The 221st New Jersey Legislature began on January 9, 2024, following the 2023 elections for Assembly and Senate. It ended on January 13, 2026.
This was the first session of the state legislature where legislators will represent districts in the new legislative map that will be used until the 2031 election cycle.Legislative Districts 2023-2030, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 21, 2024.
The members of the Assembly will serve two-year terms through the end of the legislative session in January 2026 while members of the Senate elected in 2023 will serve four-year terms that will expire in January 2028 at the conclusion of the 222nd legislative session.
Of the 120 members of the legislature in the 220th legislative session, a third of them (40 members) changed from that legislative term to this one, the highest turnover rate in several years. This does include six legislators who moved up from the Assembly to the Senate. The rest of those 40 officeholders either did not run for re-election (some of which were to run for other elected offices not in the state legislature and others were due to the loss of party support as part of redistricting) or lost re-election in the primary election in June 2023 or the general election in November 2023.
A number of changes in the legislative membership occurred in 2024. Assemblyman Herb Conaway of the 7th District was elected to succeed Andy Kim in the United States House of Representatives; Balvir Singh was elected to succeed Conaway in the Assembly. Senator Nellie Pou of the 35th District was elected to succeed Bill Pascrell in the United States House of Representatives; Benjie Wimberly moved from the Assembly to the Senate to succeed Pou, and Al Abdelaziz was in turn elected to Wimberly's vacated Assembly seat. Finally, Pamela Rosen Lampitt of the 6th District was elected as the County Clerk of Camden County; Melinda Kane was elected to succeed Lampitt.
Assembly
Assembly composition Starting January 9, 2024 Affiliation Members Democratic Party 52 Republican Party 28 Total 80
Assembly leadership and committee chairs
Democratic caucus
As announced by Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin:Coughlin Announces Assembly Committee Chair Appointments for 221st Legislative Session, Insider NJ, January 10, 2024
Majority Leader: Louis D. Greenwald (District 6) Speaker Pro Tempore: Annette Quijano (District 20) Majority Conference Leader: Linda S. Carter (District 22) Majority Whip: Carol Murphy (District 7) Assembly Appropriations Chair: Lisa Swain (District 38) Policy Chair: Gary S. Schaer (District 36) Assembly Budget Chair: Eliana Pintor Marin (District 29) Constituent Outreach Chair: Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (District 15) Deputy Speakers: Wayne DeAngelo (District 14), Yvonne Lopez (District 19), William B. Sampson IV (District 31), Gary S. Schaer (District 36), and Shanique Speight (District 29) Deputy Majority Leaders: Reginald Atkins (District 20), Roy Freiman (District 16), William F. Moen, Jr. (District 5), Chris Tully (District 38), and Anthony S. Verrelli (District 15) Deputy Conference Leaders: Shama Haider (District 37) and Tennille R. McCoy (District 14) Parliamentarian: Ellen J. Park (District 37) Deputy Parliamentarian: Sterley S. Stanley (District 18) Deputy Whips: Clinton Calabrese (District 36) and Joe Danielsen (District 17)
Republican caucus
Minority Leader: John DiMaio (District 23) Deputy Minority Leader: Antwan L. McClellan (District 1) Minority Conference Leader: Christopher P. DePhillips (District 40) Minority Whip: Brian Bergen (District 26) Minority Budget Officer: Nancy F. Munoz (District 21) Minority Parliamentarian: Brian E. Rumpf (District 9) Minority Policy Chair: Gerry Scharfenberger (District 13) Minority Appropriations Officer: Jay Webber (District 26) Assistant Minority Leader: Robert D. Clifton (District 12) Deputy Minority Conference Leader: Victoria A. Flynn (District 13) Assistant Minority Conference Leaders: Michele Matsikoudis (District 21) and Christian E. Barranco (District 25) Deputy Minority Whip: Erik Peterson (District 23) Assistant Minority Whips: Donald A. Guardian (District 2) and Aura K. Dunn (District 25)
Committee chairs
As announced by Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin:
Aging and Human Services – Shanique Speight Appropriations – Lisa Swain Budget – Eliana Pintor Marin Children, Families and Food Security – Shama A. Haider Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture – William W. Spearman Community Development and Women’s Affairs – Shavonda E. Sumter Consumer Affairs – William B. Sampson IV Education – Verlina Reynolds-Jackson Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste – James J. Kennedy Financial Institutions – Roy Freiman Health – Carol A. Murphy Higher Education – Linda S. Carter Housing – Yvonne Lopez Judiciary – Ellen J. Park Labor – Anthony S. Verrelli Military and Veterans Affairs – Cleopatra G. Tucker Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations – Reginald W. Atkins Public Safety and Preparedness – Joe Danielsen Regulated Professions – Sterley S. Stanley Science, Innovation and Technology – Chris Tully State and Local Government – Robert J. Karabinchak Telecommunications and Utilities – Wayne P. DeAngelo Tourism, Gaming and the Arts – William F. Moen, Jr. Transportation and Independent Authorities – Clinton Calabrese
Assembly members The Assembly consists of 80 members, two for each district.
Legislative DistrictAssembly Member Party Assumed OfficeCounties representedResidenceDistrict 1 Republican January 14, 2020Atlantic, Cape May, CumberlandLower Township Republican January 14, 2020Ocean CityDistrict 2 Republican January 11, 2022AtlanticMargate City Republican January 11, 2022Atlantic CityDistrict 3 Democratic January 9, 2024Cumberland, Gloucester SalemGlassboro Democratic January 9, 2024WoodstownDistrict 4 Democratic January 9, 2024Atlantic, Camden, GloucesterGloucester Township Democratic January 9, 2024Monroe TownshipDistrict 5 Democratic June 30, 2018Camden, GloucesterCamden Democratic January 14, 2020CamdenDistrict 6 Democratic January 10, 2012Burlington, CamdenVoorhees Township Melinda Kane Democratic January 23, 2025Cherry HillDistrict 7 Balvir Singh Democratic January 30, 2025BurlingtonBurlington Township Democratic January 9, 2018Mount LaurelDistrict 8 Republican January 11, 2022Atlantic, BurlingtonHammonton Democratic January 9, 2024Chesterfield TownshipDistrict 9 Republican June 23, 2003OceanLittle Egg Harbor Republican January 9, 2024StaffordDistrict 10 Republican January 10, 2012Ocean, MonmouthToms River Republican January 9, 2024Point Pleasant BeachDistrict 11 Democratic January 9, 2024MonmouthOcean Township Democratic January 9, 2024Long BranchDistrict 12 Republican July 23, 2022Burlington, Middlesex, OceanJackson Township Republican January 10, 2012MatawanDistrict 13 Republican January 11, 2022MonmouthHolmdel Republican January 14, 2020MiddletownDistrict 14 Democratic January 8, 2008Mercer, MiddlesexHamilton Township Democratic January 8, 2024Hamilton TownshipDistrict 15 Democratic February 15, 2018Hunterdon, MercerTrenton Democratic August 5, 2018Hopewell TownshipDistrict 16 Democratic January 9, 2024Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, SomersetEast Amwell Democratic January 9, 2018Hillsborough TownshipDistrict 17 Democratic October 16, 2014Middlesex, SomersetFranklin Township Democratic January 9, 2024New BrunswickDistrict 18 Democratic January 27, 2021MiddlesexEast Brunswick Democratic May 26, 2016EdisonDistrict 19 Democratic January 12, 2010MiddlesexWoodbridge Democratic January 9, 2018Perth AmboyDistrict 20 Democratic September 25, 2008UnionElizabeth Democratic January 11, 2022RoselleDistrict 21 Republican January 11, 2022Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, UnionNew Providence Republican May 21, 2009SummitDistrict 22 Democratic January 12, 2016Somerset, UnionRahway Democratic May 24, 2018PlainfieldDistrict 23 Republican December 7, 2009Hunterdon, Somerset, WarrenFranklin Township Republican February 21, 2009HackettstownDistrict 24 Republican January 9, 2024Morris, Sussex, WarrenFranklin Borough Republican January 9, 2024Chester TownshipDistrict 25 Republican November 21, 2019 ‡Morris, PassaicMendham Borough Republican January 11, 2022JeffersonDistrict 26 Republican January 14, 2020Morris, PassaicDenville Republican January 8, 2008Morris PlainsDistrict 27 Democratic January 9, 2024Essex, PassaicLivingston Democratic January 9, 2024MontclairDistrict 28 Democratic January 8, 2008Essex, UnionNewark Democratic January 9, 2024MaplewoodDistrict 29 Democratic September 11, 2013Essex, HudsonNewark Democratic January 9, 2018NewarkDistrict 30 Republican January 10, 2012 ±Monmouth, OceanWall Democratic January 9, 2024Lakewood TownshipDistrict 31 Democratic January 9, 2024HudsonJersey City Democratic January 11, 2022BayonneDistrict 32 Democratic January 9, 2024HudsonJersey City Democratic January 9, 2024HobokenDistrict 33 Democratic January 9, 2024HudsonWest New York Democratic January 9, 2024North BergenDistrict 34 Democratic January 9, 2024EssexBloomfield Democratic January 9, 2024BellevilleDistrict 35 Democratic January 10, 2012Bergen, PassaicNorth Haledon Al Abdelaziz Democratic January 23, 2025PatersonDistrict 36 Democratic January 10, 2006Bergen, PassaicPassaic Democratic February 10, 2018Cliffside ParkDistrict 37 Democratic January 11, 2022BergenEnglewood Cliffs Democratic January 11, 2022TenaflyDistrict 38 Democratic May 24, 2018BergenFair Lawn Democratic May 24, 2018BergenfieldDistrict 39 Republican January 9, 2024BergenSaddle River Republican January 14, 2014Old TappanDistrict 40 Republican January 9, 2024Bergen, PassaicCedar Grove Republican January 9, 2018Wyckoff
‡ Dunn was appointed to the seat in November 2019. The appointment expired at the conclusion of the 2018–19 term in January 2020. She was reappointed again in February 2020 after the start of the next term and then won the seat in a special election in November 2020. ± Kean previously served in the Assembly from 2002 to 2008
Senate
Senate composition Starting January 9, 2024 Affiliation Members Democratic Party 25 Republican Party 15 Total 40
Senate leadership
Democratic caucus
Majority Leader: M. Theresa Ruiz (District 29) Assistant Majority Leaders: James Beach (District 6), Linda R. Greenstein (District 14) and Gordon M. Johnson (District 37) Deputy Majority Leader: Paul A. Sarlo (District 36) Senate President Pro Tempore: Shirley K. Turner (District 15) Democratic Conference Chair: Vin Gopal (District 11) Majority Whip: Troy Singleton (District 7)
Republican caucus
Minority Leader: Anthony M. Bucco (District 25) Deputy Republican Leaders: Robert W. Singer (District 30) and Joseph Pennacchio (District 26) Conference Leader: Holly T. Schepisi (District 39) Budget Officer: Declan J. O'Scanlon, Jr. (District 13) Ranking Member Judiciary Committee: Kristin M. Corrado (District 40) Republican Whip: Michael L. Testa Jr. (District 1) Deputy Conference Leader: Vincent J. Polistina (District 2)
Committee chairs
As announced by Senate President Nick Scutari:Scutari Announces Committee Assignments for 221st Legislature, Insider NJ, January 10, 2024
Budget and Appropriations: Paul Sarlo Community and Urban Affairs: Troy Singleton Commerce: Joseph Lagana Economic Growth: Nilsa Cruz-Perez Education: Vin Gopal Environment and Energy: Bob Smith Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens: Joe F. Vitale Higher Education: Joseph Cryan Judiciary: Brian Stack Labor: Gordon Johnson Law and Public Safety: Linda Greenstein Military and Veterans: Raj Mukerhji Senate Legislative Oversight: Andrew Zwicker State Government, Wagering, and Historic Preservation: James Beach Transportation: Patrick J. Diegnan
Senate members The Senate consists of 40 members, one for each district.