Homestead benefits will be updated so they are finally calculated on more recent property tax information, under a state budget agreement announced Monday.
Assemblyman Hal Wirths called the bill “a charade” and was among a long line of Republicans who criticized the process for considering it, which skipped committee hearings where the public could have its say.
Public outcry derailed legislative attempts to extend Gov. Murphy's sweeping pandemic powers last month, so legislative leaders are banning the public from having any say on the matter when it comes up for a vote later today.
In the end, it took a worldwide pandemic – plus a plan for $500 checks to middle-class families in an election year – to get a millionaires tax back on the books in New Jersey.
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has introduced a bill to extend school districts' liability insurance coverage for graduating high school seniors for one additional month, through July 31.