |
22 |
D |
Yes |
Mike Doherty | Warren |
23 |
R |
No |
Marcia Karrow | Hunterdon |
23 |
R |
No |
Gary Chiusano | Sussex |
24 |
R |
Yes |
Alison Littell McHose | Sussex |
24 |
R |
No |
Michael Patrick Carroll | Morris |
25 |
R |
No |
Rick Merkt | Morris |
25 |
R |
No |
Alex DeCroce | Morris |
26 |
R |
No |
Jay Webber | Morris |
26 |
R |
No |
John McKeon | Essex |
27 |
D |
Yes |
Mila Jasey | Essex |
27 |
D |
Yes |
Ralph Caputo | Essex |
28 |
D |
Abs |
Cleopatra Tucker | Essex |
28 |
D |
Yes |
L. Grace Spencer | Essex |
29 |
D |
Yes |
Albert Couthino | Essex |
29 |
D |
Yes |
Ronald Dancer | Ocean |
30 |
R |
No |
Joe Malone | Burlington |
30 |
R |
No |
L. Harvey Smith | Hudson |
31 |
D |
Yes |
Anthony Chiappone | Hudson |
31 |
D |
Yes |
Vincent Prieto | Hudson |
32 |
D |
Yes |
Joan Quigley | Hudson |
32 |
D |
Yes |
Ruben Ramos | Hudson |
33 |
D |
Yes |
Caridad Rodriguez | Hudson |
33 |
D |
Yes |
Sheila Oliver | Essex |
34 |
D |
Yes |
Tom Giblin | Essex |
34 |
D |
Abs |
Nellie Pou | Passaic |
35 |
D |
Yes |
Elease Evans | Passaic |
35 |
D |
Yes |
Gary Schaer | Passaic |
36 |
D |
Yes |
Frederick Scalera | Essex |
36 |
D |
Yes |
Valerie Vaineri Huttle | Bergen |
37 |
D |
Yes |
Gordon Johnson | Bergen |
37 |
D |
Yes |
Connie Wagner | Bergen |
38 |
D |
Yes |
Joan Voss | Bergen |
38 |
D |
Yes |
Charlotte Vandervalk | Bergen |
39 |
R |
No |
John Rooney | Bergen |
39 |
R |
Yes |
Scott Rumana | Passaic |
40 |
R |
Abs |
David Russo | Bergen |
40 |
R |
No |