Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrat Paul Moriarty designed to ensure labor unions are able to carry out their duties by having access to and being able to communicate with the employees they represent was signed into law by the Governor on Friday. The Workplace Democracy Enhancement Act (A-3686) requires public employers to provide exclusive representative employee organizations with access to members of the negotiation units. The rights of the organization to access… Read More

Two consumer protections bills sponsored by Assembly Democrats Andrew Zwicker, Daniel Benson, Paul Moriarty, Joann Downey, and Wayne DeAngelo to prohibit Internet service providers from selling or otherwise disclosing a subscriber’s online browsing history and personal information and requiring commercial websites and online service operators to post privacy policy advanced in the Assembly on Thursday. “In today’s world, using the Internet is essential to everyday life, which means that Internet service providers… Read More

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrat Paul Moriarty to extend anti-nepotism rules to the state’s public and charter schools was approved Thursday by an Assembly panel. Property taxpayers deserve every assurance that the people charged with educating their children attained their positions because of what they know, not who they know. With schools making up the majority of local property tax bills, we need to ensure that we are investing in the absolute… Read More

Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Paul Moriarty authorizing a parent or legal guardian to place a security freeze on a child’s consumer report cleared the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on Monday. The bill (A-1096) provides that a security freeze is to remain in place until the protected consumer’s parent or legal guardian requests that the security freeze be removed or the protected consumer reaches 18 years of age. A credit freeze restricts the… Read More