# Owen Henry

Owen Henry is a Republican member of the New Jersey Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fee23b32-9f92-4951-889e-6d09749a78b9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fee23b32-9f92-4951-889e-6d09749a78b9 (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

Henry sits at +0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.02), from 55 donors and 203 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 122. 5.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 21 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4777: Requires SADC and any local board acquiring farmland for preservation purposes to provide partial payment to landowner, in advance of settlement, to… (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4777/
- S 4753: Authorizes Department of Agriculture to designate "School of Agriculture for Next Century," to support education, research, and workforce development in… (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4753/
- S 4756: Requires electric public utilities to develop service restoration plans for certain communities on well water or septic systems. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4756/
- S 4752: Requires BPU to allow certain bidding practices during basic generation service auctions. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4752/
- S 4761: Requires BPU to impose penalties during audits. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4761/
- SJR 160: Urges US Department of State to take action to secure release of James "Jimmy" Wilgus from wrongful imprisonment in Russia. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SJR160/
- S 4755: Requires electric public utilities to conduct wellness checks in age-restricted communities during power outages. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4755/
- S 4754: Expand existing prohibition against unauthorized practice of various professions to include content produced by or with assistance of artificial intelligence. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4754/
- S 4778: Repeals certain energy reduction and reporting requirements for electric and natural gas usage. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4778/
- SR 107: Condemns Governor's support of Delaney Hall riots. (in committee, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SR107/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/470/senator-henry
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayoroldbridge
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/owen-henry-11826269/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fee23b32-9f92-4951-889e-6d09749a78b9