New Jersey General Assembly · District 12

Rob Clifton

Republican
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Votes with the Speaker 17% On 65 contested votes where both voted · 75% on all votes Votes with own party 90% Partisan rank: 74 of 80 in the Assembly Didn't vote at roll call 13% 33 of 250 roll calls
Bills passed 2 33 sponsored · 2 became law · Rank 40 of 80 in the Assembly (tied with 7 others) Bills that became law 2 of 2 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current Assembly member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Rob Clifton'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

New Jersey General Assembly80thpercentile
More conservative than 79% of the New Jersey General Assembly.
Most liberalMost conservative
17th most conservative of 80

The scores

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Votes with the Speaker
17%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Rob Clifton.

On 65 contested votes where both voted75% on all 214 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
90%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Rob Clifton.

On 60 party-line votesPartisan rank: 74 of 80 in the Assembly73 Assembly members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Rob Clifton sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored33
Passed both chambers2
Became law2
Vetoed by the Governor0
Of those, passed as the other house's identical bill1

Rank by bills passed: Rank 40 of 80 in the Assembly (tied with 7 others) · 1 of 23 Republicans (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

BillResultFinal action
A2391
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.		 Became law Aug. 6, 2026
A4620
Designates portion of State Highway Route 35 in Laurence Harbor as "James Francisco and Walter Schmidt Memorial Roadway."		 Became law
passed as S497		 July 22, 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

54 against the Speaker; 6 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSpeakerMost of their party
Sept. 24, 2026 A5451: Amends FY2027 Appropriations Act to revise language concerning Family and Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
Sept. 24, 2026 A5439: Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
Sept. 24, 2026 A3496: Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A1715: Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Concurrence in Senate Amendments		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A3877: Establishes certain State funding preferences for municipalities that enhance opportunities to develop housing.
Concurrence in Senate Amendments		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5328: Regulates data brokers, data collectors, and collection and dissemination of certain sensitive information.
Concurrence in Senate Amendments		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5016: Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.
Concurrence in Senate Amendments		 Yea Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A796: Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.
Concurrence in Senate Amendments		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S4515: Authorizes dual employment by certain employees of Rutgers University and affiliated contracting entities.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S4513: Concerns temporary use of funding for open space, recreation, floodplain protection, farmland and historic preservation for certain municipalities.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S4513: Concerns temporary use of funding for open space, recreation, floodplain protection, farmland and historic preservation for certain municipalities.
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S4514: Concerns certain motor vehicle related funding to certain municipalities.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S170: Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S4162: "Affordable Power Purchase Agreements Extension Act"; concerns extension of certain public entity contracts related to energy conservation and renewable…
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S4538: Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriations of $358,811,000; adds and amends various language provisions to FY2026 Appropriations Act.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S2260: Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive…
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S2260: Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive…
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A3899: "General Contractor Licensing Act;" provides for regulation of general contractors and general contracting businesses.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Yea Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A4666: Permits certain for-profit movie theaters to sell alcoholic beverages under specified conditions.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5327: Appropriates $60,743,569,000 in State funds and $30,495,124,195 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2027.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5327: Appropriates $60,743,569,000 in State funds and $30,495,124,195 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2027.
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5324: Establishes fee on certain employers that employ individuals who receive health benefits coverage through State Medicaid program.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5323: Modifies eligibility for alternative business calculation adjustment allowed under gross income tax.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5322: Imposes temporary $1 million cap on use of net operating loss deductions under corporation business tax for certain privilege periods.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A4077: Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A4077: Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration.
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A4077: Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration.
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A3481: Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A2401: Establishes measures to improve safety of scrap metal businesses.
Concurrence in Senate Amendments		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A1072: Direct BPU to establish certain incentive programs for energy storage and management.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A4014: Establishes Social Media Research Center at four-year public institution of higher education.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5188: "Advanced Grid Technologies Act"; requires State oversight of supplemental projects and establishes expedited review for projects utilizing advanced…
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5330: Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 S3183: Modifies various provisions of State's renewable energy incentive programs; requires electric public utilities to consider interconnection applications for…
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Yea Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A3497: Establishes "Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act."
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A5328: Regulates data brokers, data collectors, and collection and dissemination of certain sensitive information.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A4085: Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 30, 2026 A2757: Requires transmission owners to join regional transmission organizations approved by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 11, 2026 A4525: Extends deadline for submission of temporary certificate of occupancy for certain qualified residential projects or mixed-use parking projects under Economic…
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 11, 2026 A3392: Designates hazelnut as State nut of New Jersey.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
June 11, 2026 A4075: Authorizes DOH to establish partnerships in international public health.
Concurrence in Senate Amendments		 Nay Yea Nay
June 11, 2026 A5016: Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Yea Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A3507: Establishes standards for determining an unconscionable rent increase; excludes from public access landlord tenant records in certain circumstances.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 S1107: Amends Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act to reassign appropriation for City of Camden for Capital Projects to Parkside Business & Community in Partnership.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 S3945: Revises restrictions on sale of hemp products and intoxicating hemp beverages through November 2026.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Yea Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 S2996: Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A2127: Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A4075: Authorizes DOH to establish partnerships in international public health.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A3929: Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A796: Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A2401: Establishes measures to improve safety of scrap metal businesses.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A4072: Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Yea Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A3877: Establishes certain State funding preferences for municipalities that enhance opportunities to develop housing.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A1715: Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A1715: Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 S3114: Requires law enforcement officer to reveal facial identity during certain public interactions and to present sufficient identification prior to arresting or…
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A4071: Codifies AG directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A4071: Codifies AG directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A4071: Codifies AG directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
Motion to Table a Motion		 Nay Yea Nay
March 23, 2026 A4070: Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Third Reading / Final Passage		 Nay Yea Nay

Every roll call

How Rob Clifton voted on each of the 250 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySpeakerYeas–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
Email
asmclifton@njleg.org
Capitol office
P.O. Box 068 State House, 145 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08625
609-847-3905
District office
14 Cliffwood Ave. Suite 240, Matawan, NJ 07747
732-970-6386

Committees

  • Financial Institutions and Insurance
  • Housing
  • Transportation and Independent Authorities

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