Became P.L.2025, c.275, on January 15, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 5886
Revises process for filling vacancy from this State in United States House of Representatives.
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 Jun 24
Chief co-sponsor from Jul 24
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
Its course
June 25, 2025 to January 15, 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 action8 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyJun 25 to Jan 12201 days
State and Local GovernmentJun 25 to Jan 5194 days
AppropriationsJan 5 to Jan 83 days
In the SenateJan 12 to Jan 120 days
With the GovernorJan 12 to Jan 153 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading66–7
Passed · Jan 12, 2026 · 1 present
Senate, third reading39–0
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jan 5, 2026
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 Jun 25 – Jan 12, 2026
- Jun 25Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to State and Local Government
- Jan 5, 2026State and Local Government recommended it as amended
- Sent to Appropriations
- Jan 8, 2026Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Passed the General Assembly, 66 to 7
In the Senate Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Passed the Senate, 39 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 15, 2026
- Jan 15, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.275