---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits county board of chosen freeholders to increase membership of county board of elections.*"
description: "Permits county board of chosen freeholders to increase membership of county board of elections.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 5162"
citation: "New Jersey A 5162 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58c1c128-c392-4859-9e98-8d10284df5fa"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "91ab3567ea6fd98c3f1e6cba2f98e7f6de15fe90416d04618a3d28d4a043517b"
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 5162 (218) — Permits county board of chosen freeholders to increase membership of county board of elections.*

## 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/A9999/5162_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A9999/5162_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-4-3) `passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3554 (1R)
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (26-11) `passage`
- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.191. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58c1c128-c392-4859-9e98-8d10284df5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).