Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · New Jersey
Democratic
· Assembly Member
Craig Coughlin
Represents District 19 in the General Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 71 party-line votes · House Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 248 of 250 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
7 of 45
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 5
Roll calls on record
250
2026-2027 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 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 Craig Coughlin 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 Craig Coughlin 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. Craig Coughlin is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 71 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.
A2127 · Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.
Assembly Floor: Table Motion · 2026-03-23 · Passed 41–21
A1715 · Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Assembly Floor: Table Motion · 2026-03-23 · Passed 41–20
S2260 · 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 · 2026-06-30 · Passed 46–22
A5323 · Modifies eligibility for alternative business calculation adjustment allowed under gross income tax.
Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage · 2026-06-30 · Passed 47–23
A5327 · Appropriates $60,743,569,000 in State funds and $30,495,124,195 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2027.
Assembly Floor: Table Motion · 2026-06-30 · Passed 45–21
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 · 75 shared contested votes
52%
Aura DunnRepublican · District 25 · 66 shared contested votes
35%
Al BarlasRepublican · District 40 · 78 shared contested votes
24%
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 (2 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Craig Coughlin 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.
Introduced45
Out of committee9
Passed one chamber8
Passed both chambers7
Became law7
Never left committee33
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 7Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor 4Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions Filed w/Sec. of State 3Education 3Commerce and Economic Development 3Withdrawn Because Approved 3
Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee · 2026-09-28
Requires Governor's Office of Volunteerism to promote and support volunteerism for compliance with certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients; appropriates $200,000 to DHS, Office of Volunteerism, and DOLWD.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.87. · 2026-09-09
Establishes certain State funding preferences for municipalities that enhance opportunities to develop housing.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.78. · 2026-08-27
Designates November 7 of each year as "Shwachman Diamond Syndrome Awareness Day" in NJ.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, JR-3. · 2026-08-06
Establishes surtax on certain incomes derived from operation of prediction markets.
Out of committeeReported from Assembly Comm. as a Substitute, 2nd Reading · 2026-06-28
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.14. · 2026-06-18
Requires Commissioner of Education to take certain action concerning preliminary State school aid notices and school district budgets and creates New Jersey Education Funding Portal; modifies certain provisions in school funding law.
Not out of committeeReported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee · 2026-06-15
Modifies matching grant criteria for New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust accounts.
Not out of committeeReported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee · 2026-05-04
Honors Thomas Mundy Peterson for being first African American to vote following ratification of 15th Amendment to US Constitution.
Became lawFiled with Secretary of State · 2026-03-23
Provides for General Assembly to hold special commemorative session at Princeton University on February 5, 2026.
Became lawFiled with Secretary of State · 2026-02-05
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee · 2026-01-13
Permits State employees not covered by collective negotiations agreements to enroll in certain negotiated health care plans.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee · 2026-01-13
Requires notification of pet presence in seasonal rental unit.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee · 2026-01-13
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee · 2026-01-13
Condemns hate in all forms and especially all hate and bias crimes.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary 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)
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)
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)
A4072 · 2026-06-30
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract. (Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments)
A4077 · 2026-06-30
Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration. (Assembly Floor: Table Motion)
A4077 · 2026-06-30
Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A3899 · 2026-06-30
"General Contractor Licensing Act;" provides for regulation of general contractors and general contracting businesses. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
A5169 · 2026-06-30
Authorizes HMFA to make certain reimbursements to support pre-purchase homebuyer counseling under Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program. (Assembly Floor: Third Reading – Final Passage)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 250 total roll-call votes this session).
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