Assemblyman Reed Gusciora got his start in New Jersey state politics working on the 1989 gubernatorial campaign of the late Barbara Boggs Sigmund. Prior to that, he attended Seton Hall Law School earning his J.D. in 1988. He studied international relations at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where he worked his way through college at the Library of Congress. After graduation, he worked on Capitol Hill in the congressional offices of U.S. Representatives Andy Ireland (D-FL) and the late Mike Synar (D-OK).
Mr. Gusciora is serving his eighth term in the General Assembly. Currently, the Assemblyman serves as Vice Chairman of the Assembly Environment Committee and a member of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Gusciora also sits on the Joint State Leasing and Space Utilization Committee and the Governor's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, as well as the New Jersey State Museum Board.
Assemblyman Gusciora sponsored the law requiring the State to adopt California "Clean Car" standards for the sale of low emission vehicles; the law mandating that electronic voting machines produce voter-verified paper records; the law eliminating the 100 year old law placing liens on psychiatric patients at state institutions; the law that changed the legal standard in child custody cases to protect the health and well being of a child when abuse has occurred; and the law that streamlines developmentally disabled services through the Departments of Health, Human Services and Education.
Not one to shy away from controversy, Assemblyman Gusciora was the prime sponsor of the New Jersey Medical Marijuana Compassionate Use Act, allowing for the medicinal use of marijuana. He was also the prime sponsor of the recently enacted bill to mandate the recycling of computers and televisions.
Assemblyman Gusciora was born March 27, 1960, in Passaic. He attended public schools in Jamesburg and graduated from Jamesburg High School in 1978. He is currently a Trenton resident. He is a member of the Spirit of Princeton Parade Committee and Board Member of the Princeton YMCA. Mr. Gusciora practices law.
