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Right to Repair


 

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)

Click here to view the bill text

Click here to read the testimony submitted by NJGCA

Click here to listen to the testimony of Executive Director Sal Risalvato and NJGCA Members Meer Fazaldin and Keith Krehel

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)

Click here to view the bill text

Click here to read testimony submitted by NJGCA

Click here to listen to an audio recording of the testimony from NJGCA Executive Director Sal Risalvato and NJGCA Member Joe Ocello

214th Legislature (2010-2011)

A-4295

Summary: “Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act.”

Status: Expired

Sponsor: Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer)

Click here to view the bill text

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)

Click here to view the original bill text

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.

Click here to read the bill as amended

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