 In late 2006, Niello was named vice-chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, and serves as the key negotiator on budget issues for the Assembly Republican Caucus.Since being reelected to a third and final term in the Assembly, Niello continues to serve on the Budget, Transportation, Insurance, and Business and Professions Committees as well as the Joint Committee on Emergency Services and Homeland Security and the Select Committee on Foster Care.Among Assemblyman Niello's legislative accomplishments include legislation to allow individuals to remove racially charged language from a homeowner's CC&Rs, a measure to assist local governments in cracking down on illegal dumping, and a bill to ban the unscrupulous practice of "triple-dipping" by county retired annuitants who are collecting unemployment in addition to retirement pension benefits.