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.

Personal life

Lampitt was born in Natick, Massachusetts. She graduated from

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with a degree in Culinary Arts and Management. Lampitt has worked at the

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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

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, 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

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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

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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

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(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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