# Paul Moriarty

Paul Moriarty is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 4
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f15f8b7e-96ee-41e8-b59c-b277927985c0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f15f8b7e-96ee-41e8-b59c-b277927985c0 (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

3.0% of the 131 bills Moriarty sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the New Jersey Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.03), from 137 donors and 778 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 131 bills: 131 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 90. 3.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 32 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4669: Requires towing companies accept electronically transmitted authorization of vehicle release to third party. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4669/
- S 4713: "Moksha's Law"; expands recovery of damages in civil action arising from death of certain animals. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4713/
- S 4583: Requires organ procurement organizations to verify and rely on MVC, Donate Life NJ Registry, or other authorized donor registry or data source organ donor… (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4583/
- S 4584: Establishes homestead exemptions for persons in debt. (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4584/
- S 4474: Establishes safety requirements for artificial intelligence companion operators. (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4474/
- S 4475: Requires law enforcement to notify State Parole Board when parolee violates domestic violence restraining order. (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4475/
- S 4401: Requires BPU to conduct study on environmental, infrastructural, and financial impacts of data center development in State. (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4401/
- S 4303: Permits physician assistant or advanced practice nurse to verify excusal from jury service due to medical inability to serve. (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4303/
- S 4302: Modifies certain inspection processes affecting owners of condominium and cooperative dwelling units. (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4302/
- S 4065: Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4065/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $155.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/461/senator-moriarty
- Campaign site: https://www.servingsouthjersey.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-moriarty-ab244a2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f15f8b7e-96ee-41e8-b59c-b277927985c0