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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Directs NJ State Council on Arts to create and disseminate best practices guide for at-risk youth arts programs; requires council to assist government entities creating programs that adopt best practices."
+description: "Directs NJ State Council on Arts to create and disseminate best practices guide for at-risk youth arts programs; requires council to assist government entities creating programs that adopt best practices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 4500"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4500 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARTS AND CUL", "JUVENILE JUS", "STATE DEPTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mejia, Pedro", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeab1e56-83c1-4c27-af58-d4393605f6a5"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "f12af7630073131d306260fd65d2d8515a0c8a4d1c29e00f33cd18f21ac8ff17"
+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 4500 (218) — Directs NJ State Council on Arts to create and disseminate best practices guide for at-risk youth arts programs; requires council to assist government entities creating programs that adopt best practices.
+
+## 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/2018/Bills/A4500/4500_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-1-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3119
+- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.115. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeab1e56-83c1-4c27-af58-d4393605f6a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+