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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Permits candidates for school board to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot; permits short nonpolitical designation of principles on petitions and ballots."
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description: "Permits candidates for school board to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot; permits short nonpolitical designation of principles on petitions and ballots."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "218"
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identifier: "S 868"
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citation: "New Jersey S 868 (218)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "SCH BOARDS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86c4d7db-556f-49ad-aeb9-32b6d17880bc"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "ad2655ed2ccd05ae19049be82907bb7d076e8019698b8cbfb75a21605b9817c9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# New Jersey S 868 (218) — Permits candidates for school board to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot; permits short nonpolitical designation of principles on petitions and ballots.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/868_I1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **27–10** (pass) · upper
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
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- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
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- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
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- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
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- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
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- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
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- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (27-10) `passage`
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- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2030
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- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-0) `passage`
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- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.20. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86c4d7db-556f-49ad-aeb9-32b6d17880bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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