NJ-S1-2012
New Jersey · S 1 · 2012
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Pro-LGBTQ+Vetoed
- Bill key
- NJ-S1-2012
- State
- New Jersey
- Session
- 2012
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- enrolled
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S. 1, 215th Leg. (N.J. 2012), https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp?BillNumber=S1.
- Short citation
- N.J. S. 1.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Creating a state recognized status for civil unions
Curator notes
Content swapped out for bill that has nothing to do with marriage
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loretta Weinberg | Democratic | Senator | SD-037 | Primary sponsor |
| Raymond Lesniak | Democratic | Senator | SD-020 | Primary sponsor |
| Stephen Sweeney | Democratic | Senator | SD-003 | Primary sponsor |
| Reed Gusciora | Democratic | Representative | HD-015 | Primary sponsor |
| Sheila Oliver | Democratic | Representative | HD-034 | Primary sponsor |
| Concetta Wagner | Democratic | Representative | HD-038 | Primary sponsor |
| Mila Jasey | Democratic | Representative | HD-027 | Primary sponsor |
| John McKeon | Democratic | Representative | SD-027 | Primary sponsor |
| Valerie Huttle | Democratic | Representative | HD-037 | Primary sponsor |
| Jason O'Donnell | Democratic | Representative | HD-031 | Primary sponsor |
| John Wisniewski | Democratic | Representative | HD-019 | Primary sponsor |
| Timothy Eustace | Democratic | Representative | HD-038 | Primary sponsor |
| Ruben Ramos | Democratic | Representative | HD-033 | Primary sponsor |
11 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Codey | Democratic | Senator | SD-027 | Co-sponsor |
| Nia Gill | Democratic | Senator | SD-034 | Co-sponsor |
| Jennifer Beck | Republican | Senator | SD-011 | Co-sponsor |
| Sandra Cunningham | Democratic | Senator | SD-031 | Co-sponsor |
| Nellie Pou | Democratic | Senator | SD-035 | Co-sponsor |
| Teresa Ruiz | Democratic | Senator | SD-029 | Co-sponsor |
| Patrick Diegnan | Democratic | Representative | SD-018 | Co-sponsor |
| Pamela Lampitt | Democratic | Representative | HD-006 | Co-sponsor |
| Troy Singleton | Democratic | Representative | SD-007 | Co-sponsor |
| John Burzichelli | Democratic | Representative | SD-003 | Co-sponsor |
| Grace Spencer | Democratic | Representative | HD-029 | Co-sponsor |
Status changes
- : enrolled → enrolled
From the tracker's nightly log of status changes, which begins on 29 September 2026.
Bill text
- As introduced (23,155 characters)
Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.
Sources and license
The title, last recorded status, sponsors and dates are from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0(opens another site), credit LegiScan). The side, status, summary, curator notes, tags, topics, law status, court note and citation are the team's own work (CC BY-NC 4.0(opens another site)).