republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-2014.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Automatically registers to vote and updates voter registration for eligible person when applying for motor vehicle driver's license, or non-driver identification card.*	Automatically registers to vote and updates voter registration for eligible person when applying for motor vehicle driver's license, or non-driver identification card.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 2014	New Jersey A 2014 (218)	bill	ELECTIONS MV REGULATIO	enacted	Beach, James Benson, Daniel R. Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Conaway, Herb Coughlin, Craig J. Downey, Joann Eustace, Tim Jasey, Mila M. McKeon, John F. Schaer, Gary S. Sumter, Shavonda E. Vitale, Joseph F. Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	12	5	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6ae68af3-5d45-4ae7-82f6-db3ecd30a5f9	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	5a8a04dcb1bd2f2c4538be834132d7af7cd0515bca28fd347cab8eae7341f13e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2014 (218) — Automatically registers to vote and updates voter registration for eligible person when applying for motor vehicle driver's license, or non-driver identification card.*

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• TABLE MOTION — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• MOTION TAB MOTION — 50–23 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 50–23 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 24–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
• Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
• Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To AS (DiMaso)
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table (Greenwald) (50-23-0)
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (50-23-0) passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S481/651 (SCS/1R)
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To SS (Thompson)
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table (23-11) (Ruiz)
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (24-13) passage
• 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.6. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ae68af3-5d45-4ae7-82f6-db3ecd30a5f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).