S593 • 2026

Requires county clerks to send applications for mail-in ballots to registered voters upon their 18th birthday.

Budget 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: 2026-03-23
Official status: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires county clerks to send applications for mail-in ballots to registered voters upon their 18th birthday.

What This Bill Does

Requires county clerks to send applications for mail-in ballots to registered voters upon their 18th birthday.
Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires county clerks to send applications for mail-in ballots to registered voters upon their 18th birthday.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S593 TR

SENATE, No. 593

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators McKnight, Moriarty and Burgess

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires county clerks to send applications for
mail-in ballots to registered voters upon their 18th birthday.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate State Government, Wagering,
Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee with technical review.

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An Act
concerning applications for mail-in ballots and
supplementing P.L.2009, c.79.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The county clerk of
each county shall transmit to each voter who is 17 years of age and registered
to vote in that county pursuant to R.S.19:31-5 an application for a mail-in
ballot upon the voter�s 18th birthday.

���� b.��� The State shall
reimburse each county for any additional direct expenditures required for the
implementation of this section, provided that the reimbursement for mailing
costs shall not exceed the cost of mailing a standard two ounce piece of
first-class mail per mail-in ballot application.

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