---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends early voting period for primary elections and extends challenger appointment deadline; appropriates $6 million.*"
description: "Extends early voting period for primary elections and extends challenger appointment deadline; appropriates $6 million.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3990"
citation: "New Jersey S 3990 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moriarty, Paul D.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Rodriguez, Gabriel", "Stack, Brian P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95dc1ab1-90a0-4239-b2fd-8a4199e27dc7"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "bda7c87f13d17f1ba896ac65ef61a7e4b441e3d9b751a80fb1f2a2562105da6a"
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 3990 (221) — Extends early voting period for primary elections and extends challenger appointment deadline; appropriates $6 million.*

## 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/2024/S4000/3990_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SJU 2/20/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3990_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **53–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (25-13) `passage`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5370
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (53-22-0) `passage`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.23. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95dc1ab1-90a0-4239-b2fd-8a4199e27dc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).