Designates State Highway Route 42 and Interstate Highway Route 295 interchange as "Ensign John R. Elliott Memorial Interchange." *
This bill designates the interchange between State Highway Route 42 and Interstate Route 295 as the "Ensign John R. Elliott Memorial Interchange" to honor Ensign John R. Elliott, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate killed in a 2000 drunk driving accident. The bill requires that private funding - not public funds - be used for producing, erecting, and maintaining signs bearing this designation, with the New Jersey Department of Transportation authorized to accept gifts or grants from private entities for this purpose.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Aug 2024
Introduced Mar 4, 2024
Signed Aug 22, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2024 · General Assembly Jun 28, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 20, 2024
D
Democratic25
88% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
5
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Aug 22, 2024
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2024, c.57.
executive
Jun 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0)
lower
May 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-0)
upper
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
upper
May 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
upper
5 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Claire Swift
RRepublican
P
Dave Bailey
DDemocratic
P
Don Guardian
RRepublican
P
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
DDemocratic
P
Vince Polistina
RRepublican
Co
Bill Moen
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
John Burzichelli
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Paul Moriarty
DDemocratic
Co
Robert Karabinchak
DDemocratic
Co
Rosy Bagolie
DDemocratic
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