Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · New Jersey
Democratic
· Assembly Member
Shanique Speight
Represents District 29 in the General Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 74 party-line votes · House Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
98%
Yea or Nay on 304 of 310 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
6 of 447
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 5
Roll calls on record
310
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 Shanique Speight 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 Shanique Speight 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. Shanique Speight is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 74 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.
A4799 · Requires NJ FamilyCare coverage for healthy food prescriptions for certain enrollees.
Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-09-14 · Passed 4–2
A2210 · Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-09-14 · Passed 4–1
A4075 · Authorizes DOH to establish partnerships in international public health.
Assembly Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-03-16 · Passed 4–1
A5185 · Revises regulation of certain health care facilities.
Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-06-15 · Passed 4–0
A3883 · 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.
Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-06-01 · Passed 4–0
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 · 74 shared contested votes
53%
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 (6 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Shanique Speight 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.
Introduced447
Out of committee26
Passed one chamber16
Passed both chambers6
Became law6
Never left committee413
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 5 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Aging and Human Services 51Health 43Judiciary 41Public Safety and Preparedness 37Children, Families and Food Security 30Education 26
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
Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage for certain children with disabilities who are 26 years of age or older.
Passed one chamberReceived in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee · 2026-09-28
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.
Out of committeeAssembly Floor Amendment Passed (Quijano) (Voice) · 2026-09-24
Prohibits sale of certain diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building to persons under 18 years of age under certain circumstances.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee · 2026-09-14
Increases personal needs allowance for certain individuals by annual rate of inflation.
Not out of committeeReported and Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee · 2026-09-14
Upgrades distribution of controlled dangerous substance in edible form to minors under certain circumstances.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee · 2026-09-14
Requires creation and display of posters concerning consumption of unknown foods or beverages in certain locations.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee · 2026-09-14
Requires procurement of management support and other services for certain nursing homes.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee · 2026-09-14
Requires training for employees in certain settings to recognize and respond to indications of intoxication in children from consumption of cannabis item.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee · 2026-09-14
Requires school districts to include instruction on dangers of consuming unknown food and beverages.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee · 2026-09-14
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee · 2026-09-14
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop menstrual plan.
Not out of committeeReported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee · 2026-09-14
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
Out of committeeReported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading · 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
Establishes Domestic Violence Housing Voucher Program in DCA; appropriates $5 million.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee · 2026-09-10
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)
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)
A5440 · 2026-09-14
Increases personal needs allowance for certain individuals by annual rate of inflation. (Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee Committee: Reported Favorably)
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)
A2210 · 2026-09-14
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages. (Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported with Amendments)
S2243 · 2026-09-14
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop menstrual plan. (Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A4723 · 2026-09-14
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop menstrual plan. (Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A4799 · 2026-09-14
Requires NJ FamilyCare coverage for healthy food prescriptions for certain enrollees. (Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A5107 · 2026-09-14
Requires DHS to conduct review of reimbursement rates paid by State's child care assistance program to certain child care providers. (Assembly Human Services Committee: Reported Favorably)
A4186 · 2026-09-10
Enters New Jersey into Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. (Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A2181 · 2026-09-10
Establishes requirements to evaluate certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for endometriosis. (Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported Favorably)
A3260 · 2026-09-10
Authorizes cremation of unclaimed dead bodies and interment of cremains by counties. (Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A2188 · 2026-09-10
Establishes requirements to evaluate certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for preeclampsia. (Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported Favorably)
A4954 · 2026-09-10
Modifies certain provisions of law concerning speech-language specialists. (Assembly Regulated Professions 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)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 310 total roll-call votes this session).
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