republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-5816.md

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Bill	Allows county boards of elections to expand staff and appoint clerk within county budgetary requirements.	Allows county boards of elections to expand staff and appoint clerk within county budgetary requirements.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 5816	New Jersey A 5816 (219)	bill	COUNTIES ELECTIONS	enacted	Lagana, Joseph A. Speight, Shanique Swain, Lisa Tully, P. Christopher	2	10	4	2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00	2021-08-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fffdfa62-fcde-427a-bd91-916d8ae789a9	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	6539969bbe50afab6f1a40a6ae97577147c9717abbedc9beee5bc55a2fa6bb77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5816 (219) — Allows county boards of elections to expand staff and appoint clerk within county budgetary requirements.

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

• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 71–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 10–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
• Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (71-1-0) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3848 (1R)
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) passage
• 2021-08-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.205. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fffdfa62-fcde-427a-bd91-916d8ae789a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).