---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain voters who filed vote by mail applications from 2016 to 2018 to receive mail-in ballot for all future elections, unless voter requests otherwise; appropriates $2 million."
description: "Requires certain voters who filed vote by mail applications from 2016 to 2018 to receive mail-in ballot for all future elections, unless voter requests otherwise; appropriates $2 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 4069"
citation: "New Jersey S 4069 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones, Patricia Egan", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Taliaferro, Adam J.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b67d99f0-7d78-45c2-b1aa-c2c610b97db2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7dfaa39328df56371855dad266479035f3d712fb8c388f18e0f7d641a62c033b"
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 4069 (218) — Requires certain voters who filed vote by mail applications from 2016 to 2018 to receive mail-in ballot for all future elections, unless voter requests otherwise; appropriates $2 million.

## 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/S4500/4069_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **45–14** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- TABLE MOTION — **22–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Pennacchio)
- **2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (22-10) (Weinberg)
- **2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-10) `passage`
- **2019-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5759
- **2019-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (45-14-0) `passage`
- **2019-08-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.265. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b67d99f0-7d78-45c2-b1aa-c2c610b97db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).