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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 Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
Most contested
Shipping box size-proh use of box greater than 2 times volume of product shipped
Bars large online retailers and major retailers from shipping products in a box more than twice the product's volume, with civil penalties of $250 to $500 per offense.
Jun 28, 2024 · Passed 21–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Health benefits coverage through St. Medicaid prog-estab fee, cert employers
Charges employers with 50 or more employees enrolled in State Medicaid an annual fee per such employee and dependent: $325 if 50 to 249 such employees, $525 if 250 to 499, $725 if 500 or more; exempts certain disabilities.
Jun 30, 2026 · Passed 22–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Sales and use tax exemption-phase out on zero emission vehicles
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 21–17 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Shipping box size-proh use of box greater than 2 times volume of product shipped
Bars large online retailers and major retailers from shipping products in a box more than twice the product's volume, with civil penalties of $250 to $500 per offense.
Jun 28, 2024 · Passed 21–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
PJM Interconnection region-obtain new zero- or low-emission sources of energy
Urges states in the PJM Interconnection region to require data centers to get their electricity from new zero- or low-emission sources.
Mar 23, 2026 · Passed 22–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Sales and use tax exemption-phase out on zero emission vehicles
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 21–17 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Firearm trafficking offenses-expands culpability requirements
On the version voted Dec 22, 2025: Extends the fourth-degree crime of violating firearms regulatory provisions from knowing to knowing or reckless violations. Extends the second-degree crime for dealers selling a firearm meant for a disqualified person to cases where the dealer reasonably should have known.
Feb 12, 2024 · Passed 21–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Contested child custody cases, certain-clarifies procedures
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 22–16 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Discrimination of basis of height or weight-prohibits under Law Against Discrim.
Prohibits discrimination based on height or weight under the Law Against Discrimination, with exceptions for bona fide occupational qualifications in employment and safety reasons in public accommodations.
Feb 12, 2024 · Passed 22–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Health benefits coverage through St. Medicaid prog-estab fee, cert employers
Charges employers with 50 or more employees enrolled in State Medicaid an annual fee per such employee and dependent: $325 if 50 to 249 such employees, $525 if 250 to 499, $725 if 500 or more; exempts certain disabilities.
Jun 30, 2026 · Passed 22–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
School property, cert-permit to lease, fed qualified health centers w/o bidding
On the version voted Dec 22, 2025: 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.
May 20, 2024 · Passed 22–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Public Health Institute-provide for designation and establishment in New Jersey
Requires the Commissioner of Health to designate one entity as New Jersey's Public Health Institute, under criteria the commissioner sets, to coordinate among national, State and local agencies.
Mar 24, 2025 · Passed 24–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Homebuyers, first generation & first-time-modify down payment assistance program
On the version voted Jun 28, 2024: Modifies the Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency's down payment assistance loan program for first-generation and first-time homebuyers, including who qualifies as first-generation (such as certain emancipated or unaccompanied homeless youth), and raises the maximum loan from $15,000 to $20,000.
Feb 12, 2024 · Passed 22–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Municipalities, affordable housing obligations-prov cert St. grants & assistance
On the version voted Jun 30, 2025: 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 2, 2025 · Passed 23–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Develop housing-estab cert St funding preference, mun that enhance opportunities
Creates a program giving municipalities that reexamine and amend their master plans and zoning to allow denser housing development preference in competitively awarded State financial assistance.
Jun 30, 2026 · Passed 24–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
School property, cert-permit to lease, fed qualified health centers w/o bidding
On the version voted Dec 22, 2025: 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.
May 20, 2024 · Passed 22–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Longitudinal Data System-establish
Establishes a Statewide Longitudinal Data System linking education and workforce data, overseen by a governing body of education, higher education, student aid and labor agencies, which must provide data and may designate a manager such as Rutgers' Heldrich Center.
Jan 12, 2026 · Passed 25–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Freedom to Read Act-estab req for library material in public school libraries
On the version voted Jun 28, 2024: Requires school and public library boards to adopt policies on curating library materials and procedures for challenges to them, bars excluding material because of its origin, background or views, and gives library staff immunity for good-faith compliance.
Oct 28, 2024 · Passed 25–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Sales and use tax exemption-phase out on zero emission vehicles
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 21–17 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
City of Perth Amboy, FY2024 St aid approp-allow use, broader pedestrian safety
On the version voted Feb 27, 2025: Allows the unspent FY2024 appropriation for the Perth Amboy Convery Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge to be used for pedestrian infrastructure projects in the city.
Feb 25, 2025 · Passed 23–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Motor vehicle-concerns certain related funding to certain municipalities
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 25–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Privacy Protection Act-concerns collection & sharing of certain personal info
Bars State and local government entities and health care facilities from collecting immigration status, citizenship, birthplace, Social Security or taxpayer ID numbers unless needed for eligibility, services or licensure, restricts disclosing them, and limits sharing license plate reader data.
Feb 24, 2026 · Passed 23–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Electric public utilities-develop and apply special tariff for data centers
Requires electric utilities to file a tariff for customers using over 100 megawatts, such as data centers, assigning related costs to them so other customers do not pay for them, and encouraging energy efficiency.
Jan 12, 2026 · Passed 24–15 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Privacy Protection Act-concerns collection & sharing of certain personal info
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 23–14 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Department of Veterans Affairs-establish
Creates a Department of Veterans Affairs as a principal state department, moving veterans' divisions and programs out of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs into a new Title 38B without adding new programs.
Jun 30, 2025 · Passed 32–6 · with most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 1 of 208 party-divided votes on file.
Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act-revises, calculation of gas tax rate
What it does: Extends Transportation Trust Fund bonding authority through June 2029 with $15.6 billion capacity and $10.367 billion for the capital program, revises the highway fuel tax rate, and adds an annual fee for zero emissio…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 21–3, Republicans 3–11
Mar 18, 2024Official record ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
Shipping box size-proh use of box greater than 2 times volume of product shipped
With most of their party · Passed 21–15 · Yes 21–No 15 · Democrats 21–0, Republicans 0–15
Jun 28, 2024Official record ↗
Firearm trafficking offenses-expands culpability requirements
With most of their party · Passed 21–15 · Yes 21–No 15 · Democrats 21–0, Republicans 0–15
Feb 12, 2024Official record ↗
Health benefits coverage through St. Medicaid prog-estab fee, cert employers
With most of their party · Passed 22–15 · Yes 22–No 15 · Democrats 22–0, Republicans 0–15
Jun 30, 2026Official record ↗
PJM Interconnection region-obtain new zero- or low-emission sources of energy
With most of their party · Passed 22–15 · Yes 22–No 15 · Democrats 22–0, Republicans 0–15
Mar 23, 2026Official record ↗
School property, cert-permit to lease, fed qualified health centers w/o bidding
With most of their party · Passed 22–15 · Yes 22–No 15 · Democrats 22–0, Republicans 0–15
May 20, 2024Official record ↗
Homebuyers, first generation & first-time-modify down payment assistance program
With most of their party · Passed 22–15 · Yes 22–No 15 · Democrats 22–0, Republicans 0–15
Feb 12, 2024Official record ↗
Sales and use tax exemption-phase out on zero emission vehicles
With most of their party · Passed 21–17 · Yes 21–No 17 · Democrats 21–2, Republicans 0–15
Jun 28, 2024Official record ↗
Cannabis Regulatory Commission-make various changes to membership
With most of their party · Passed 21–14 · Yes 21–No 14 · Democrats 21–0, Republicans 0–14
Jan 12, 2026Official record ↗
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.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Establishes the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act: election laws are construed liberally for voters, policies that unnecessarily abridge voting and methods that dilute protected classes’ votes are barred, and the Attorney General gets preclearance power over certain jurisdictions.
Motion: TABLE MOTION
A yes vote tabled (set aside) Corrado's motion to amend A1715 (John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act), so the Senate proceeded without that amendment. (AI-written)
Establishes the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act: election laws are construed liberally for voters, policies that unnecessarily abridge voting and methods that dilute protected classes’ votes are barred, and the Attorney General gets preclearance power over certain jurisdictions.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Requires electric transmission owners in New Jersey to join a federally approved regional transmission organization and transfer control of their transmission facilities to it.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Makes it an antitrust violation for rental property owners to use a coordinator operating algorithmic rent-pricing software, for coordinators to facilitate agreements restricting competition, or for two or more persons to engage in parallel pricing coordination (the FAIR Act).
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Creates a program giving municipalities that reexamine and amend their master plans and zoning to allow denser housing development preference in competitively awarded State financial assistance.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Establishes a Social Media Research Center at a public four-year college to study social media's effects, especially on children, recommend policy, and offer free online courses on safe social media use to schools.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Adopts the New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code, requiring covered online services to set minors’ default privacy highest, limit use of their data, bar dark patterns and targeted ads for narcotic drugs, tobacco, gambling and alcohol, and unpublish accounts within 10 business days of request.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Requires public works contractors to certify that each worker has completed a registered apprenticeship or four years of documented craft experience, with exceptions for unionized workers under a collective bargaining agreement.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Bars using personal data to set or vary grocery prices (effective one year after enactment), with exceptions for cost differences, disclosed discounts and loyalty programs; also sets a one-year moratorium on new electronic shelf labels.
Motion: 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
On the version voted Jun 11, 2026: Extends from June 30, 2028 to June 30, 2032 the deadline to submit a temporary certificate of occupancy for certain residential and mixed-use parking projects in Garden State Growth Zones under the Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program.
Showing 10 of 344 votes in this collection. Coverage may be incomplete; each entry links to the official record.