New Jersey General Assembly

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox legislature The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.

Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average populations of 232,225 (2020 figures), with deviation in each district not exceeding 3.21% above and below that average.[1] To be eligible to run, a potential candidate must be at least 21 years of age, and must have lived in their district for at least one year prior to the election, and have lived in the state of New Jersey for two years. They also must be residents of their districts. Membership in the Assembly is considered a part-time job, and many members have employment in addition to their legislative work. Assembly members serve two-year terms, elected every odd-numbered year in November. One current member of the Assembly, Gary Schaer, holds another elective office (Passaic City Council President),[2] as he is grandfathered in under a New Jersey law that banned multiple office holding in 2007.

The Assembly is led by the Speaker of the Assembly, who is elected by the membership of the chamber. After the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey and the President of the New Jersey Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly is third in the line of succession to replace the Governor of New Jersey in the event that the governor is unable to execute the duties of that office. The Speaker decides the schedule for the Assembly, which bills will be considered, appoints committee chairmen, and generally runs the Assembly's agenda. The current Speaker is Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge).

Composition

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
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Democratic Republican Vacant
2018–2020 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 54 26 80 0
2020–2022 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 52 28 80 0
2022–2024 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 46 34 80 0
2024–2026 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"| 52 28 80 0
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List of state assembly members

Legislative district Assembly member Party Assumed office Counties represented Residence
District 1 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 14, 2020 Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland Lower Township
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 14, 2020 Ocean City
District 2 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 11, 2022 Atlantic Margate City
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 11, 2022 Atlantic City
District 3 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Cumberland, Gloucester Salem Glassboro
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Woodstown
District 4 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester Gloucester Township
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Monroe Township
District 5 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic June 30, 2018 Camden, Gloucester Camden
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 14, 2020 Camden
District 6 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 1996 Burlington, Camden Voorhees Township
Melinda Kane style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 23, 2025 Cherry Hill
District 7 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2018 Burlington Mount Laurel
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 30, 2025 Burlington Township
District 8 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 11, 2022 Atlantic, Burlington Hammonton
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Chesterfield Township
District 9 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican June 23, 2003 Ocean Little Egg Harbor
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 9, 2024 Stafford
District 10 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 10, 2012 Ocean, Monmouth Toms River
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 9, 2024 Point Pleasant Beach
District 11 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Monmouth Ocean Township
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Long Branch
District 12 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican July 23, 2022 Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean Jackson Township
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 10, 2012 Matawan
District 13 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 11, 2022 Monmouth Holmdel
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 14, 2020 Middletown
District 14 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 8, 2008 Mercer, Middlesex Hamilton Township
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 8, 2024 Hamilton Township
District 15 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic February 15, 2018 Hunterdon, Mercer Trenton
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic August 5, 2018 Hopewell Township
District 16 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset East Amwell
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2018 Hillsborough Township
District 17 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic October 16, 2014 Middlesex, Somerset Franklin Township
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 New Brunswick
District 18 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 27, 2021 Middlesex East Brunswick
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic May 26, 2016 Edison
District 19 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 12, 2010 Middlesex Woodbridge
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2018 Perth Amboy
District 20 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic September 25, 2008 Union Elizabeth
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 11, 2022 Roselle
District 21 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 11, 2022 Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Union New Providence
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican May 21, 2009 Summit
District 22 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 12, 2016 Somerset, Union Rahway
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic May 24, 2018 Plainfield
District 23 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican December 7, 2009 Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren Franklin Township
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican February 21, 2009 Hackettstown
District 24 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 9, 2024 Morris, Sussex, Warren Franklin Borough
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 9, 2024 Chester Township
District 25 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican November 21, 2019 Morris, Passaic Mendham Borough
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 11, 2022 Jefferson
District 26 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 14, 2020 Morris, Passaic Denville
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 8, 2008 Morris Plains
District 27 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Essex, Passaic Livingston
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Montclair
District 28 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 8, 2008 Essex, Union Newark
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Maplewood
District 29 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic September 11, 2013 Essex, Hudson Newark
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2018 Newark
District 30 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 10, 2012 Monmouth, Ocean Wall
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Lakewood Township
District 31 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Hudson Jersey City
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 11, 2022 Bayonne
District 32 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Hudson Jersey City
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Hoboken
District 33 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Hudson West New York
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 North Bergen
District 34 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Essex Bloomfield
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 9, 2024 Belleville
District 35 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 10, 2012 Bergen, Passaic North Haledon
Al Abdelaziz style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 23, 2025 Paterson
District 36 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 10, 2006 Bergen, Passaic Passaic
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic February 10, 2018 Cliffside Park
District 37 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 11, 2022 Bergen Englewood Cliffs
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic January 11, 2022 Tenafly
District 38 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic May 24, 2018 Bergen Fair Lawn
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Democratic May 24, 2018 Bergenfield
District 39 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 9, 2024 Bergen Saddle River
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 14, 2014 Old Tappan
District 40 Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 9, 2024 Bergen, Passaic Cedar Grove
Template:Sortname style="background:Template:Party color;"| Republican January 9, 2018 Wyckoff

Committees and committee chairs

Committee chairs for the 2024-2026 Legislative Session are:[3]

  • Aging & Senior Services - Shanique Speight (D-District 29)
  • Children, Families, and Food Security - Shama Haider (D-District 37)
  • Appropriations - Lisa Swain (D-District 38)
  • Budget - Eliana Pintor Marin (D-District 29)
  • Commerce, Economic Development, and Agriculture - William Spearman (D-District 5)
  • Community Development & Woman's Affairs - Shavonda E. Sumter (D-District 35)
  • Consumer Affairs - William Sampson (D-District 31)
  • Education - Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-District 15)
  • Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste - James J. Kennedy (D-District 22)
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance - Roy Freiman (D-District 16)
  • Health - Carol Murphy (D-District 7)
  • Higher Education - Linda S. Carter (D-District 22)
  • Housing - Yvonne Lopez (D-District 19)
  • Judiciary - Ellen Park (D-District 37)
  • Labor - Anthony Verrelli (D-District 15)
  • Military and Veterans' Affairs - Cleopatra Tucker (D-District 28)
  • Oversight, Reform, and Federal Relations - Reginald Atkins (D-District 20)
  • Public Safety and Preparedness - Joseph Danielsen (D-District 17)
  • Regulated Professions - Sterley Stanley (D-District 18)
  • Science, Innovation, and Technology - Chris Tully (D-District 38)
  • State and Local Government - Robert Karabinchak (D-District 18)
  • Telecommunications and Utilities - Wayne DeAngelo (D-District 14)
  • Tourism, Gaming, and the Arts - William Moen (D-District 5)
  • Transportation and Independent Authorities - Clinton Calabrese (D-District 36)

List of past Assembly speakers

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Note: The first three subsections below end with a constitutional year: 1776, 1844, or 1947. The fourth subsection ends in 1966, the year of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that required legislative apportionment based on the principle of "one person, one vote".

The following is a list of speakers of the Assembly since 1703.[4]

1703–1776

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  • 1703-04: Thomas Gardiner, City of Burlington
  • 1704-06: Peter Fretwell, City of Burlington
  • 1707: Samuel Jennings, City of Burlington
  • 1708-09: Thomas Gordon, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1709-14: John Kay, Gloucester
  • 1716: Daniel Coxe, Jr., Gloucester
  • 1716-19: John Kinsey, Middlesex
  • 1721-22: John Johnstone, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1723-24: William Trent, Burlington
  • 1725-29: John Johnstone, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1730-33: John Kinsey, Jr., Middlesex
  • 1733-38: Interregnum: No Assembly called or elected.
  • 1738: John Kinsey, Jr., Middlesex
  • 1738-39: Joseph Bonnel, Essex
  • 1740-44: Andrew Johnston, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1744-45: Samuel Nevill, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1746-48: Robert Lawrence, Monmouth
  • 1748-51: Samuel Nevill, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1751-54: Charles Read, City of Burlington
  • 1754-58: Robert Lawrence, Monmouth
  • 1759-62: Samuel Nevill, City of Perth Amboy
  • 1763-65: Robert Ogden, Essex
  • 1765-70: Cortlandt Skinner City of Perth Amboy
  • 1770-72: Stephen Crane, Essex
  • 1773-75: Cortlandt Skinner City of Perth Amboy

Template:Colend On December 6, 1775, Gov. William Franklin prorogued the New Jersey Legislature until January 3, 1776, but it never met again.[5] On May 30, 1776, Franklin attempted to convene the legislature, but was met instead with an order by the New Jersey Provincial Congress for his arrest.[6] On July 2, 1776, the Provincial Congress approved a new constitution which ordered new elections; on August 13 an entire new legislature was elected.

1776–1844

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1845–1947

The Constitution of 1844 expanded the General Assembly to 60 members, elected annually and apportioned to the then-nineteen counties by population.[7]

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1948–1967

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1968–present

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History

See: New Jersey Legislature#Colonial period and New Jersey Legislative Council#Composition

Salary and costs

Service as a State Senator or Member of the General Assembly is considered to be part-time.[8] Effective 2002, State Senators and Members of the General Assembly receive an annual base salary of $49,000 with the Senate President and the Assembly Speaker earning slightly more (1/3 over the base).[9] This was an increase from $35,000, which had been in effect since 1990. Beginning in 2026, the base salary will increase to $82,000. Additionally, each legislator receives an annual allowance of $150,000 for staff salaries.[10] In the 2025 Fiscal Year, the total cost of the Legislature in the state budget was $127,346,000.[11] Of this amount, $18,690,000 was appropriated to the State Senate for salaries and other costs, and $25,208,000 was appropriated to the General Assembly.[12]

"Double dipping"

Under state law that remained in effect until 2008, New Jersey Assembly, as well as Senate, members were allowed to serve in both one chamber or the other, as well as any other government positions they might have held at the time, although those who were still doing so as of 2008 ended up getting "grandfathered":

Name, Party-County – Second Public Office (name in bold represents state Assembly member still in both local and state offices as of 2023):

Assembly members:

See also

Notes

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Statistical Data Tables Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Apportionment Commission. Accessed August 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ Gary Schaer | Passaic, NJ
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  5. ↑ Journal of the Governor and Council Vol. VI (1769-1775), Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XVIII; The John L. Murphy Publishing Co., Printers, Trenton, New Jersey, 1893. p. 566
  6. ↑ "The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays", New Jersey Historical Commission, Trenton, New Jersey, 1982. p. 75
  7. ↑ Also in the Constitution of 1844, the Legislative Council was renamed the Senate, to be composed of one member from each of the state's 19 counties, serving a three-year term. In addition, the new constitution provided for a direct popular election of the governor, with the power to veto bills passed by the Legislature. See: New Jersey Legislature#The Constitution of 1844.
  8. ↑ Our Legislature | NJ Legislature
  9. ↑ N.J.S.A. 52:10A-1
  10. ↑ P.L. 2023, CHAPTER 349 ("An Act concerning the annual salary of certain public employees and officers, amending various parts of the statutory law, and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.")
  11. ↑ FY 2025 Appropriations Act, Legislative Budget & Finance Office
  12. ↑ P.L.2024, CHAPTER 22 ("An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 and regulating the disbursement thereof.")
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