New Jersey Senate · District 5
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Nilsa Cruz-Perez'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 Nilsa Cruz-Perez.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Nilsa Cruz-Perez.
Bills
The bills Nilsa Cruz-Perez sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 166 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| S3818 Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates. |
Became law | Sept. 23, 2026 |
| S3614 Clarifies payments for non-resident students enrolled in renaissance school projects. |
Became law passed as A4678 |
July 8, 2026 |
| S312 Establishes measures to improve safety of scrap metal businesses. |
Became law passed as A2401 |
July 8, 2026 |
| S1107 Amends Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act to reassign appropriation for City of Camden for Capital Projects to Parkside Business & Community in Partnership. |
Became law | May 7, 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 Nilsa Cruz-Perez 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
- sencruzperez@njleg.org
- Capitol office
- P.O. Box 068 State House, 145 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08625
609-847-3905 - District office
- 208 White Horse Pike Suite 13, Barrington, NJ 08007
856-547-4800 - District office
- 231-L Market St., Camden, NJ 08102
856-541-1251 - District office
- 608 N. Broad St. Suite 200, Woodbury, NJ 08096
856-853-2960
Committees
- Economic Growth Chair
- Military and Veterans' Affairs Vice chair
- Budget and Appropriations
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