In a rare summer session, New Jersey's Assembly passed several bills in response to the recent three-day government shutdown during the state budget impasse.
A measure requiring state beaches and recreation areas to remain open for the first seven days of a budget-related shutdown won unanimous support.
Assemblyman John McKeon says that would prevent inconvenience during a 4th of July Holiday weekend.
"This is about the families that save all year for that vacation in Stokes Forest and have to send the Winnebago back because they don't have place to park it. It's about that carload of kids for 20 bucks that can go to Island Beach State Park and cool down and see the fireworks at Liberty State Park."
A second measure would prevent a governor from using the state-owned beach house at Island Beach State Park during a government shutdown.
Assemblyman John Wisniewski says that bill sets an important tone for the conduct of state government officials.
"The governor can stay in Drumthwacket. He has his own private residence. He could stay there. But he can't rub salt in the wounds of the people of the state of New Jersey by going to what I would consider a needless excess, the state beach house."
Assemblyman Jon Bramnick believes lawmakers are wasting their time on the measure.
"I am convinced that this will never be a problem in the future, that Democrat governors won't use it and Republican governors won't use it."
The state Senate has not acted on that bill and there's no indication if Governor Christie would sign it.
Christie has indicated he will sign the third bill the Assembly approved that will give retroactive pay to nearly 35,000 state employees who were furloughed during the recent shutdown on the first three days of July.