Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
›Jobs & cost of living184 with · 25 against209 votes
As introduced, extends the property tax exemption to veterans with any service-connected disability rated at least 10 percent, in proportion to the rating and capped at $10,000; gives unemployable veterans a full exemption; State reimburses taxing districts.
Sep 26, 2024 · Passed 41–28 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Changes the Energy Bill Watch program so residential smart meter customers can choose to receive usage and cost notifications by text message or email.
Jun 30, 2025 · Failed 31–42 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Creates the Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program, under which the Economic Development Authority awards tax credits to eligible manufacturers and clean energy product manufacturers that invest in the State and create jobs.
Jun 30, 2025 · Failed 27–42 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, requires voters, starting with the first election after January 1, 2025, to display a federal- or State-issued photo ID to vote by machine, or get a provisional ballot; exempts voters with a religious objection to being photographed (by affidavit) and voters covered by federal absentee-voting laws.
Jun 30, 2025 · Passed 44–28 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars custody courts from ordering therapy without proof of safety and effectiveness and good cause, lets children of sufficient age speak privately to the judge, and requires periodic therapist reports. Bars therapy cutting a child off from a safe, bonded parent.
Jan 12, 2026 · Passed 41–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, redefines riot as a violent disturbance by three or more people, creates aggravated riot and inciting a riot crimes, raises penalties for certain crimes committed during a riot, and holds people arrested for riot until a pretrial detention hearing.
Jun 30, 2025 · Passed 43–27 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Jun 30, 2025: Requires electric utilities to file an annual report with the Board of Public Utilities listing each vote they or affiliates cast at PJM Interconnection meetings and describing whether it furthers State goals.
May 22, 2025 · Passed 41–28 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Changes the Energy Bill Watch program so residential smart meter customers can choose to receive usage and cost notifications by text message or email.
Jun 30, 2025 · Failed 31–42 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars electric and gas utilities from charging a residential customer in a multi-unit dwelling a meter-reading fee, charged to customers who opt out of smart meters, that exceeds the cost of that customer's usage for the billing cycle.
Dec 22, 2025 · Passed 42–25 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets school boards lease school property to federally qualified health centers for a nominal fee without competitive bidding. A health center sharing a building must be in a part separate from where students may be present, where federal law permits.
Dec 22, 2025 · Passed 41–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Dec 22, 2025: Allows 988 and other suicide crisis hotline centers to place follow-up calls, texts or chats to minors aged 16 and older identified at high risk of suicide, without parental authorization.
Raises the cigarette tax from $2.70 to $3.00 per pack, raises the liquid nicotine and e-liquid taxes, and dedicates $2 million of the liquid nicotine and e-liquid tax revenue to the Health Care Subsidy Fund.
Jun 30, 2025 · Passed 46–33 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Revises New Jersey Aspire redevelopment tax-credit program rules, including eligible project costs, a maximum eligibility period of 10 years, which municipalities count as government-restricted, and what qualifies as a special mission non-profit project.
Dec 19, 2024 · Passed 41–27 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets school boards lease school property to federally qualified health centers for a nominal fee without competitive bidding. A health center sharing a building must be in a part separate from where students may be present, where federal law permits.
Dec 22, 2025 · Passed 41–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, requires public and nonpublic schools and colleges to designate sports teams by biological sex at birth and bars male students from teams designated for females.
Jun 30, 2025 · Passed 44–27 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Raises additional fees and taxes on real property transfers over $2 million, and makes the seller rather than the buyer pay the additional fee and controlling interest transfer tax on transfers over $1 million.
Jun 30, 2025 · Passed 41–37 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars housing discrimination based on source of lawful income used for rent or mortgage payments, including housing vouchers, public assistance and court-ordered payments, by adding it to the Law Against Discrimination and defining the term.
Jan 30, 2025 · Passed 42–25 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Directs the Department of Community Affairs to give priority consideration for certain State financial assistance to municipalities meeting their affordable housing obligations, with criteria that differ for the first and last five years of a round.
Jun 30, 2025 · Passed 50–28 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Phases out the sales tax exemption for zero emission vehicles, taxing them at 3.3125% from October 2024 and the full 6.625% from July 2025, and repeals the annual sales tax holiday on certain school supplies and sports equipment.
Jun 28, 2024 · Passed 41–34 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Imposes a 2.5% surtax, the Corporate Transit Fee, on corporation business tax filers with New Jersey allocated net income over $10 million, for 2024 through 2028. S corporations and public utilities are excluded.
Jun 28, 2024 · Passed 43–34 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets municipalities of 200,000 or more with over 15 percent 2010-2020 population growth impose the mass transit access parking tax for transit operating costs and a rental car tax, and sends 10 percent of certain parking penalties to municipal court.
Jun 30, 2026 · Passed 54–21 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars state and local government entities and health care facilities from collecting immigration status, birthplace, SSN or ITIN unless needed for a service or benefit, limits disclosing it and license plate reader data, and requires consent, a warrant, or subpoena.
Jan 12, 2026 · Passed 47–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars data controllers from selling sensitive data, and requires data brokers and data collectors that sell or license consumers' data to register annually with the Division of Consumer Affairs, which keeps a public registry.
Jun 30, 2026 · Passed 52–21 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Bars state and local government entities and health care facilities from collecting immigration status, citizenship, birthplace, Social Security or taxpayer ID numbers unless needed to determine eligibility for or administer a requested service, and limits disclosure.
Mar 23, 2026 · Passed 52–21 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
As introduced, extends the property tax exemption to veterans with any service-connected disability rated at least 10 percent, in proportion to the rating and capped at $10,000; gives unemployable veterans a full exemption; State reimburses taxing districts.
Sep 26, 2024 · Passed 41–28 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Requires the Motor Vehicle Commission to issue veteran license plates to honorably discharged veterans, with a $50 application fee and $10 annual renewal fee deposited in a fund appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans' benefits.
Voted against most of their party on 17 of 255 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Climate & energy (5), Technology & privacy (5), Jobs & cost of living (5)
Electric public utilities-develop and apply special rules for cert data centers
What it does: On the version voted Jun 30, 2026: Requires the Board of Public Utilities to set standards for serving large data centers (size threshold no higher than 50 megawatts); utilities then file tariffs assigning data-center…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 53–0, Republicans 2–18
Official inspection facility-concerns employment following contract renewal
What it does: Requires existing qualified employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement to be offered jobs first when a contract to run a motor vehicle inspection facility is renewed or newly awarded, with pay and benefits…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 48–0, Republicans 11–13
Hospitals-estab pilot program to support certain services when relocating;$3M
What it does: Creates a $3 million Department of Health pilot letting a hospital that relocates to former federal property keep a community access location, as a remote site under its license, at its original site in an underserved…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 49–0, Republicans 10–15
Suicide Hopeline-allows follow-up calls from opertators to at risk minors
What it does: Allows 988 and other suicide crisis hotline centers to place follow-up calls, texts or chats to minors aged 16 and older identified at high risk of suicide, without parental authorization.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 49–0, Republicans 11–14
Suicide Hopeline-allows follow-up calls from opertators to at risk minors
What it does: On the version voted Dec 22, 2025: Allows 988 and other suicide crisis hotline centers to place follow-up calls, texts or chats to minors aged 16 and older identified at high risk of suicide, without parental authoriz…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 49–0, Republicans 6–19
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
Requires Medicaid to cover oral ovulation-enhancing drugs and related office visits and tests for people aged 21 to 44 with infertility, limited to three treatment cycles per lifetime, if federal approval and funding are available.
Property registration fee-exempt from paying, prop subject to automatic stay
YesVOTED
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Exempts certain foreclosing creditors from municipal property registration fees for as long as the property remains subject to the federal bankruptcy automatic stay.
Minority- & women-owned businesses-increase awarding of contracts
NoVOTED
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Directs State agencies to make a good faith effort to raise non-advertised goods and services contracts awarded to certified minority- and women-owned businesses by 30 percent within five years, with regular reports to the State Treasurer.
Public humanities programming-provides voluntary contrib. on income tax return
YesVOTED
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Lets taxpayers voluntarily contribute on gross income tax returns to a new fund, whose money the Legislature appropriates to the New Jersey Council for the Humanities for grants supporting humanities programming.
STEM subject, various educational & other programs-designate accounting
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Designates accounting as a STEM subject in state law, making it count for programs that reference STEM, such as teacher grants, loan redemption, and tuition reimbursement.
Sets rounding rules for merchants that choose to round cash totals to the nearest five cents, and fines merchants $1,000, $2,500, then $5,000 for repeat offenses of rounding up where the rules require rounding down.
Working Class Families St Suppl-req portion of funding used, outreach purposes
Not votingNO VOTE
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Requires $375,000 (2.5 percent) of the $15 million Working Class Families State Supplement appropriation in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget to go to informational and outreach activities that raise awareness of the program.
Family & Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program-revise language
NoVOTED
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Amends the Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations act to cut the number of new family medicine and internal medicine residency slots funded by the $2 million Residency Expansion Program from 10 to five.
Campaign funds-auth use for security expenses, candidate & immediate family
NoVOTED
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Allows candidates and officeholders to spend campaign funds on reasonable security measures for themselves, household family members and staff, such as alarms, locks, security personnel and cybersecurity, but not firearms or ammunition.