---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automatically registers to vote and updates voter registration for eligible person when applying for motor vehicle driver's license, or non-driver identification card.*"
description: "Automatically registers to vote and updates voter registration for eligible person when applying for motor vehicle driver's license, or non-driver identification card.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 2014"
citation: "New Jersey A 2014 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "MV REGULATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Conaway, Herb", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Downey, Joann", "Eustace, Tim", "Jasey, Mila M.", "McKeon, John F.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae68af3-5d45-4ae7-82f6-db3ecd30a5f9"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5a8a04dcb1bd2f2c4538be834132d7af7cd0515bca28fd347cab8eae7341f13e"
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 2014 (218) — Automatically registers to vote and updates voter registration for eligible person when applying for motor vehicle driver's license, or non-driver identification card.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2500/2014_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2500/2014_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- TABLE MOTION — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **50–23** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **50–23** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **24–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To AS (DiMaso)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (50-23-0)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (50-23-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S481/651 (SCS/1R)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To SS (Thompson)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (23-11) (Ruiz)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (24-13) `passage`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.6. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ae68af3-5d45-4ae7-82f6-db3ecd30a5f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).