---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes fundamental freedom of person to marry or enter into civil union with person of any race."
description: "Establishes fundamental freedom of person to marry or enter into civil union with person of any race."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4939"
citation: "New Jersey A 4939 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "MARRIAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess, Renee C.", "McKeon, John F.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-09-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ba3c7d-bc62-46c1-bad6-1d43ff78dd62"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "28e72ebc93d65b6122bce54dd714613f8ec4ad17ab8daf036ec9a7a624c5e138"
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 4939 (220) — Establishes fundamental freedom of person to marry or enter into civil union with person of any race.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4939_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3719
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-09-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.154. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07ba3c7d-bc62-46c1-bad6-1d43ff78dd62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).