---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows conduct of State business and legislative sessions at locations other than Trenton during periods of emergency or other exigency; allows conduct of legislative business using electronic means."
description: "Allows conduct of State business and legislative sessions at locations other than Trenton during periods of emergency or other exigency; allows conduct of legislative business using electronic means."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3852"
citation: "New Jersey A 3852 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERG MGMT", "LEGISLATURE", "STATE GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Bramnick, Jon M.", "Brown, Chris A.", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Holzapfel, James W.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singer, Robert W.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67cdb446-a1d6-42b7-bf15-47b7ba5da9b3"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "fc0b6da0283a838af37c770ffb4e49ca71284b9aba9eed60bb24ed9c8c14ed4d"
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 3852 (219) — Allows conduct of State business and legislative sessions at locations other than Trenton during periods of emergency or other exigency; allows conduct of legislative business using electronic means.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3852_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2296
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.2. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67cdb446-a1d6-42b7-bf15-47b7ba5da9b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).