# John Burzichelli

John Burzichelli is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1b726d76-851a-487b-a6e6-42ee4fa5c050

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b726d76-851a-487b-a6e6-42ee4fa5c050 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

12% of the 137 bills Burzichelli sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the New Jersey Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 169 donors and 880 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 137 bills: 137 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 10. 11.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 6 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4861: Provides for establishment of pilot program for acquiring abandoned properties in certain municipalities and develop land bank agreement. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4861/
- SR 111: Recognizes the scientific advancements made by the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers University. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SR111/
- S 4820: Permits licensed hospitals to establish micro-hospitals under certain conditions. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4820/
- S 4818: Requires Department of Agriculture to develop guidance on shellfish aquaculture agritourism. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4818/
- S 4815: "Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Act"; establishes annual sales tax holiday every third weekend in August for certain retail sales. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4815/
- S 4816: Provides same death benefits to SPRS members who die by suicide as those who die in performance of duty. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4816/
- S 4819: Expands and changes membership of Aquaculture Advisory Council. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4819/
- S 4795: Requires public school employee to be natural person. (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4795/
- S 4728: "Emergency Crop Loss Relief Act of 2026"; appropriates $60 million. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4728/
- S 4668: Excuses person 70 years of age or older from jury service. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4668/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $264.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 79% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/458/senator-burzichelli

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b726d76-851a-487b-a6e6-42ee4fa5c050