Shavonda E. Sumter
F
10%
Freedom Score
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Session Voting Records
Reports
2024-2025 Regular Session
New Jersey: Assembly
Score: 8
LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Designates June 2025 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month in New Jersey.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Jail for Parking in EV Spots
Prohibits non-electric vehicles from parking in EV-only charging spaces, with violators facing fines up to $50, jail for up to 15 days, or both.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
"Reproductive Health" Travel Advisory
Requires the N.J. Department of State to post and keep updated an online "Reproductive Health Travel Advisory" summarizing other states' abortion restrictions.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Adopting Federal School-meal Standards
Requires all public schools (and nonpublic schools in federal meal programs) to follow the USDA's 2012 school-meal standards and any stricter updates, extending them to competitive foods (cafeteria and vending snacks).
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Film Tax Credit
Expands and extends New Jersey's film tax-credit program, raising the studio cap to $300M (within a $550M overall cap), adding 4-9% promo/investment and 4.5% relocation/hiring bonuses, doubling the diversity bonus to 4%, and loosening access/reporting rules.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Annual cost per household: -$333.00
Merchant Category Codes for Firearms
Mandates use of the ISO firearms-and-ammunition MCC. Payment networks must offer it, and acquirers must assign it to qualified merchants.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Real Money
Exempts the sale of certain investment metal bullion and investment coins from New Jersey's sales and use tax.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
Vote Cast: Yes
Green Project Prevailing Wage
Mandates that projects financed under the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program comply with prevailing-wage requirements, ensuring workers receive no less than the prevailing-wage rate.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Occupational Licensing Burden
Increases the required training hours for licensure in cosmetology-hairstyling and massage and bodywork therapy from 500 hours to 600 hours. This change aligns with federal aid eligibility for individuals seeking these licenses.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Corporate Tax Increase
Imposes 2.5 percent corporate transit fee on taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of $10 million under the Corporation Business Tax (CBT).
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Woke Business Certification Standards
Requires the New Jersey Treasury Department to establish a standardized LGBTQ+ business certification process for businesses at least 51% owned and controlled by LGBTQ+ individuals.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
Low-Income Internet Resolution
Urges Congress to renew funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides discounted broadband access to low-income households.
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Pro-Freedom Vote: No
Vote Cast: Yes
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