republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-1857.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	Designates Thomas Alva Edison as State Inventor.	Designates Thomas Alva Edison as State Inventor.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 1857	New Jersey S 1857 (218)	bill	COMMEMORATIO NJ HISTORY SCI AND TECH	enacted	Diegnan, Patrick J. Holley, Jamel C. Jasey, Mila M. Karabinchak, Robert J. Pinkin, Nancy J. Turner, Shirley K.	1	8	4	2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00	2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/708d80c2-9f2a-4985-9828-3be5324ffce6	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	652b4217db335a7f1334b7ec8e7b9e647e31550277de17c2ad6260f7792d056d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1857 (218) — Designates Thomas Alva Edison as State Inventor.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3238
• 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) passage
• 2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.78. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/708d80c2-9f2a-4985-9828-3be5324ffce6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).