republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-583.md

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Bill	Permits deputy county clerks and municipal clerks to perform marriages and civil unions.*	Permits deputy county clerks and municipal clerks to perform marriages and civil unions.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 583	New Jersey A 583 (221)	bill	JUDICIARY MARRIAGE	enacted	Danielsen, Joe Gopal, Vin Stanley, Sterley S.	2	9	4	2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0a9749f4-e3ef-4dcd-99ac-64325b89ca12	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	ff82c381757b9b36b218681f520bcca70237151ce6656a7913e17e06b3fce1ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 583 (221) — Permits deputy county clerks and municipal clerks to perform marriages and civil unions.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint ARP 10/24/24 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 70–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
• Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee referral-committee
• 2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (70-2-0) passage
• 2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2025-11-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S4104 (1R)
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.222. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a9749f4-e3ef-4dcd-99ac-64325b89ca12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).