Bill Text: NJ A4921 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires certain State housing assistance offices to provide voter registration forms.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-05-07 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A4921 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-A4921-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman KENYATTA STEWART
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain State housing assistance offices to provide voter registration forms.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring State housing assistance offices to provide voter registration forms and amending P.L.1974, c.30.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 15 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.3) is amended to read as follows:
15. a. As used in this section, "public agency" shall mean:
The Division of Worker's Compensation, the Division of Employment Services and the Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance, established initially by section 5 of P.L.1948, c.446 (C.34:1A-5), in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
The Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, continued under section 24 of P.L.1948, c.92 (C.52:18A-24);
The New Jersey Transit Corporation, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-4);
Any free county library established under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 33 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes;
Any regional library established under the provisions of P.L.1962, c.134 (C.40:33-13.3 et seq.);
Any free public library established under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 54 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes;
Any joint free public library established under the provisions of P.L.1959, c.155 (C.40:54-29.3 et seq.);
Any public institution of higher education as included under the provisions of N.J.S.18A:62-1;
Any eligible institution, as defined by subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1979, c.132 (C.18A:72B-17), that receives financial assistance, aid, or grants from State funds;
Any office or commercial establishment where State licenses or permits, other than licenses or permits issued by a professional or occupational board established under the laws of this State, are available to individual members of the public; [and]
Any recruitment office of the New Jersey National Guard; and
Any office or division within the Department of Community Affairs established pursuant to P.L.1966, c.293 (C.52:27D-1 et seq.) or the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-1 et seq.) that provides assistance with obtaining housing vouchers, rental housing, or mortgage loans.
b. Any person entitled to register to vote may register as a voter in the election district in which that person resides at any time prior to the 21st day preceding any election by completing a registration form described in section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) and submitting the form to the commissioner of registration of the county wherein the person resides or alternatively, in the case of a registration form provided by the employees or agents of a public agency or a voter registration agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182 (C.19:31-6.11), to those employees or agents or to the [Attorney General] Secretary of State. Any registration form addressed to a commissioner of registration may be mailed to or delivered to the office of that commissioner, and in the case of a registration form available at a public agency, the form shall be mailed to the [Attorney General] Secretary of State or delivered to the commissioner of registration in the county of the registrant. A registration form postmarked, stamped or otherwise marked as having been received from the registration applicant, on or before the 21st day preceding any election shall be deemed timely.
(cf: P.L.2005, c.139, s.10)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires any office or division within the Department of Community Affairs or the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency that provides assistance with obtaining housing vouchers, rental housing, or mortgage loans to make voter registration forms available. Under current law, free public libraries and certain State agencies are required to make voter registration forms available.
The bill updates language to reflect current law that the Secretary of State, not the Attorney General, oversees elections within the State.
