SCR 31 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires Legislature to make bills and joint resolutions available to public on Legislature's website at least seven days before final vote.

SCR 31 proposes a constitutional amendment requiring New Jersey's Legislature to make all bills and joint resolutions publicly available on its website for at least seven full calendar days after their second reading before the final vote. This would extend the current one-day waiting period between the second and third readings to seven days, ensuring the public has more time to review legislation. The exception allowing immediate final passage for "emergency" measures remains, requiring a three-fourths vote in each chamber to bypass the seven-day requirement. This change directly affects the public's access to legislative texts and the Legislature's procedural timeline for passing bills.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
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