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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions."
+description: "Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 647"
+citation: "New Jersey S 647 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barclay, Arthur", "Beach, James", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Taliaferro, Adam J."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5d8d60c-a234-4ce6-b209-63f638b909ca"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "367ce9750eb5c455fd06f6361c3fcdc000e9532adc202319c1ada1cc45adc922"
+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 647 (218) — Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.
+
+## 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/S1000/647_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint of Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/647_R1.HTM)
+3. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/647_U1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–3** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–4** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **23–14** (pass) · upper
+- TABLE MOTION — **23–14** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **54–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barclay, Arthur — primary (person)
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — 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 State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Thompson)
+- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (23-14) (Weinberg)
+- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (23-14) `passage`
+- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1186 (ACS)
+- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-22-0) `passage`
+- **2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.72. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5d8d60c-a234-4ce6-b209-63f638b909ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+