New Jersey Senate · District 17
Bob Smith
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Bob Smith's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Bob Smith.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Bob Smith.
Bills
The bills Bob Smith sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 115 |
| Passed both chambers | 4 |
| Became law | 4 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
| Of those, passed as the other house's identical bill | 2 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 18 of 40 in the Senate (tied with 3 others) · 18 of 25 Democrats (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsors are its prime sponsors, as the Legislature lists them; co-sponsors aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| S2368 "Garden State Balcony Solar Act"; exempts portable solar generation devices from certain requirements, and requires certain entities to allow use and… |
Became law | Sept. 1, 2026 |
| S4424 Appropriates $15,546,575 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for… |
Became law | July 30, 2026 |
| S4296 "Power NJ Act"; establishes advanced nuclear energy procurement program in BPU. |
Became law passed as A4881 |
July 13, 2026 |
| S3819 Modifies certain requirements for transmission-scale energy storage procurement under BPU incentive program. |
Became law passed as A4529 |
March 24, 2026 |
Budget projects
New Jersey's budget, the annual Appropriations Act, doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for New Jersey legislators.
Contested votes where they split
No contested vote against the leader of the chamber or most of their party.
Every roll call
How Bob Smith voted on each of the 214 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President | Yeas–nays |
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- www.njleg.state.nj.us
- senbsmith@njleg.org
- Capitol office
- P.O. Box 068 State House, 145 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08625
609-847-3905 - District office
- 216 Stelton Road Suite E-5, Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-752-0770
Committees
- Environment and Energy Chair
- Judiciary
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the New Jersey Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 17, 2026.
Source: the New Jersey Legislature's floor vote records, Feb. 5, 2026 to Sept. 24, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections