republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-5159.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	Permits county commissioner of registration and board of elections to use electronic poll books.	Permits county commissioner of registration and board of elections to use electronic poll books.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 5159	New Jersey A 5159 (218)	bill	ELECTIONS	enacted	Diegnan, Patrick J. Greenstein, Linda R. Karabinchak, Robert J. Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Verrelli, Anthony S.	2	9	4	2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00	2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/99d47126-3d98-4f12-9acd-64f0b8a7cb0c	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	105c4cf577c33d32aed68b91869c39323af149998bd38e39e8395349b83b899b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5159 (218) — Permits county commissioner of registration and board of elections to use electronic poll books.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (78-0-0) passage
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3544 (1R)
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.80. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99d47126-3d98-4f12-9acd-64f0b8a7cb0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).