Dear Mr. Fortunato,

 

This email responds to your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests dated
Saturday, September 27, 2025.  Your request was received electronically
and delivered to the Office of Legislative Services Records Custodian on
Monday, September 29, 2025.

 

      You requested the following:  “1. All written testimony submitted to
the committees listed below concerning Assembly Bill 1556 (1R) / Senate
Bill 901 (1R), 2022 session. 2. All witness lists or sign-in sheets
maintained for these hearings.”

 

            The attached information is responsive to your requests. 
Personal email addresses, home addresses and phone numbers have been
redacted because they are exempt from public access pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1.

 

“3. Any staff bill memos or background briefing materials prepared by OLS
staff for legislators in connection with these hearings.”

 

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1, “any memorandum, correspondence, notes,
report or other communication prepared by, or for, the specific use of a
member of the Legislature in the course of the member’s official duties”
is not considered to be a government record for which disclosure can be
compelled under OPRA. Consequently, this portion of your request is denied
on the basis that any responsive documents are excluded from the OPRA
definition of “government record” and are therefore exempt from
disclosure.

    

Thank you for contacting the Office of Legislative Services.  Please
acknowledge receipt of this response and direct any questions about the
response to the OLS Records Custodian.

 

 

Christopher Mangold

Records Custodian

Office of Legislative Services

______________________________

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Fortunato
<[1][OPRA #81368 email]>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2025 7:50 PM
To: OPRAOLS <[2][email address]>; Help Desk <[3][email address]>;
Montalvo, Eve E. <[4][email address]>; McMahon, Maureen
<[5][email address]>; Neville, Gabriel <[6][email address]>;
McElmoyl Metz, Katelyn <[7][email address]>; Mangold, Christopher T.
<[8][email address]>; Hernquist, Ingrid E. <[9][email address]>;
Villanueva, Valerie <[10][email address]>; Inverso, David
<[11][email address]>; Temperino, Dawn <[12][email address]>;
Munoz, Angelique <[13][email address]>
Subject: OPRA request - Committee Materials – A1556/S901 (L.2022, c.96,
New Jersey Antitrust Act amendments)

 

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Dear Office of Legislative Services,

 

 

 

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA
and the common law right of access.  I am not required to fill out an
official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request
per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including
all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place
of a completed form as a valid government record request.

 

 

 

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New
Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

 

 

 

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

 

 

 

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

 

 

 

Records requested:

 

 

 

1. All written testimony submitted to the committees listed below
concerning Assembly Bill 1556 (1R) / Senate Bill 901 (1R), 2022 session.

 

2. All witness lists or sign-in sheets maintained for these hearings.

 

3. Any staff bill memos or background briefing materials prepared by OLS
staff for legislators in connection with these hearings.

 

 

 

This request is limited to the following hearings where the bills were
considered:

 

- Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee (March 7, 2022, and May 9, 2022)

 

- Senate Commerce Committee (February 10, 2022)

 

- Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee (June 27, 2022)

 

 

 

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail
as attachments.  Please confirm you have received this request.  If you
are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person
and provide their email address to me for future reference.

 

 

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

Richard Fortunato

 

 

 

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