---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Secretary of State to designate one-stop event planning contact person for certain events held in NJ."
description: "Requires Secretary of State to designate one-stop event planning contact person for certain events held in NJ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4918"
citation: "New Jersey A 4918 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "STATE OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Oroho, Steven V."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7cf10f6-7d55-45d9-90f1-0d43292e1ee4"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b0ee004773a7d0e56349f3d9f486c26392ea028c0483aef00dc808e9ea15ecde"
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 4918 (218) — Requires Secretary of State to designate one-stop event planning contact person for certain events held in NJ.

## 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/A5000/4918_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-1) `passage`
- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3306
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, 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/e7cf10f6-7d55-45d9-90f1-0d43292e1ee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).