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Democratic
· Assembly Member
Shama Haider
Represents District 37 in the General Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 85 party-line votes · House Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
97%
Yea or Nay on 295 of 304 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
2 of 172
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 5
Roll calls on record
304
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 Shama Haider 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 Shama Haider 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. Shama Haider is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 85 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.
A1978 · Requires Chief Diversity Officer in Department of Treasury to develop and implement programs to increase utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State.
Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-06-08 · Failed 4–2
A4077 · Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration.
Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-06-08 · Failed 4–2
A3496 · Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.
Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-06-08 · Failed 4–2
A4085 · Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."
Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-05-14 · Passed 4–2
A4525 · Extends deadline for submission of temporary certificate of occupancy for certain qualified residential projects or mixed-use parking projects under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program to June 30, 2032.
Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-05-14 · Passed 4–2
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 · 78 shared contested votes
54%
Aura DunnRepublican · District 25 · 65 shared contested votes
35%
Al BarlasRepublican · District 40 · 77 shared contested votes
25%
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 (9 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Shama Haider 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.
Introduced172
Out of committee18
Passed one chamber9
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Never left committee140
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 5 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Transportation and Independent Authorities 13Children, Families and Food Security 13Withdrawn Because Approved 12Environment and Solid Waste 12Judiciary 11Education 10
Amends FY2027 Appropriations Act to revise language concerning Family and Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program.
Passed one chamberReported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading · 2026-10-05
Requires hospitals to provide breast cancer patients with information concerning reconstructive surgery; prohibits certain provisions in managed care plan contracts.
Not out of committeeReported and Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee · 2026-10-05
Requires certain notifications to subcontractors listed on bid for State contract by prime contractor.
Out of committeeReported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading · 2026-10-05
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.
Out of committeeReported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading · 2026-10-05
Eliminates court filing fees for individuals who are sued for consumer debt.
Not out of committeeReported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee · 2026-10-05
Requires DHS to conduct review of reimbursement rates paid by State's child care assistance program to certain child care providers.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee · 2026-09-28
Designates accounting as STEM subject for various educational and other programs.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee · 2026-09-28
Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee · 2026-09-28
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee · 2026-09-28
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence · 2026-09-28
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrators of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Out of committeeAssembly Floor Amendment Passed (Quijano) (Voice) · 2026-09-24
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons.
Out of committeeSubstituted by S1340 (SCS/1R) · 2026-09-24
Amends FY2027 appropriations act to reassign a portion of appropriation for Eid Committee of New Jersey to Cultural Society of Bergen County to support Mom's Food Pantry.
Out of committeeReported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading · 2026-09-17
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Not out of committeeReported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee · 2026-09-17
"Protecting Against Microplastics Act"; appropriates $3 million.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee · 2026-09-14
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
A4029 · 2026-10-05
Authorizes county agricultural development boards to contractually purchase supplies for sale to New Jersey farmers. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
A1723 · 2026-10-05
Requires certain notifications to subcontractors listed on bid for State contract by prime contractor. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
A462 · 2026-10-05
Requires inspection for pest infestation prior to certain demolitions. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported with Substitution)
A3346 · 2026-10-05
Requires Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to undertake study to determine efficiency and scaling in delivery of local government services. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A5384 · 2026-10-05
Requires inspection for pest infestation prior to certain demolitions. (Assembly Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee Committee: Reported with Substitution)
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)
A4442 · 2026-09-17
Requires SNAP retailers to display information on how to protect SNAP recipients from fraud used to steal benefits. (Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
A2232 · 2026-09-17
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program. (Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A4124 · 2026-09-17
Provides for background checks and other requirements for certain agencies providing temporary home for persons in crisis. (Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A4732 · 2026-09-17
Requires artificial intelligence companion operators to provide notifications that users are not communicating with human. (Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
A4099 · 2026-09-17
Revises Work First New Jersey program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program procedures to require information on security protocols be provided when replacement benefit cards are issued. (Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
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)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 304 total roll-call votes this session).
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