republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-4969.md

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Bill	Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*	Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 4969	New Jersey A 4969 (221)	bill	ELECTIONS	enacted	Coughlin, Craig J. Donlon, Margie Gopal, Vin Peterpaul, Luanne M. Turner, Shirley K.	2	8	3	2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00	2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cbb54b83-de47-494a-8917-7710bfaf334c	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	a3679782e83d7d9396b9cb9807a7c7e3bcb2588aa9abb1ccd833545a84ca3ae7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4969 (221) — Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint Assembly 12/19/24 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
• Donlon, Margie — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Wimberly) amendment-passage
• 2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-2-0) passage
• 2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3816 (1R)
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.150. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbb54b83-de47-494a-8917-7710bfaf334c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).