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S4445 • 2026

Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June.

Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June.

Elections
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Stack, Brian P.
Last action
2026-06-11
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June.

Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June.

What This Bill Does

  • Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June.
  • Topic: State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-11 New Jersey Legislature

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

Official Summary Text

Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June.
Topic:
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4445

SENATE, No. 4445

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED JUNE 11, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� BRIAN P. STACK

District 33 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday
in June.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
moving the primary election to the Tuesday after the
second Monday in June and amending R.S.19:2-1, R.S.19:3-3, and R.S.19:23-40.

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

���� 1.��� R.S.19:2-1 is amended to
read as follows:

���� 19:2-1.� Primary elections for
delegates and alternates to national conventions of political parties and for
the general election shall be held in each year on the Tuesday next after the
[
first
]

second

Monday in June between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., Standard Time.�
Primary elections for special elections shall be held not earlier than 30 nor
later than 20 days prior to the special elections.

(cf: P.L.2011, c.134, s.2)

���� 2.��� R.S.19:3-3 is amended to
read as follows:

���� 19:3-3.� Delegates and
alternates to the national conventions of the political parties shall be
elected at the primary election to be held on the Tuesday next after the
[
first
]

second

Monday in June in that year.

���� The members of county and
municipal committees of the political parties shall be chosen at the primary
for the general election as hereinafter provided.

(cf: P.L.2025, c.32, s.10)

���� 3.��� R.S.19:23-40 is amended
to read as follows:

���� 19:23-40.� The primary
election for the general election shall be held for all political parties upon
the Tuesday next after the
[
first
]

second

Monday in June between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., Standard Time.� It
shall be held for all political parties in the same places as hereinbefore
provided for the ensuing general election.

(cf: P.L.2011, c.134, s.25)

���� 4.��� This act shall take
effect January 1 next following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill moves the date of
the primary election for the general election each year.� Under current law,
the primary election for the general election is held on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in June. �The bill moves the primary election to be held on the
Tuesday after the second Monday in June.