---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. **"
description: "Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. **"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 698"
citation: "New Jersey A 698 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "LEGISLATURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Quijano, Annette", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2ba7384-4523-4856-804c-e2656b99ec68"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "be794bd8b71121d725f7202431093368a9deb1bf4c2dc9fb15fa7d0f8c1c6650"
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 698 (219) — Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. **

## 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/2020/Bills/A1000/698_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A1000/698_I1.HTM)
3. **Reprint of Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A1000/698_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **50–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (50-25-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3964 (1R)
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-2) `passage`
- **2021-08-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.198. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2ba7384-4523-4856-804c-e2656b99ec68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).