Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · New Jersey
Chris DePhillips
Republican · Assembly Member

Chris DePhillips

Represents District 40 in the General Assembly.

Official site ↗ Email
Votes with Republicans
86%
on 51 party-line votes · House Republicans median 96%
Cast a vote
71%
Yea or Nay on 209 of 294 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
2 of 112
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
294
2026-2027 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 11, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026-2027 Regular Session.

How Chris DePhillips votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Chris DePhillips sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Chris DePhillips is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

7 of 51 party-line votes.

A5439 · Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.
Yea
Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage · 2026-09-24 · Passed 58–16 · most Republicans voted the other way
A3496 · Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.
Yea
Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage · 2026-09-24 · Passed 58–16 · most Republicans voted the other way
S170 · Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.
Yea
Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage · 2026-06-30 · Passed 66–13 · most Republicans voted the other way
S4515 · Authorizes dual employment by certain employees of Rutgers University and affiliated contracting entities.
Yea
Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage · 2026-06-30 · Passed 50–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
A5016 · Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.
Yea
Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments · 2026-06-30 · Passed 62–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
A796 · Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.
Yea
Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments · 2026-06-30 · Passed 59–18 · most Republicans voted the other way
A5016 · Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.
Yea
Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage · 2026-06-11 · Passed 62–15 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

A3078 · Requires DEP to establish online flood, rainfall, river level, and sewer capacity dashboard.
Yea
Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-06-01 · Passed 5–1
A1160 · Requires DOH to evaluate technology uses in long-term care settings, implements certain technological requirements within long-term care settings, and clarifies existing telehealth reimbursement parity includes long-term care settings.
Yea
Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-09-14 · Passed 5–0
A2757 · Requires transmission owners to join regional transmission organizations approved by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Nay
Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-06-15 · Passed 7–2
A3082 · Establishes public-private partnerships to share de-identified traffic data.
Yea
Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-06-01 · Passed 5–0
A5440 · Increases personal needs allowance for certain individuals by annual rate of inflation.
Yea
Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-09-14 · Passed 6–0
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

Anthony AngelozziDemocrat · District 8 · 41 shared contested votes
32%
Marisa SweeneyDemocrat · District 25 · 41 shared contested votes
32%
Heather SimmonsDemocrat · District 3 · 36 shared contested votes
31%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (85 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2026-02: 14 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 75 roll calls, 71 without a Yea or Nay2026-05: 26 roll calls, 1 without a Yea or Nay2026-06: 141 roll calls, 7 without a Yea or Nay2026-09: 38 roll calls, 5 without a Yea or NayFeb 2026Sep 2026
← New Jersey Delegation
Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Chris DePhillips was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced112
Out of committee3
Passed one chamber2
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee107

For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 0 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about
State and Local Government 19Transportation and Independent Authorities 9Judiciary 8Health 8Commerce and Economic Development 7Public Safety and Preparedness 6
Constitutes special committee of General Assembly entitled "Special Legislative Committee on Election Integrity."
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee · 2026-09-24
Makes certain changes to regulation of health care service firms.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.45. · 2026-07-22
Recognizes centennial of Township of Wyckoff.
Became lawFiled with Secretary of State · 2026-06-30
Recognizes centennial of Township of Wyckoff.
Not out of committeeSubstituted by SCR137 · 2026-06-30
Makes certain changes to regulation of health care service firms.
Out of committeeSubstituted by S3463 (1R) · 2026-06-30
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee · 2026-05-07
Establishes "Fiscal Integrity for Future Attractions (FIFA) Act"; establishes commission to review and approve agreements to host certain major events in this State.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee · 2026-05-07
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Not out of committeeReported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee · 2026-05-07
Adds member from Judicial Retirement System to State Investment Council.
FailedWithdrawn from Consideration · 2026-03-09
Gradually reduces CBT rate.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee · 2026-01-13
Prohibits board of education from providing instruction in family life education, sex education, sexual health, sexual orientation, or gender identity to students in preschool through grade four.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee · 2026-01-13
Consolidates certain transportation entities and transfers powers and duties of such entities to DOT.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee · 2026-01-13
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 6.625 to 6 percent.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee · 2026-01-13
Designates March 17 of each year as "Profound Autism Day."
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee · 2026-01-13
Provides temporary deduction for food and beverage establishments from certain sales and use tax remittances.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee · 2026-01-13

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

A4275 · 2026-09-24
Establishes Statewide dashboard to compile data for certain permits. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 73-0
NV
S4495 · 2026-09-24
Allows use of Green Acres funds to fully fund certain projects on State-owned land by certain nonprofit organizations. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A5233 · 2026-09-24
Allows rounding for cash transactions. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 62-4
NV
A3496 · 2026-09-24
Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 58-16
Yea
A2375 · 2026-09-24
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DVA. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
AJR103 · 2026-09-24
Designates September 22 as "John Basilone Day." (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
AR150 · 2026-09-24
Urges prohibition of targeted gambling advertisements to individuals exhibiting signs of problem gambling or addiction. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 72-0
Yea
A5503 · 2026-09-24
Requires Department of Agriculture to develop guidance on shellfish aquaculture agritourism. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 73-0
Yea
A5107 · 2026-09-24
Requires DHS to conduct review of reimbursement rates paid by State's child care assistance program to certain child care providers. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A4103 · 2026-09-24
Requires construction permit for certain work involving asbestos on single-family home, duplex, or townhouse. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 72-0
Yea
A4236 · 2026-09-24
Designates accounting as STEM subject for various educational and other programs. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 63-10
Yea
A3237 · 2026-09-24
Exempts creditor from paying municipal property registration fee if property is subject to automatic stay under federal Bankruptcy Code. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 71-1
Yea
A2342 · 2026-09-24
Requires DVA promote Veterans History Project at Library of Congress. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A5451 · 2026-09-24
Amends FY2027 Appropriations Act to revise language concerning Family and Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 53-20
Nay
A5504 · 2026-09-24
Expands and changes membership of Aquaculture Advisory Council. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 73-0
Yea
A5151 · 2026-09-24
Prohibits surcharge on transportation network company riders for certain paratransit service. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 73-0
Yea
A4994 · 2026-09-24
Modifies definition of "aquaculture" throughout State law to include construction of facilities and appurtenant structures. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 73-0
Yea
A3558 · 2026-09-24
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support public humanities programming in NJ. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 72-1
Yea
A2457 · 2026-09-24
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to include memory care training in annual long-term care training program. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A5439 · 2026-09-24
Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 58-16
Yea
S1340 · 2026-09-24
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 71-0
Yea
AJR86 · 2026-09-24
Permanently designates November 8 of each year as "First-Generation College Student Day" in NJ. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 75-0
Yea
AR157 · 2026-09-24
Honors contributions of US Postal Service and its employees to American democracy. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 65-1
NV
S1395 · 2026-09-24
Allows certain limited liability companies to terminate alternate names before end of five-year registration period. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 72-0
NV
AR153 · 2026-09-24
Recognizes the scientific advancements made by the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers University. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
S4307 · 2026-09-24
"New Jersey History Day Act." (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A4186 · 2026-09-24
Enters New Jersey into Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A5071 · 2026-09-24
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 75-0
Yea
AJR139 · 2026-09-24
Designates month of September each year as "Deaf Awareness Month" in New Jersey. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
AR158 · 2026-09-24
Commemorates 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
S3386 · 2026-09-24
Authorizes use of campaign funds for security expenses of candidate, officeholder, staff, and certain family members. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 51-12
NV
A2018 · 2026-09-24
Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 73-0
Yea
A5064 · 2026-09-24
Requires NJT to publish certain performance-related information. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A2001 · 2026-09-24
Establishes pharmacist licensing exemption for certain dialysis-related drugs and devices. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 74-0
Yea
A1207 · 2026-09-24
Requires unrestricted Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 66-3
Yea
A1160 · 2026-09-14
Requires DOH to evaluate technology uses in long-term care settings, implements certain technological requirements within long-term care settings, and clarifies existing telehealth reimbursement parity includes long-term care settings. (Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
Passed · 5-0
Yea
A5440 · 2026-09-14
Increases personal needs allowance for certain individuals by annual rate of inflation. (Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
Passed · 6-0
Yea
A2457 · 2026-09-14
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to include memory care training in annual long-term care training program. (Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
Passed · 6-0
Yea
S4514 · 2026-06-30
Concerns certain motor vehicle related funding to certain municipalities. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 55-20
Nay
S3939 · 2026-06-30
Permits dual-use solar energy projects to participate in community solar program. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 78-1
Yea
A5223 · 2026-06-30
Creates voluntary pilot program to allow certain facilities flexibility in their psychiatric bed status. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 77-0
Yea
S3183 · 2026-06-30
Modifies various provisions of State's renewable energy incentive programs; requires electric public utilities to consider interconnection applications for certain solar projects. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 60-17
NV
S4420 · 2026-06-30
Authorizes regional rehabilitation and reentry center authority to determine county proportional share assessment for budget purposes. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 72-6
Yea
S4384 · 2026-06-30
Makes permanent temporary enactment allowing certain sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages and clarifies privileges. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 78-1
Yea
S2962 · 2026-06-30
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 78-0
Yea
S2260 · 2026-06-30
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive health care activity that is restricted in other states. (Assembly Floor: Table Motion)
Passed · 46-22
Nay
S2260 · 2026-06-30
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive health care activity that is restricted in other states. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 55-23
Nay
S4404 · 2026-06-30
Makes various revisions to the laws governing alcoholic beverage licensing. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 75-4
Yea
A4852 · 2026-06-30
Revises certain requirements for prescription of Schedule II controlled dangerous substances via telemedicine and telehealth without in-person examination or review. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 76-2
Yea
S3818 · 2026-06-30
Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 78-1
Yea
A4762 · 2026-06-30
Revises law related to licensure of nursing home administrators. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 79-0
Yea
A2550 · 2026-06-30
Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage for certain children with disabilities who are 26 years of age or older. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 79-0
Yea
A5154 · 2026-06-30
Requires jury, rather than court, to determine whether certain defendants are persistent offenders. (Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments)
Passed · 78-0
Yea
A2159 · 2026-06-30
Requires disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and establishes certain responsibilities for litigation funders. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 70-4
Yea
A3240 · 2026-06-30
Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 77-2
Yea
S743 · 2026-06-30
Appropriates $111.6 million in dedicated natural resource damages revenues to DEP for habitat restoration, land acquisition, and restoration oversight projects. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 78-0
Yea
A4666 · 2026-06-30
Permits certain for-profit movie theaters to sell alcoholic beverages under specified conditions. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Passed · 56-22
Nay
A4072 · 2026-06-30
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract. (Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments)
Passed · 67-8
Yea
A4077 · 2026-06-30
Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration. (Assembly Floor: Table Motion)
Passed · 47-22 · 2 roll calls that day, voted the same way on each
Nay
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 294 total roll-call votes this session).
Voting data provided by LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Capitol Office
📍P.O. Box 068 State House, 145 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08625
Primary Office
📍841 Franklin Ave. Unit 4, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Follow Chris DePhillips

One email a week, only when there’s something: every time they broke with their party, and the closest votes they cast. Free, and you can stop any time.

+ Advertise on this pageReach District 40 constituents