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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act.\""
+description: "\"Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 3979"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3979 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN", "CORRECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79a08547-0ff0-4451-b310-5694b38e17c1"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "d3548dff76745394c19e075b088d484c3bc3a1b34fe11a37e07b6b9cdb5da545"
+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 A 3979 (218) — "Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A4000/3979_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A4000/3979_I1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint of Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A4000/3979_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **10–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **28–11** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **48–19** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN SA — **50–13** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (48-19-9) `passage`
+- **2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2540 (SCS/1R)
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (28-11) `passage`
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (50-13-5) `passage`
+- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.288. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79a08547-0ff0-4451-b310-5694b38e17c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+