---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires petitions of nomination of candidates for State, county, school, or municipal elective public office to include functioning e-mail addresses therefor."
description: "Requires petitions of nomination of candidates for State, county, school, or municipal elective public office to include functioning e-mail addresses therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 1974"
citation: "New Jersey S 1974 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "MUNICIPALITI", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Mukherji, Raj", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-07-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa51f10-2f3f-4898-885e-37ec638d6b02"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bde8702f5fb0f495ec477b3fb300f8e516c58ad1b04dfe6a3fe089c0b4f936a9"
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 1974 (218) — Requires petitions of nomination of candidates for State, county, school, or municipal elective public office to include functioning e-mail addresses therefor.

## 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/S2000/1974_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-8) `passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3461
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-2-0) `passage`
- **2018-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.66. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fa51f10-2f3f-4898-885e-37ec638d6b02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).