Became P.L.2023, c.154, on September 5, 2023.
2022–2023 Session
Assembly Bill 4939
Establishes fundamental freedom of person to marry or enter into civil union with person of any race.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Nov 21
Chief co-sponsors from Feb 16, 2023
11 co-sponsors
Joe Danielsen, Roy Freiman, Sterley S. Stanley, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Ellen J. Park, Robert J. Karabinchak, William F. Moen Jr., Yvonne Lopez, Marilyn Piperno, Annette Quijano, Kim Eulner
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jun 20, 2023
Chief co-sponsor from Jun 20, 2023
1 co-sponsor
Its course
December 5, 2022 to September 5, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading78–0
Passed · Feb 27, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Alex Sauickie, Angela V. McKnight, Angelica M. Jimenez, Annette Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Anthony S. Verrelli, Antwan L. McClellan, Aura K. Dunn, Benjie E. Wimberly, Beth Sawyer, Bethanne McCarthy Patrick, Brandon E. Umba, Brian Bergen, Brian E. Rumpf, Carol A. Murphy, Chris Tully, Christian E. Barranco, Christopher P. DePhillips, Claire S. Swift, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Clinton Calabrese, Craig J. Coughlin, Daniel R. Benson, DeAnne C. DeFuccio, DiAnne C. Gove, Donald A. Guardian, Edward H. Thomson, Eliana Pintor Marin, Ellen J. Park, Erik K. Simonsen, Erik Peterson, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Gary S. Schaer, Gerry Scharfenberger, Gregory P. McGuckin, Harold J. Wirths, Herb Conaway Jr., James J. Kennedy, Jay Webber, Joe Danielsen, John Catalano, John DiMaio, John F. McKeon, Joseph V. Egan, Kevin J. Rooney, Kim Eulner, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Louis D. Greenwald, Marilyn Piperno, Michael Torrissi Jr., Michele Matsikoudis, Mila M. Jasey, Nancy F. Muñoz, Pamela R. Lampitt, Parker Space, Paul D. Moriarty, Pedro Mejia, Raj Mukherji, Ralph R. Caputo, Reginald W. Atkins, Robert Auth, Robert D. Clifton, Robert J. Karabinchak, Roy Freiman, Sadaf F. Jaffer, Sean T. Kean, Shama A. Haider, Shanique Speight, Sterley S. Stanley, Thomas P. Giblin, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Victoria A. Flynn, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William B. Sampson IV, William F. Moen Jr., William W. Spearman, Yvonne Lopez
Not voting Britnee N. Timberlake, Shavonda E. Sumter
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Jun 20, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Christopher J. Connors, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Edward Durr, Fred H. Madden Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, Jean Stanfield, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nicholas J. Sacco, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Samuel D. Thompson, Shirley K. Turner, Steven V. Oroho, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Nia H. Gill Esq., Richard J. Codey, Sandra B. Cunningham
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Dec 5 – Feb 27, 2023
- Dec 5Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Judiciary
- Feb 16, 2023Judiciary recommended it
- Read a second time
- Feb 27, 2023Passed the General Assembly, 78 to 0
In the Senate Feb 28, 2023 – Jun 20, 2023
- Feb 28, 2023Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Judiciary
- Jun 12, 2023Judiciary recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jun 20, 2023Passed the Senate, 37 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Sep 5, 2023
- Sep 5, 2023Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2023, c.154