---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits member of Judicial Retirement System to defer retirement to serve as county prosecutor."
description: "Permits member of Judicial Retirement System to defer retirement to serve as county prosecutor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3986"
citation: "New Jersey S 3986 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danielsen, Joe", "Smith, Bob"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c223e3-0bc7-4725-b8bd-c1bdfc18823b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "1b2914f4f1797f9f724c42193e6bcde8307b334ac22b03229c4c92e2d89cf7d1"
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 3986 (218) — Permits member of Judicial Retirement System to defer retirement to serve as county prosecutor.

## 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/S4000/3986_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **53–16** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (28-6) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5824
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (53-16-3) `passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.287. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8c223e3-0bc7-4725-b8bd-c1bdfc18823b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).