Assembly will require testing of all attendees, vaccinated and unvaccinated

newjerseyglobe.com

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-South Amboy) announced today that all attendees of next week’s Assembly session and reorganization ceremony, when new members will be sworn in, will be required to show proof of a negative test regardless of vaccination status.

The new mandate, which Coughlin said was designed in response to the surge in Omicron variant cases, will apply to legislators, staffers, guests, and members of the press. A rapid testing site will be available in the statehouse on both January 10 and 11, and those who cannot attend in person or test positive for Covid will be able to participate remotely.