republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-5117.md

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Bill	Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year.*	Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 5117	New Jersey A 5117 (221)	bill	ELECTIONS	enacted	Beach, James Greenwald, Louis D. Sarlo, Paul A.	3	11	5	2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00	2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b5218cc4-c09b-42a8-93cd-5c36272ee8c4	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	9491371baafb17168f8a204d532e3b329ece1203d22aa40080b1b653fa4e3ae7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5117 (221) — Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year.*

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 1R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint Senate 1/14/25 2R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SA — 49–26 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 24–13 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 46–27 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
• Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (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 State and Local Government Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported 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 (46-27-0) passage
• 2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) amendment-passage
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3994 (1R)
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (24-13) passage
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (49-26-0) passage
• 2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.20. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5218cc4-c09b-42a8-93cd-5c36272ee8c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).