The NJ assembly passed the BF bill this afternoon, with only two in the
negative and 1 abstention.  There was no debate, but the sponsor did
recognize LLL and the LLL person, Sheila Angalet, who had worked so hard
on the bill.

LLL is inviting Gov. Whitman to sign the bill at the NJ  area conference
in April.  Whitman has said she will sign it, so today was the last
hurdle.  I hope she'll sign it at the LLL  conference.

Thanks again to all who helped.  Good luck to those of you in Washington
and Delaware as you embark on this journey.

Melissa Kirsch