Constitution of the State of New Jersey

1947

New Jersey adopted its current constitution on November 4, 1947, replacing the 1844 document that had governed the state for over a century. It was the third constitution in New Jersey's history — the first having been adopted in 1776 during the Revolution. The 1947 revision was a substantial modernization effort, consolidating the executive branch, strengthening the judiciary, and reorganizing state government for the demands of the postwar era. It remains in force today and is regarded as a model of mid-twentieth-century state constitutional reform.