New Jersey Assembly Bill 1715

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 63)
Status: Passed on July 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-07-02 - Approved P.L.2026, c.31.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."

Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."

Rep. Verlina Reynolds-Jackson [D]	Sen. Shirley Turner [D]	Sen. Joseph Cryan [D]	Sen. Nicholas Scutari [D]
Rep. William Sampson [D]	Rep. Shanique Speight [D]	Rep. William Spearman [D]	Rep. Cleopatra Tucker [D]
Rep. Linda Carter [D]	Rep. Anthony Verrelli [D]	Rep. Michael Venezia [D]	Rep. Tennille McCoy [D]
Rep. Mitchelle Drulis [D]	Rep. Joe Danielsen [D]	Rep. Shama Haider [D]	Rep. Annette Quijano [D]
Rep. Alexander Schnall [D]	Rep. Ellen Park [D]	Rep. Rosy Bagolie [D]	Rep. Christopher Tully [D]
Rep. Lisa Swain [D]	Rep. Gary Schaer [D]	Rep. Kevin Egan [D]	Rep. Clinton Calabrese [D]
Rep. Alixon Collazos-Gill [D]	Rep. Carmen Morales [D]	Rep. Sterley Stanley [D]	Rep. Robert Karabinchak [D]
Rep. Cody Miller [D]	Rep. Roy Freiman [D]	Rep. Melinda Kane [D]	Rep. Balvir Singh [D]
Rep. Yvonne Lopez [D]	Rep. Al Abdelaziz [D]	Rep. Louis Greenwald [D]	Rep. Wayne DeAngelo [D]
Rep. Kenyatta Stewart [D]	Rep. William Moen [D]	Rep. Marisa Sweeney [D]	Rep. Katie Brennan [D]
Rep. Chigozie Onyema [D]	Rep. Maureen Rowan [D]	Rep. Jerry Walker [D]	Rep. Ravi Bhalla [D]
Rep. Larry Wainstein [D]	Rep. Gabriel Rodriguez [D]	Sen. Angela Mcknight [D]	Sen. Andrew Zwicker [D]
Sen. Renee Burgess [D]	Sen. Raj Mukherji [D]	Sen. Linda Greenstein [D]	Sen. John McKeon [D]
Sen. Troy Singleton [D]	Sen. Patrick Diegnan [D]	Sen. Benjie Wimberly [D]	Sen. Britnee Timberlake [D]
Sen. Gordon Johnson [D]	Sen. Brian Stack [D]	Sen. Vin Gopal [D]	Sen. Robert Smith [D]
Sen. Paul Moriarty [D]	Sen. Teresa Ruiz [D]	Sen. Nilsa Cruz-Perez [D]

2026-06-30 - Senate - Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage (Y: 25 N: 14 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-30 - Senate - Senate Floor: Table Motion (Y: 25 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-30 - Assembly - Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments (Y: 57 N: 21 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-30 - Senate - Senate Floor: Substitute for S282 (Voice Vote) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-28 - Senate - Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee: Reported with Amendments (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-21 - Senate - Senate Judiciary Committee: Reported with Amendments (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-23 - Assembly - Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage (Y: 54 N: 20 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-23 - Assembly - Assembly Floor: Table Motion (Y: 41 N: 20 NV: 19 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-19 - Assembly - Assembly Appropriations Committee: Reported with Amendments (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-19 - Assembly - Assembly State and Local Government Committee: Reported with Substitution (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-02	Assembly	Approved P.L.2026, c.31.
2026-06-30	Assembly	Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (57-21-0)
2026-06-30	Assembly	Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
2026-06-30	Senate	Passed by the Senate (25-14)
2026-06-30	Senate	Motion To Table Sa (25-15) (Ruiz)
2026-06-30	Senate	Motion To Sa (Corrado)
2026-06-30	Senate	Substituted for S282 (SCS/1R)
2026-06-28	Senate	Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
2026-05-21	Senate	Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
2026-05-21	Senate	Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
2026-05-14	Senate	Transferred to Senate Judiciary Committee
2026-05-04	Senate	Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
2026-03-23	Assembly	Passed by the Assembly (54-20-0)
2026-03-23	Assembly	Motion To Table (Quijano) (43-20-0)
2026-03-23	Assembly	Motion To Aa (Flynn)
2026-03-19	Assembly	Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
2026-02-19	Assembly	Reported as an Assembly Committee Substitute and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
2026-01-13	Assembly	Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

A4083 (Carry Over) 2026-01-08 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
S3009 (Carry Over) 2024-04-08 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
S282 (Same As) 2026-06-30 - Substituted by A1715 (ACS/3R)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A1715
Text	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_I1.HTM
Text	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_U1.HTM
Text	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_R1.HTM
Text	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_R2.HTM
Text	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_R3.HTM
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_S1.PDF
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_E1.PDF
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_S2.PDF
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_E2.PDF
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_S3.PDF
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_E3.PDF
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_S4.PDF
Supplement	https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2026/A2000/1715_E4.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A1715