Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 5572 (2025)

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An Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee statement to Assembly, No. 5572, State of New Jersey, dated May 15, 2025, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. As amended, the bill sets a quorum of the majority of members present, solely for processing applications for licensure, at professional boards and committees overseen by the Division of Consumer Affairs or another State agency. The standard applies to applications needing no legal review over criminal history background checks when, after a 90-day period, the entity cannot achieve a quorum due to vacancies or can do so only with every member present. Under the committee amendments, two members including the chair, instead of the chair alone, would constitute a quorum for that purpose.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 5572

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 15,
2025

The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and
Agriculture Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly
Bill No. 5572.

As amended, this bill updates current law by
establishing that a quorum exists for the sole purpose of processing applications
for licensure with majority of the members present at a meeting of a
professional board, committee or other entity, overseen by the Division of
Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety or other State
agency. This includes a meeting with two members in attendance if one of those
members is the chair of the entity. This quorum standard is applicable to
applications that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any
statutorily-required criminal history record background check and if after a
90-day period, the entity is: (1) unable to achieve a quorum due to vacancies
in the membership of the entity; or (2) only able to achieve a quorum if every
current member of the entity is present for each meeting.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :

The committee amendments provide that two members
including the chair of the entity, instead of the chair alone, would constitute
a quorum for the sole purpose of processing certain applications for licensure.

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