---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhances resident voting participation rights in common interest communities."
description: "Enhances resident voting participation rights in common interest communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2492"
citation: "New Jersey S 2492 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Eustace, Tim", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "O'Toole, Kevin J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dd6b60b-be5e-4403-95bf-62769dcb9783"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b0a0ecae5a4ed9c069c7e50a95fb47dce6f26d4d7b62bd592473014478e024d8"
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 2492 (217) — Enhances resident voting participation rights in common interest communities.

## 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/2016/Bills/S2500/2492_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2500/2492_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- O'Toole, Kevin J. — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Kyrillos, Joseph M. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Chiaravalloti) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4091 (3R)
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.106. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dd6b60b-be5e-4403-95bf-62769dcb9783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).