---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes date of 2020 primary election from June 2 to July 7."
description: "Changes date of 2020 primary election from June 2 to July 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2349"
citation: "New Jersey S 2349 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4526c06-e3ec-4f0b-923b-3e957d7e197d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "56f0a14ce778839fb950866405f335d95885b41ecc50434ff0cadc7d6f49724e"
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 2349 (219) — Changes date of 2020 primary election from June 2 to July 7.

## 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/S2500/2349_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- Doherty, Michael J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3922
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.21. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4526c06-e3ec-4f0b-923b-3e957d7e197d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).