---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of elections. *"
description: "Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of elections. *"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2531"
citation: "New Jersey S 2531 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Jones, Patricia Egan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9c42784-da1f-4ec3-a7a1-15daee85506d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "620a8907e35493a589e08cee3f83eabaaf42916c78ea9217c65af61019fbd4c8"
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 2531 (218) — Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to 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/S3000/2531_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2531_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2531_R3.HTM)

## Votes

- ADOPT GR — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND RULE 22:5a — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-1) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4072 (1R)
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (37-0) (Beach)
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Motion Suspend 22:5a (Jones) (77-0-0)
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.163. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9c42784-da1f-4ec3-a7a1-15daee85506d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).