KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to New Jersey

S3464 • 2026

Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.

Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Beach, James
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.

Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.
  • Topic: State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.
Topic:
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
S3464

SENATE, No. 3464

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires State to use at least half of future federal
�Help America Vote Act� funds for voting systems with paper record.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning the use of certain federal fund allocations
for election technology purposes and amending P.L.2004, c.88.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.2004,
c.88 (C.19:61-3) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� There is hereby
established in the Department of the Treasury a special, nonlapsing fund to be
known as the Federal Elections Assistance Fund.

���� The fund is established in
accordance with paragraph (b) of section 254 of Pub.L.107-252, (42 U.S.C.15404)
for the purpose of receiving:

���� a.���� all moneys appropriated
or otherwise made available by the State for the purpose of carrying out the
activities required by Pub.L.107-252;

���� b.��� all payments which will
be received from the federal government pursuant to Pub.L.107-252;

���� c.���� interest earned on
deposits made in the fund; and

���� d.��� such other additional
amounts as may be appropriated under federal or State law.

���� The State Treasurer is
authorized to transfer into the fund in a timely manner such State moneys as
will be necessary to insure that the State qualifies for the maximum amount of
federal funds appropriated to implement Pub.L.107-252.

����
Notwithstanding the
provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, at least half
of federal funds appropriated to the State in accordance with Pub.L.107-252 during
the 15 years following the effective date of P.L.�� , c.��� (C.��� ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill) shall be allocated by the State Treasurer
for the purpose of replacing voting machines with a voting system that provides
a paper record of each vote cast.

(cf: P.L.2004, c.88, s.3)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� Under the federal �Help
America Vote Act of 2002,� Pub.L.107-252, also known as HAVA, the federal
government allocated to the State funding for modernizing various aspects of
the elections process.� This bill provides that at least half of any future
funds allocated to the State under HAVA during the 15 years following the
bill�s effective date would be used to replace current voting machines with a
voting system that provides a paper record of each vote cast.