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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes New Jersey Caregiver Task Force to evaluate and provide recommendations on caregiver support services."
+description: "Establishes New Jersey Caregiver Task Force to evaluate and provide recommendations on caregiver support services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 959"
+citation: "New Jersey S 959 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HUMAN SVCS", "PUB ASSIST"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-12-28T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937163dd-effe-4722-9ea3-65fd9a76e709"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "d141fcd92dcb8a925112f108583678abb2cddd58a5afebc8167f2ac6004f8170"
+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 959 (218) — Establishes New Jersey Caregiver Task Force to evaluate and provide recommendations on caregiver support services.
+
+## 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/S1000/959_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/959_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3514 (2R)
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
+- **2018-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.166. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/937163dd-effe-4722-9ea3-65fd9a76e709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+