Barbara Buono

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Before entering the Senate, Buono served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly, from 1994 to 2001, where she served as the Minority Parliamentarian. In the Assembly, Buono became the ranking Democrat on the Assembly Budget Committee. She was Democratic Conference Chair from 2004-2007

She began her career as a criminal trial attorney for the New Jersey State Department of the Public Advocate and later entered private practice. Buono served on the Metuchen Borough Council from 1993 to 1994. While the Metuchen Police Commissioner, She worked to increase safety in suburban neighborhoods and instituted Metuchen's community policing program.

Buono serves in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee (as Chair), the Intergovernmental Relations Commission and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.

Buono has authored New Jersey's "Anti-Bullying Law" which requires school districts to implement anti-harassment and bullying prevention policies to make schools safer for children. [ [http://www.njbullying.org/Cyberbullying.htm Cyberbullying] , New Jersey Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Protection. Accessed October 20, 2007. "In NJ, Barbara Buono, the state legislator who helped create and pass NJ's anti-bullying law, has proposed a cyberbullying law, not yet passed: it would extend NJ's existing anti-bullying law to this new form."] She was also the prime sponsor of consumer protection measures restricting telemarketing by creating the most stringent "Do Not Call" database legislation in the nation. [ [http://nbs.gmnews.com/News/2003/0529/Bulletin_Board/045.html "Governor signs anti-telemarketing bill into law"] , "North Brunswick Sentinel", May 29, 2003. "A bill sponsored by Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18) that gives New Jersey the strongest anti-telemarketing legislation in the nation was signed into law by Gov. James McGreevey May 21."] Senator Buono is also the prime sponsor of the law prohibiting the practice of predatory lending, in which lenders issue loans with hidden costs and excessive fees to homeowners, eroding their financial security and putting their homes at risk.

Buono received a B.A. in 1975 from Montclair State College in Political Science and was awarded a J.D. in 1979 from the Rutgers School of Law-Newark. [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=146 Senator Buono's legislative web page] , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 20, 2008.] She was born in Newark, New Jersey, and currently resides in Metuchen. [ [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=4424 Senator Barbara A. Buono] , Project Vote Smart. Accessed September 20, 2007.]

District 18

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 18th District for the 2008-2009 Legislative Session are:
*Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes III, and
*Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan

References

External links

* [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=146 Senator Buono's legislative web page] , New Jersey Legislature
*"New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms"
** [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/BuonoB2007.pdf 2007] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/BuonoB2006.pdf 2006] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/BuonoB2005.pdf 2005] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/BuonoB2004.pdf 2004]
* [http://www.njsendems.com/Bios/buono.htm New Jersey Senate Democrats Website Biography]
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=4424 Senator Barbara A. Buono] , Project Vote Smart
* [http://www.njvoterinfo.org/cb/buono.html New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003]