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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes current and retired administrative law judges to solemnize marriages and civil unions.*"
+description: "Authorizes current and retired administrative law judges to solemnize marriages and civil unions.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 1967"
+citation: "New Jersey S 1967 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["JUDGES", "MARRIAGE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cardinale, Gerald", "Eustace, Tim", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332b1d03-03a5-462f-aa91-3504be164bb5"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "76c346d5eaf47f967f71a9ccf18cbabc99eb042c5b5244cd8d194e74205138ba"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 1967 (217) — Authorizes current and retired administrative law judges to solemnize marriages and civil unions.*
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1967_I1.HTM)
+2. **Senate Committee Substitute S1749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1967_U1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cardinale, Gerald — primary (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
+- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3707 (1R)
+- **2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.61. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/332b1d03-03a5-462f-aa91-3504be164bb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+