republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-5823.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	Removes prohibition on voting by persons convicted of indictable offense who are on parole or probation.	Removes prohibition on voting by persons convicted of indictable offense who are on parole or probation.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 5823	New Jersey A 5823 (218)	bill	CRIMES ELECTIONS PAROLE PROBATION	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Holley, Jamel C. Rice, Ronald L. Sumter, Shavonda E. Timberlake, Britnee N. Tucker, Cleopatra G.	1	10	4	2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00	2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7231154f-046a-49b0-bc03-72037cc878e8	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	784a8e88c6baaea1b6d278256fa7b88a34c2b193514a078ca802bf728acd9320	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5823 (218) — Removes prohibition on voting by persons convicted of indictable offense who are on parole or probation.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 48–24 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–4 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 22–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (48-24-0) passage
• 2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S4260
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (22-17) passage
• 2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.270. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7231154f-046a-49b0-bc03-72037cc878e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).