Requires certain State housing assistance offices to provide voter registration forms.

S4249

SENATE, No. 4249

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED MAY 14, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain State housing assistance offices to
provide voter registration forms.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
requiring State housing assistance offices to provide
voter registration forms and amending
P.L.1974, c.30.

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

���� 1.� Section 15 of P.L.1974,
c.30 (C.19:31-6.3) is amended to read as follows:

���� 15. a. As used in this
section, "public agency" shall mean:

���� The Division of Worker's
Compensation, the Division of Employment Services and the Division of
Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance, established initially by
section 5 of P.L.1948, c.446 (C.34:1A-5), in the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development;

���� The Division of Taxation in
the Department of the Treasury, continued under section 24 of P.L.1948, c.92
(C.52:18A-24);

���� The New Jersey Transit
Corporation, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-4);

���� Any free county library
established under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 33 of Title 40 of the
Revised Statutes;

���� Any regional library
established under the provisions of P.L.1962, c.134 (C.40:33-13.3 et seq.);

���� Any free public library
established under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 54 of Title 40 of the
Revised Statutes;

���� Any joint free public library
established under the provisions of P.L.1959, c.155 (C.40:54-29.3 et seq.);

���� Any public institution of
higher education as included under the provisions of N.J.S.18A:62-1;

���� Any eligible institution, as
defined by subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1979, c.132 (C.18A:72B-17), that
receives financial assistance, aid, or grants from State funds;

���� Any office or commercial
establishment where State licenses or permits, other than licenses or permits
issued by a professional or occupational board established under the laws of
this State, are available to individual members of the public;
[
and
]

���� Any recruitment office of the
New Jersey National Guard
; and

����
Any office or division within
the Department of Community Affairs established pursuant to P.L.1966, c.293
(C.52:27D-1 et seq.) or the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency
established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-1 et seq.) that provides assistance
with obtaining housing vouchers, rental housing, or mortgage loans
.

���� b.��� Any person entitled to
register to vote may register as a voter in the election district in which that
person resides at any time prior to the 21st day preceding any election by
completing a registration form described in section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4)
and submitting the form to the commissioner of registration of the county
wherein the person resides or alternatively, in the case of a registration form
provided by the employees or agents of a public agency or a voter registration
agency, as defined in subsection a. of section 26 of P.L.1994, c.182
(C.19:31-6.11), to those employees or agents or to the
[
Attorney
General
]

Secretary of State
.� Any registration form addressed to a commissioner
of registration may be mailed to or delivered to the office of that
commissioner, and in the case of a registration form available at a public
agency, the form shall be mailed to the
[
Attorney
General
]

Secretary of State
or delivered to the commissioner of registration in
the county of the registrant.� A registration form postmarked, stamped or
otherwise marked as having been received from the registration applicant, on or
before the 21st day preceding any election shall be deemed timely.

(cf: P.L.2005, c.139, s.10)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires any office
or division within the Department of Community Affairs or the New Jersey
Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency that provides assistance with obtaining
housing vouchers, rental housing, or mortgage loans to make voter registration
forms available.� Under current law, free public libraries and certain State
agencies are required to make voter registration forms available.

���� The bill updates language to
reflect current law that the Secretary of State, not the Attorney General,
oversees elections within the State.