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Votes at a glance: key bills and resolutions approved or considered by the Assembly on March 17, 2025
Summary
The Assembly completed a full floor calendar on March 17, approving a broad set of bills and resolutions on health, public safety, consumer protections and observances. This roundup lists each item called on the floor with the recorded outcome and tally as entered in the clerk’s record.
The New Jersey General Assembly completed a packed calendar on March 17, taking final action on a wide set of bills and resolutions. The list below gives the bill or resolution title (as announced on the floor), the sponsor(s) as read on the record, and the recorded final tally where provided by the clerk during the session. This roundup focuses on items that were formally called and recorded on the floor during this session.
Votes at a glance (selection of floor actions with recorded tallies):
- AJR 2‑11 (designates May 18 each year as 6‑888 Day): A. Reynolds Jackson — Passed, 74‑0‑0. - A.B. 18‑25 (step therapy protocols for State Health Benefits and Medicaid): Sponsor(s) read on floor — Passed, 74‑2‑0. - A.B. 41‑63 (requires health insurers to cover biomarker testing): Sumter et al. — Passed, 76‑0‑0. - S.B. 13‑20 (contracts with licensed public adjusters; third reading): Stanley (Senate bill) — Passed, 77‑0‑0. - A.B. 38‑81 (state police online expungement status portal, concurrence): Speaker Pro Tem/Park et al. — Passed, 75‑0‑0. - A.B. 35‑40 (criminal penalties for deceptive audio/visual media): Greenwald et al. — Passed, 64‑13‑0. - AJR 2‑17 (Paul Robeson Day): Reynolds Jackson — Passed, 46‑20‑0 (see separate article for debate and procedural motions). - SJR 1‑02 (designates May 17 Notarizing Enter Collatis Awareness Day): Verrilli — Passed, 78‑0‑0. - A.B. 13‑89 (seizure of ammunition on domestic violence orders): Hayter — Passed, 52‑23‑1. - A.B. 49‑74 / A.B. 49‑75 / A.B. 49‑76 (series addressing firearms, conversions, digital instructions): Passed with recorded tallies ranging from 49‑52 yes votes; see individual entries below. - A.B. 49‑75 (possession of digital files for 3D printing firearms — known possession standard debated): Passed, 50‑26‑1. - A.B. 49‑76 (crime of reckless discharge of firearm): Passed, 49‑25‑2. - A.B. 49‑78 (reporting data regarding non‑injury shootings): Passed, 58‑17‑0. - A.B. 49‑81 (court discretion on pretrial release/detention where firearm offenses involved): Passed, 57‑19‑0. - A.B. 53‑23 (state police to notify local law enforcement if prohibited persons attempt firearm purchases): Passed, 66‑7‑4 (after a revote to clear a recording issue). - S.B. 31‑99 (establishes New Jersey Haiti Commission): Passed, 62‑3‑4. - A.B. 37‑32 (third‑degree trespass involving victims of domestic violence): Murphy — Passed, 77‑0‑0. - A.B. 54‑26 (domestic violence public awareness campaign expansions): Katz et al. — Passed, 78‑0‑0. - A.B. 1,700 (perinatal anxiety public awareness campaign/policy): Hall/Murphy — Passed, 75‑2‑0. - A.B. 19‑73 (evaluation for endometriosis): Spade — Passed, 69‑0‑7. - A.B. 37‑34 (transfer of billing/rights of wireless numbers for domestic violence victims): Murphy — Passed, 77‑0‑0. - A.B. 53‑09 (CME credits for menopause): Simmons et al. — Passed, 77‑0‑0. - A.B. 54‑59 (extends newborn health benefits enrollment window): Donlon et al. — Passed, 78‑0‑0. - S.B. 22‑36 (exempts nursing mothers from jury duty): Passed, 78‑0‑0. - A.B. 49‑82 (prohibits body weight as factor for certain insurance): Donlon — Passed, 76‑1‑0. - A.B. 49‑83 / A.B. 49‑84 and related student support and eating disorder legislation: Passed with tallies reported on the floor (see clerk’s record for votes: 76‑2‑0; 71‑0‑4 respectively). - HJR 205 (eating disorder awareness week): Passed, 77‑0‑0. - A.B. 17‑15 (compulsive gambling counsel on campus): Passed, 77‑0‑0. - A.B. 21‑15 (human trafficking training for public transportation employees): Passed, 78‑0‑0. - A.B. 33‑40 (documentation for home instruction): Passed, 74‑2‑0. - A.B. 30‑25 (poll workers’ wages exempted from UI): Passed, 70‑7‑1. - A.B. 32‑83 (unclaimed utility deposit funds to nonprofits): Passed, 62‑14‑0. - A.B. 35‑41 (legislative internship program): Passed, 70‑5‑0. - A.B. 35‑98 (Claudia’s Law — notification for abnormal radiology results): Passed, 49‑25‑2. - A.B. 43‑62 / S.B. 35‑62 (Public Health Institute): See separate article for debate, substitution and final vote, 50‑26‑0. - A.B. 52‑75 (local restrictions on new crematories): Passed, 51‑21‑0. - S.B. 41‑44 (ignition interlock device clarifications): Passed, 67‑10‑0. - A.B. 48‑77 (regional authority administration changes): Passed, 74‑2‑0. - A.B. 49‑47 (bribery/gratuities clarification): Passed, 76‑0‑0. - A.B. 51‑34, A.B. 51‑41 (transportation route schedules; historic distillery license): Passed with tallies recorded on the floor (70‑5‑2; 77‑1‑0 respectively). - S.B. 25‑94 (dam and water project bond appropriations): Passed, 76‑0‑0.
This roundup is a summary of floor‑recorded actions called during the Assembly session of March 17, 2025. For full bill text, committee history and enrolled versions, consult the Assembly Clerk’s published journal and the official bill pages. Individual bill identifiers and exact sponsor lists were read into the record; any missing procedural detail is listed as “not specified” where the on‑the‑floor reading did not include it or where the transcript truncated sponsor lists.
If readers require a full, itemized roll call for one or more bills listed above, the Assembly clerk’s roll call record for March 17, 2025 provides the official, line‑by‑line votes.
