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Democratic
· Assembly Member
Vinnie Kearney
Represents District 21 in the General Assembly.
Votes with Democrats
100%
on 91 party-line votes · House Democrats median 100%
Cast a vote
99%
Yea or Nay on 343 of 346 roll calls · House median 97%
Their bills that became law
3 of 34
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 5
Roll calls on record
346
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 Vinnie Kearney 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 Vinnie Kearney 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. Vinnie Kearney is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
0 of 91 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.
A2470 · Revises high school student financial aid application requirements.
Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments · 2026-09-17 · Passed 4–2
S3245 · Revises high school student financial aid application requirements.
Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably · 2026-09-17 · Passed 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
A4048 · Requires notification to members of health club if club is to be sold and health club services contract assigned to new owner.
Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee: Reported with Amendments · 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 · 73 shared contested votes
52%
Aura DunnRepublican · District 25 · 66 shared contested votes
33%
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 (3 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Vinnie Kearney 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.
Introduced34
Out of committee9
Passed one chamber5
Passed both chambers3
Became law3
Never left committee25
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 5 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Housing 4Transportation and Independent Authorities 4Education 4Environment and Solid Waste 3Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor 32nd Reading in the Assembly 2
Requires use of uniform campus climate survey by institutions of higher education.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee · 2026-10-05
Concerns senior housing rental property exemption from municipal rent control ordinance.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee · 2026-10-05
Requires data center developers to provide certain notice to public before preliminary site plan consideration and hearing under MLUL; requires DCA to maintain related public notice website.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee · 2026-10-05
Requires school districts to provide instruction on anaphylaxis as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee · 2026-10-05
"Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Out of committeeReported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading · 2026-10-05
Establishes School-based Partnerships for Access and Resilience for Kids program in DCF; requires school districts to develop mental health support and partnership programs.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.92. · 2026-09-28
Expands public notification requirements for contaminated site remediation activities.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee · 2026-09-24
Requires SNAP retailers to display information on how to protect SNAP recipients from fraud used to steal benefits.
Out of committeeReported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading · 2026-09-17
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2027.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.37. · 2026-07-08
Revises certain requirements for prescription of Schedule II controlled dangerous substances via telemedicine and telehealth without in-person examination or review.
Became lawApproved P.L.2026, c.40. · 2026-07-08
Establishes School-based Partnerships for Access and Resilience for Kids program in DCF; requires school districts to develop mental health support and partnership programs.
Out of committeeSubstituted by S4413 (1R) · 2026-06-30
Establishes list of essential employees for purposes of travel during state of emergency.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee · 2026-06-23
Establishes "Combat Veteran Pension Credit Act"; provides eligible combat veterans up to four years of pension credit at no cost.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee · 2026-06-23
Authorizes municipalities and counties to lower speed limits on certain roads without engineering and traffic investigation.
Not out of committeeIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee · 2026-06-15
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2027.
Out of committeeSubstituted by S4221 · 2026-06-11
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
A4800 · 2026-10-05
Revises licensure process for out-of-State institutions of higher education. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A3407 · 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. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably)
A2349 · 2026-10-05
Requires institutions of higher education to provide on website certain information on online degree students and graduate degree students. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A5493 · 2026-10-05
"Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably)
A3424 · 2026-10-05
Grants priority course registration to certain student parents attending institutions of higher education. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments)
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)
A2534 · 2026-09-17
Establishes Jersey Strong Public Service Scholarship Program. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably)
A1319 · 2026-09-17
Requires public institution of higher education to adopt withdrawal policy permitting refund for certain extenuating circumstances. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably)
A2470 · 2026-09-17
Revises high school student financial aid application requirements. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A5117 · 2026-09-17
Requires registration of postsecondary education debt creditors; establishes protections for borrowers. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A4994 · 2026-09-17
Modifies definition of "aquaculture" throughout State law to include construction of facilities and appurtenant structures. (Assembly Agriculture Committee: Reported Favorably)
A5504 · 2026-09-17
Expands and changes membership of Aquaculture Advisory Council. (Assembly Agriculture Committee: Reported with Amendments)
A5503 · 2026-09-17
Requires Department of Agriculture to develop guidance on shellfish aquaculture agritourism. (Assembly Agriculture Committee: Reported with Amendments)
S3245 · 2026-09-17
Revises high school student financial aid application requirements. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably)
AJR86 · 2026-09-17
Permanently designates November 8 of each year as "First-Generation College Student Day" in NJ. (Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably)
AR153 · 2026-09-17
Recognizes the scientific advancements made by the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers University. (Assembly Agriculture 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)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 346 total roll-call votes this session).
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