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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifies procedure for change to manner of holding certain municipal elections."
+description: "Modifies procedure for change to manner of holding certain municipal elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 5404"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5404 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "MUNICIPALITI"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Singleton, Troy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-05-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-12T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c9102d-54ab-4f83-8d4f-0928c32773ad"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "ddfe955a0091112c9a2b1ca29441352f1e4d074b6d1b48b6d9546798a8c5e17e"
+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 A 5404 (218) — Modifies procedure for change to manner of holding certain municipal elections.
+
+## 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/2018/Bills/A9999/5404_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- RECONSIDER — **30–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **48–18** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–3** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **52–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (52-24-1) `passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3883
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (25-6) `passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered Vote (30-2) (Singleton)
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (23-12) `passage`
+- **2019-07-12T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.161. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86c9102d-54ab-4f83-8d4f-0928c32773ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+