republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-5116.md

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Bill	Revises design of primary election ballots and certain primary election procedures; provides for ballots to be arranged by office block; removes State committee members from primary process; requires reporting on primary elections by Division of Elections.*	Revises design of primary election ballots and certain primary election procedures; provides for ballots to be arranged by office block; removes State committee members from primary process; requires reporting on primary elections by Division of Elections.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 5116	New Jersey A 5116 (221)	bill	ELECTIONS	enacted	Barlas, Al Bucco, Anthony M. Scutari, Nicholas P. Wimberly, Benjie E.	4	12	6	2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ab230759-83bf-4ceb-8f8f-d2e8c436bcec	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	fadba8d86ed75a18b4af03259b11e095274c27400fa686627bfb43e7e1741037	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5116 (221) — Revises design of primary election ballots and certain primary election procedures; provides for ballots to be arranged by office block; removes State committee members from primary process; requires reporting on primary elections by Division 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 AAP 12/16/24 2R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint ABD 12/16/24 1R (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint SJU 2/20/25 3R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SA — 66–6 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 71–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barlas, Al — primary (person)
• Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (71-1-0) passage
• 2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S4142 (1R)
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-2) passage
• 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-6-0) passage
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.32. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab230759-83bf-4ceb-8f8f-d2e8c436bcec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).