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Democratic
· Assembly Member
Joe Danielsen
Represents District 17 in the General Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 78 party-line votes · House Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 285 of 295 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
2 of 133
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 5
Roll calls on record
295
2026-2027 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 22, 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 Joe Danielsen 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 Joe Danielsen 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. Joe Danielsen is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 78 party-line votes.
They voted with most Democrats on every party-line vote this session.
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
A124 · Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault for State-employed civil investigators.
Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-05-28 · Passed 1–0
A4077 · Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration.
Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-03-19 · Passed 5–2
A1161 · Requires employers to include in job posting whether posting is for existing position and sets additional job posting requirements.
Assembly Labor Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-03-16 · Passed 6–3
A1743 · Requires law enforcement officer to reveal facial identity during certain public interactions and to present sufficient identification prior to arresting or detaining person.
Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-02-12 · Passed 5–2
A4070 · Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-02-12 · Passed 5–2
Republicans 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.
Don GuardianRepublican · District 2 · 79 shared contested votes
54%
Aura DunnRepublican · District 25 · 63 shared contested votes
37%
Al BarlasRepublican · District 40 · 82 shared contested votes
27%
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 (10 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Joe Danielsen 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.
Introduced133
Out of committee6
Passed one chamber4
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee118
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 5 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
State and Local Government 17Public Safety and Preparedness 11Military and Veterans' Affairs 10Judiciary 10Higher Education 10Withdrawn Because Approved 9
Concerns automated license plate readers.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee · 2026-10-15
Modifies procedures for parole release, early discharge from parole, and penalties for certain parole violations.
Not out of committeeReported and Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee · 2026-10-15
Establishes content and data privacy requirements for chatbot providers.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee · 2026-10-05
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Not out of committeeReported and Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee · 2026-10-05
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DVA.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee · 2026-09-28
Commemorates 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
Became lawFiled with Secretary of State · 2026-09-24
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
Out of committeeReported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading · 2026-09-17
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Not out of committeeReported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee · 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.
Not out of committeeReported and Referred to Assembly Health Committee · 2026-09-14
Prohibits using facial recognition technology as sole basis for establishing probable cause for arrest warrant.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee · 2026-09-10
Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.32. · 2026-07-07
Concerns New Jersey 2-1-1 information and referral system; makes appropriation.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee · 2026-06-23
Requires safety inspection for certain motor vehicles.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee · 2026-06-23
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening.
Not out of committeeReported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee · 2026-06-18
Decreases number of years of creditable service required for special retirement for certain members of PFRS.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee · 2026-06-04
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)
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)
A5233 · 2026-09-24
Allows rounding for cash transactions. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
A2375 · 2026-09-24
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DVA. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
AJR103 · 2026-09-24
Designates September 22 as "John Basilone Day." (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
A5503 · 2026-09-24
Requires Department of Agriculture to develop guidance on shellfish aquaculture agritourism. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
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)
A4236 · 2026-09-24
Designates accounting as STEM subject for various educational and other programs. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
A2342 · 2026-09-24
Requires DVA promote Veterans History Project at Library of Congress. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
A5504 · 2026-09-24
Expands and changes membership of Aquaculture Advisory Council. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A5151 · 2026-09-24
Prohibits surcharge on transportation network company riders for certain paratransit service. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
AR157 · 2026-09-24
Honors contributions of US Postal Service and its employees to American democracy. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
AR153 · 2026-09-24
Recognizes the scientific advancements made by the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers University. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
S4307 · 2026-09-24
"New Jersey History Day Act." (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A4186 · 2026-09-24
Enters New Jersey into Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A5071 · 2026-09-24
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
AJR139 · 2026-09-24
Designates month of September each year as "Deaf Awareness Month" in New Jersey. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
AR158 · 2026-09-24
Commemorates 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
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)
A5064 · 2026-09-24
Requires NJT to publish certain performance-related information. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A2001 · 2026-09-24
Establishes pharmacist licensing exemption for certain dialysis-related drugs and devices. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
A5276 · 2026-09-14
Clarifies overtime compensation requirements for certain public employees engaged in law enforcement and fire protection activities. (Assembly Labor Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A5113 · 2026-09-14
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program." (Assembly Labor Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A4218 · 2026-09-10
Provides rental and lease protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
A5040 · 2026-09-10
Establishes Hope Card Program to provide victims of domestic violence with restraining order quick reference wallet card; makes appropriation. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A4704 · 2026-09-10
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breastfeeding or expressing milk. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A5071 · 2026-09-10
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
S4514 · 2026-06-30
Concerns certain motor vehicle related funding to certain municipalities. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
S3939 · 2026-06-30
Permits dual-use solar energy projects to participate in community solar program. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A5223 · 2026-06-30
Creates voluntary pilot program to allow certain facilities flexibility in their psychiatric bed status. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
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)
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)
S2962 · 2026-06-30
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
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)
S4404 · 2026-06-30
Makes various revisions to the laws governing alcoholic beverage licensing. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
S3818 · 2026-06-30
Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A4762 · 2026-06-30
Revises law related to licensure of nursing home administrators. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
A5154 · 2026-06-30
Requires jury, rather than court, to determine whether certain defendants are persistent offenders. (Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments)
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)
A3240 · 2026-06-30
Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
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)
A4666 · 2026-06-30
Permits certain for-profit movie theaters to sell alcoholic beverages under specified conditions. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 295 total roll-call votes this session).
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