NEWS IN BRIEF: Local Legislators Announce Initiatives

State Assemblyman Dave Rible, R-Monmouth, will host a business breakfast on Friday, March 4, according to a release.

The free breakfast is part of Rible’s monthly business breakfast series and is scheduled for 8 a.m. at The Atlantic Club, 1904 Atlantic Ave., Wall, the release says.

Grace Hanlon, Executive Director of the state Division of Travel and Tourism, will be discussing the division’s priorities and how tourism will affect the state and local economies, the release says. 

Reservations are suggested. Call: (732) 974-1719 or email: AsmRible@njleg.org. 

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State Sen. Sean Kean, R-Monmouth, is re-kindling a push to repeal a portion of Kyleigh’s Law, according to a release.

Kean is one of four co-sponsors of S1908 – a bill that would revoke that portion of the teen driving law that requires holders of provisional driver’s licenses to display a special decal.

"The decal provision of Kyleigh’s law may be constitutional, but that doesn’t mean it’s right,’’ Kean said in a release. “While the goal of the law is to keep young drivers safe, many teens and their parents feel like it actually puts them at greater risk.’’

Kyleigh’s Law requires the holders of a graduated driver’s license to display two removable and reflective decals on their vehicle so law enforcement officers can more easily identify them and assess whether they are in violation of the hourly and passenger restrictions that apply, the release says.

It was named in honor of Kyleigh D’Alessio, who was killed in a motor vehicle driven by a graduated driver licensee, the release says.

"The Legislature made a well-intentioned mistake by passing the decal requirement, but it’s a mistake we can fix,’’ Kean said in the release.

S1908 was introduced in May and moved to the Senate Transportation Committee, where it has languished.

Its companion bill in the Assembly, A2650, also was introduced in May and it was referred to the Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee. It has not moved since.