Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly on January 8, 2026. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 4083
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
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 Mar 14
Chief co-sponsor from Mar 14
42 co-sponsors
William B. Sampson IV, Shanique Speight, William W. Spearman, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Reginald W. Atkins, Linda S. Carter, Anthony S. Verrelli, Michael Venezia, Tennille R. McCoy, Garnet R. Hall, Mitchelle Drulis, Joe Danielsen, Shama A. Haider, Annette Quijano, Alexander Schnall, Ellen J. Park, Rosaura Bagolie, Chris Tully, Lisa Swain, Gary S. Schaer, Jessica Ramirez, Julio Marenco, Kevin P. Egan, Clinton Calabrese, Alixon Collazos-Gill, Carmen Theresa Morales, Sterley S. Stanley, Robert J. Karabinchak, Cody D. Miller, Roy Freiman, John Allen, Melinda Kane, Balvir Singh, Yvonne Lopez, Barbara McCann Stamato, Al Abdelaziz, Louis D. Greenwald, Wayne P. DeAngelo, Carol A. Murphy, Gabriel Rodriguez, William F. Moen Jr., Andrea Katz, Herb Conaway Jr. (withdrew Apr 4), Eliana Pintor Marin (withdrew Jan 8, 2026)
Its course
March 18, 2024 to January 8, 2026, 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.
Every action4 actions on 4 days
In the General AssemblyMar 18 to Jan 8 · stopped661 days
State and Local GovernmentMar 18 to Dec 12269 days
Oversight, Reform and Federal RelationsDec 12 to Jun 12182 days
AppropriationsJun 12 to Jan 8210 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 12
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 12, 2025
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 8, 2026
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 Mar 18 – Jan 8, 2026
- Mar 18Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to State and Local Government
- Dec 12State and Local Government recommended it as amended
- Sent to Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
- Jun 12, 2025Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations recommended it as amended
- Sent to Appropriations
- Jan 8, 2026Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time