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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of elections. *"
+description: "Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of elections. *"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 2531"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2531 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Jones, Patricia Egan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9c42784-da1f-4ec3-a7a1-15daee85506d"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "620a8907e35493a589e08cee3f83eabaaf42916c78ea9217c65af61019fbd4c8"
+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 2531 (218) — Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of 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/S3000/2531_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2531_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2531_R3.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ADOPT GR — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- EMERGENCY — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- SUSPEND RULE 22:5a — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-1) `passage`
+- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4072 (1R)
+- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
+- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (37-0) (Beach)
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion Suspend 22:5a (Jones) (77-0-0)
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
+- **2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.163. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9c42784-da1f-4ec3-a7a1-15daee85506d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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