Pamela Rosen Lampitt (born December 19, 1960) is an American
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, who has represented the
6th legislative district in the
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since taken office on January 10, 2006. She has been the Deputy Speaker in the General Assembly since 2012.
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Personal life
Lampitt was born in Natick, Massachusetts. She graduated from Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University (JWU) is a private university with its main campus in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded as a business school in 1914 by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales, JWU enrolled 7,357 students across its campuses in the fa ...
with a degree in Culinary Arts and Management.[ Lampitt has worked at the ]University of Pennsylvania
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for 40 years and currently is the Director of Business Services, Hospitality Services. She has served on a number of steering committees on the campus, working on the Committee for Manufacturer Responsibility, which ensures university products are manufactured under fair labor standards. Lampitt and her husband, Charles, have two children, a daughter, Ilene, and a son, Andrew.
New Jersey Assembly
Lampitt was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, filling the seat of fellow Democrat Mary Previte
Mary Evelyn Previte (September 7, 1932 – November 16, 2019) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where she represented the 6th legislative district from 1998 to 2006.
Life and career
Born ...
, who did not run for re-election and had held the seat in the Assembly since 1998. In 2007, Lampitt was the lead sponsor of the Comprehensive Statewide Transfer Agreement, which allows community college
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students to "seamlessly" transfer credits to four-year public universities. The law has been called "the Lampitt law".
Committees
Committee assignments for the current session are:[Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt]
New Jersey Legislature. Accessed March 14, 2022.
*Education, Chair
*Health, Vice-Chair
*Appropriations
District 6
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly
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. Representatives from the 6th District for the 2022—2023 Legislative Session are:Legislative Roster for District 6
New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2022.
*Senator James Beach
James "Jim" Beach (born October 28, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2009, where he represents the 6th legislative district. He has been the Assistant Majority Leader in the Senat ...
(D)
*Assemblyman Louis Greenwald (D)
*Assemblywoman Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)
Electoral history
Assembly
References
External links
Assemblyman Rosen Lampitt's legislative web page
New Jersey Legislature
*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
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Greenwald and Rosen Lampitt Assembly campaign website
Assembly Member Pamela R. Lampitt
Project Vote Smart
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1960 births
Living people
University of Pennsylvania staff
New Jersey city council members
Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
Politicians from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
People from Natick, Massachusetts
Women state legislators in New Jersey
Johnson & Wales University alumni
Women city councillors in New Jersey
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians