---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires ballot privacy sleeves at polling place; makes various changes to early and mail-in voting procedures; creates online form to update name and residence on existing voter registration record. *"
description: "Requires ballot privacy sleeves at polling place; makes various changes to early and mail-in voting procedures; creates online form to update name and residence on existing voter registration record. *"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 3817"
citation: "New Jersey A 3817 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "DePhillips, Christopher P.", "Gopal, Vin", "Verrelli, Anthony S.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ae676d1-d2d0-420f-b7dc-52b5a88bab1a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b4a89214998e76728a24ac6978a47d9fc50aadc6980f2e44d15f9d5e1914c206"
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 3817 (220) — Requires ballot privacy sleeves at polling place; makes various changes to early and mail-in voting procedures; creates online form to update name and residence on existing voter registration record. *

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3817_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3817_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint AAP 6/13/22 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3817_R3.HTM)
4. **Reprint AJU 6/9/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3817_R2.HTM)
5. **Reprint Assembly 6/16/22 4R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3817_R4.HTM)
6. **Reprint Senate 6/29/22 5R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3817_R5.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Wimberly) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (58-19-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (24-15) (Zwicker) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2863 (1R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-17) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (46-32-0) `passage`
- **2022-07-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.67. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ae676d1-d2d0-420f-b7dc-52b5a88bab1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).