---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renames \"board of chosen freeholders\" to \"board of county commissioners\" and \"freeholder\" and \"chosen freeholder\" to \"county commissioner\"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change."
description: "Renames \"board of chosen freeholders\" to \"board of county commissioners\" and \"freeholder\" and \"chosen freeholder\" to \"county commissioner\"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 855"
citation: "New Jersey S 855 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "INTERNET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeCroce, BettyLou", "Gopal, Vin", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pennacchio, Joseph", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-08-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c1c76ba-5a84-41e8-8501-5949b79e7714"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "882dd6ce8256e2e37919d92a75ee7198b4daa51fc0f154e512beae5883fb4680"
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 855 (219) — Renames "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change.

## 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/S1000/855_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/855_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **61–12** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-6) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3594
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (61-12-4) `passage`
- **2020-08-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.67. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c1c76ba-5a84-41e8-8501-5949b79e7714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).