Legislature. In situations in which the legislature is in session on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, when the dictates of his Orthodox Jewish faith prohibit him from participating in forbidden forms of work, he has appointed an aide to formally cast a ballot on his behalf, a policy permitted by the Assembly's rules, as long as the legislator is in the building. From 2014 to 2017, Schaer was the chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. For the 2018-19 session he was assigned to serve in the Assembly on the Appropriations Committee (as Vice-Chair), the Education Committee and the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee. He holds the Deputy Speaker leadership position in the Assembly, a position he has held since 2012. He has been the Assembly's Policy Chair 2020 since 2020. Committees Committee assignments for the current session are: Financial Institutions and Insurance, Vice-Chair Appropriations Budget District 36 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. The representatives from the 36th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are: Senator Paul Sarlo (D) Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese (D) Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D) References External links Assemblyman Schaer's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 New Jersey Democrats legislative candidate biographies 1951 births Living people American Orthodox Jews American University alumni Jewish mayors of places in the United States Jewish American state legislators in New Jersey Mayors of Passaic, New Jersey Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly People from Pennsauken Township, New Jersey 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American Jews