republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-647.md

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Bill	Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.	Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 647	New Jersey S 647 (218)	bill	ELECTIONS	enacted	Barclay, Arthur Beach, James Cruz-Perez, Nilsa Jones, Patricia Egan Lampitt, Pamela R. Taliaferro, Adam J.	3	13	6	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d5d8d60c-a234-4ce6-b209-63f638b909ca	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	367ce9750eb5c455fd06f6361c3fcdc000e9532adc202319c1ada1cc45adc922	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 647 (218) — Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint of Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–4 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 23–14 (pass) · upper
• TABLE MOTION — 23–14 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 54–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barclay, Arthur — primary (person)
• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Sa (Thompson)
• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table Sa (23-14) (Weinberg)
• 2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (23-14) passage
• 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee referral-committee
• 2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1186 (ACS)
• 2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-22-0) passage
• 2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.72. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5d8d60c-a234-4ce6-b209-63f638b909ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).