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A 4773

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Joe Angelino and 23 co-sponsors

Excludes illegal aliens from New Jersey redistricting data, using a legal-resident count from Census, DMV records, and state data to shape districts immediately.

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Bill Summary · A 4773

Summary of A.4773 – Restoring the Representation of Legal Residents Act

Overview

A.4773, introduced September 19, 2024 and currently referred to the Assembly Codes Committee, seeks to adjust New Jersey’s apportionment and redistricting data by excluding the population identified as illegal aliens. The bill titles itself the Restoring the Representation of Legal Residents Act and directs the Secretary of State to base Congressional, state, and local district boundaries on an adjusted population that reflects only legal residents, rather than including all persons counted in the federal census.

Key Provisions

  • Core aim: Exclude the population of illegal aliens from census/apportionment data used for districting purposes in New Jersey (Congressional, Senate, Assembly, county, municipal wards, and school districts).
  • Data adjustment requirement (Section 3a): The Secretary of State must adjust data prepared under existing law (P.L.2019, c.385) together with Census Bureau data to exclude illegal aliens for purposes of apportionment and redistricting.
  • Methodology (Section 3b): Develop an accurate count of the legal population using multiple datasets, including:
    • Census data on citizenship/legal status
    • New Jersey MVC data (driver’s licenses, permits, IDs, changes of address, licenses/cards issued where no SSN/ITIN provided)
    • Other reliable governmental sources as deemed appropriate
  • Conditional data requirement (Section 3c): The adjustment requirement would not apply if the Census Bureau provides a count of legal residents that excludes only illegal aliens, using that count as the basis for NJ districting.
  • Immediate effect: The act provides that it “shall take effect immediately.”

Data Sources and Methodology

  • The bill envisions using a combination of federal census data and state administrative data to estimate a “legal population.” It explicitly includes DMV records (licenses/IDs and address changes) and allows other reliable government data to refine legality/residency status.

Affected Entities and Impacts

  • State actors: Secretary of State (primary administrator of the data adjustment and methodology).
  • Political subdivisions: Congressional districts, New Jersey Senate and General Assembly districts, county districts, municipal wards, and school districts in the state.
  • Residents: Legal residents would be the basis for districting; the bill posits that districts with fewer illegal aliens would be represented based on a larger proportion of legal residents.

Legislative History and Status

  • Introduced in the Assembly on September 19, 2024.
  • Referred to the Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee.
  • As of February 6, 2025, status shows REFERRED TO CODES.

Related Considerations

  • The bill references existing state law (C.52:4-1.4) and federal census data (Pub. L. 94-171) as foundational, but would override for purposes of apportionment if enacted.
  • Potential legal and policy implications include privacy considerations, data-sharing concerns, and alignment with federal constitutional requirements for apportionment.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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