republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-2531.md

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Bill	Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of elections. *	Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of elections. *	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 2531	New Jersey S 2531 (218)	bill	ELECTIONS	enacted	Beach, James Jones, Patricia Egan	3	17	10	2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00	2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d9c42784-da1f-4ec3-a7a1-15daee85506d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	620a8907e35493a589e08cee3f83eabaaf42916c78ea9217c65af61019fbd4c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2531 (218) — Allows county governing body in certain counties to abolish offices of superintendent and deputy superintendent of elections and transfer functions to county board of elections. *

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
3. Reprint Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPT GR — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• EMERGENCY — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• SUSPEND RULE 22:5a — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-1) passage
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4072 (1R)
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (77-0-0) passage
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) passage
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Emergency Resolution (37-0) (Beach)
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Motion Suspend 22:5a (Jones) (77-0-0)
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) passage
• 2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.163. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9c42784-da1f-4ec3-a7a1-15daee85506d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).