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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union."
+description: "Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 427"
+citation: "New Jersey S 427 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MARRIAGE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Gusciora, Reed", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Munoz, Nancy F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00bf68f1-e572-4d24-8ccf-f019d8795eed"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "02cfa8a4344f882c80235413036ed9a47825aadedfb9559a4d42c3e26ad30264"
+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 427 (218) — Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
+
+## 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/S0500/427_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–5** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **59–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
+- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
+- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Egan, Joseph V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-5) `passage`
+- **2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A865
+- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (59-0-12) `passage`
+- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.42. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00bf68f1-e572-4d24-8ccf-f019d8795eed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+