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Votes at a glance: bills and resolutions passed in the Assembly session
Summary
The Assembly approved a range of bills and resolutions on a consolidated calendar, including measures on election procedures, criminal penalties, public notices, health care, and education. Many passed unanimously or by wide margins; a few drew substantial floor discussion or recorded opposition.
The New Jersey General Assembly approved a large slate of bills and resolutions during the session. Several measures were advanced with little floor debate; others drew objections or extended discussion before passage. Below are the enacted measures from the day's calendar with mover (when recorded), short description and recorded roll-call tally as announced by the clerk.
Key items (motion mover — brief description — recorded tally):
- Assembly Joint Resolution 166 (Assemblywoman Rodriguez) — concurrence with Senate amendments on urging Congress to continue progress on the National Museum of the American Latino — 63 yes, 0 no, 5 abstentions.
- Senate Bill 4652 (moved by Assemblyman Hutchinson) — establishes offense of inciting public bridal and upgrades penalty for disorderly conduct in certain circumstances — 76 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 5303 (Assemblywoman Park) — requires Attorney General to review statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking — 76 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Senate Bill 3587 substitute (Assemblyman Danielson) — addresses retail theft and related law enforcement initiatives — 76 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 4653 (Assemblyman Miller) — requires AG to establish crowd management training for municipal police for large gatherings/flash mobs — 74 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 5116 (Assemblyman Barliss) — revises primary election ballot design and procedures (concurrence with Senate amendments) — 65 yes, 7 no, 0 abstentions.
- Senate Bill 3990 (Assemblyman Rodriguez) — extends early voting period for primary elections; extends challenger appointment deadlines — 50 yes, 22 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 41175 — (see separate article) Use-of-force reporting — 49 yes, 26 no, 1 abstention.
- Assembly Resolution 178 (Majority Leader Greenwald) — condemns U.S. House budget resolution (see separate article) — 44 yes, 10 no, 8 abstentions.
- Senate Bill 3735 (Assemblyman Stanley) — extends certain provisions of P.L.2022, c.9 — 63 yes, 9 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 3810 (Assemblyman Miller) — requires adoption of pregnancy-related job policies for firefighters — 74 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 4089 (Assemblywoman Sumpter) — Certified Medication Aide in Nursing Home Staffing Support Act — 72 yes, 3 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 4101 (Assemblywoman Druelis) — requires social media companies to provide toll-free number for fraud reporting for NJ account holders — 59 yes, 15 no, 1 abstention.
- Assembly Bill 4468 (Assemblyman Venetian) — replaces certain fixed interest rates awards in eminent domain cases — 74 yes, 1 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 4535 (Assemblyman Hutchinson) — concerns regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses — 64 yes, 8 no, 3 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 4928 (Assemblywoman Peter Paul) — establishes eligibility requirements for state small business set-aside programs — 71 yes, 1 no, 2 abstentions.
- Senate Bill 4136 (Assemblyman Atkins) — authorizes public bodies to continue using newspapers for required legal notices until a specified date — 64 yes, 12 no, 0 abstentions.
- Senate Bill 3848 (Assemblyman Moen) — alcoholic beverage licenses for sporting facilities (substitute) — 76 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 5305 (Assemblywoman Park) — broadens public awareness signage to include Chinese and Korean languages — 76 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Senate Bill 3620 (substitute for A4817) — requires electric and gas utilities to establish an energy bill watch program and include certain information in bills and notices — 60 yes, 16 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Joint Resolution 170 (Assemblywoman Simmons) — designates April as Donate Life Month — 75 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- Assembly Bill 5043 (Assemblywoman Simmons) — requires DOAs to create and disseminate materials related to cardiomyopathy — 74 yes, 0 no, 0 abstentions.
- A series of other bills and substitutions were approved on consent or third reading including measures on pensions reporting, maternity policies for state police troopers, higher education sports wagering partnerships, pharmacy prescription transfers, and appropriations reallocated from prior bond acts. (See actions list below for specific roll-call tallies as recorded.)
This session included numerous procedural substitution motions (the Assembly substituted Senate bills for identical Assembly measures as permitted by rule), several unanimous and near-unanimous final passage votes, and a handful of items that drew recorded opposition and floor debate.
