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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency."
+description: "Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 3850"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3850 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EMERG MGMT", "PUB RECORDS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Beach, James", "Bucco, Anthony M.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "DeCroce, BettyLou", "Holzapfel, James W.", "Madden, Fred H.", "Moen, William F.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singer, Robert W.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03e7007b-5b59-463e-9bf9-3194ccbfb9d3"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "547072edc0881c3933fe6e537e8617d388711b325b125c931e18be0ac326d280"
+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 3850 (219) — Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3850_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
+- DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
+- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (64-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2294
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.11. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03e7007b-5b59-463e-9bf9-3194ccbfb9d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+