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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaisons."
+description: "Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaisons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 2856"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2856 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Land, R. Bruce", "Madden, Fred H.", "Rible, David P."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfdc5d78-a0d7-41c5-b6ad-a98eefeda3c2"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "93dea96d27c9ce3a28e41cec61a5901252707c4a2a8b19e8a36598b5fa118235"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 2856 (217) — Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaisons.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2856_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2856_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
+- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
+- Rible, David P. — primary (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Van Drew, Jeff — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
+- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4402 (1R)
+- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.57. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfdc5d78-a0d7-41c5-b6ad-a98eefeda3c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+