Peter J. Biondi

"Pete" Biondi (June 23, 1942 – November 10, 2011)[1] was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1998 until his death in 2011, where he represented the 16th Legislative District.[3][4] Biondi served on the Somerset County Youth Services Commission from 1996 until his death and as its Co-Chair in 1997.[5] Biondi introduced a bill in the 2006 legislative session which would require operators of all "public forum websites" to gather the full names and addresses of all persons posting on such websites, and turn such information over to anyone claiming the posting of "false or defamatory information", with the penalty for failure to comply being liability for lawsuits relating to the posting of the information (under libel laws).[7] In October 2011, Biondi publicly disclosed that he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma about one year earlier, and that he had undergone chemotherapy and believed the disease was in remission.Biondi’s seat was then vacant until Donna Simon was sworn in on January 30, 2012 as an interim appointee pending a November 2012 special election where she won.
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