---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes current and retired administrative law judges to solemnize marriages and civil unions.*"
description: "Authorizes current and retired administrative law judges to solemnize marriages and civil unions.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1967"
citation: "New Jersey S 1967 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDGES", "MARRIAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardinale, Gerald", "Eustace, Tim", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/332b1d03-03a5-462f-aa91-3504be164bb5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "76c346d5eaf47f967f71a9ccf18cbabc99eb042c5b5244cd8d194e74205138ba"
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 1967 (217) — Authorizes current and retired administrative law judges to solemnize marriages and civil unions.*

## 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/2016/Bills/S2000/1967_I1.HTM)
2. **Senate Committee Substitute S1749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1967_U1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cardinale, Gerald — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3707 (1R)
- **2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.61. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/332b1d03-03a5-462f-aa91-3504be164bb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).