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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 Renames "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change. Renames "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change. us/states/nj New Jersey Legislature 219 S 855 New Jersey S 855 (219)
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DeCroce, BettyLou
Gopal, Vin
McKnight, Angela V.
Pennacchio, Joseph
Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
Sweeney, Stephen M.
Zwicker, Andrew
2 7 3 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 2020-08-21T04:00:00+00:00 openstates ocd-bill/6c1c76ba-5a84-41e8-8501-5949b79e7714 http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp 882dd6ce8256e2e37919d92a75ee7198b4daa51fc0f154e512beae5883fb4680 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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New Jersey S 855 (219) — Renames "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change.

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

  • 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 6112 (pass) · lower
  • 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 326 (pass) · upper
  • Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 41 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
  • Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
  • McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
  • Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
  • Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
  • Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
  • Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
  • Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
  • Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
  • Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
  • Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
  • Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
  • Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
  • Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
  • Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
  • Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
  • Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
  • Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
  • Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
  • Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
  • Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
  • Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
  • Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
  • 2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
  • 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (32-6) passage
  • 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
  • 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3594
  • 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (61-12-4) passage
  • 2020-08-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.67. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c1c76ba-5a84-41e8-8501-5949b79e7714. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).