# Renee Burgess

Renee Burgess is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 28.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2022-09-29
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b8495630-20f7-4f9e-bf84-2a13a6da3794

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8495630-20f7-4f9e-bf84-2a13a6da3794 (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

17% of the 30 bills Burgess sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the New Jersey Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.06), from 51 donors and 208 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 164. 16.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 3 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4848: Requires written contract for sale of memorials and option for purchaser to deposit payments into escrow account. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4848/
- S 4672: Requires health care claims experience data to be shared with local governments. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4672/
- S 4512: Reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program from $500 million to $250 million. (in committee, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4512/
- S 4390: "End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.* (passed both chambers, 2026-08-27) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4390/
- SR 94: Recognizes history of women's suffrage in NJ. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SR94/
- S 4005: Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4005/
- SJR 93: Recognizes right to adequate food. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SJR93/
- S 3233: Authorizes creation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. license plates. (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S3233/
- S 2032: Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S2032/
- S 2356: Requires Division of Gaming Enforcement to arrange study and implement certain language requirements in gambling advertisements; restricts advertisements and… (in committee, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S2356/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/455/senator-burgess
- Campaign site: https://senatorreneeburgess.com/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8495630-20f7-4f9e-bf84-2a13a6da3794