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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes \"Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund.\""
+description: "Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes \"Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 4371"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4371 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CORRECTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chaparro, Annette", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Mejia, Pedro"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861fc1f1-a786-46ab-9c8b-4b6cd26d8d28"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "cf37a9a8457f1e1b93b82a1e838788a3f8701722a9baac7ac91a71432fbfa9ed"
+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 4371 (219) — Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes "Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund."
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/A4500/4371_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2595
+- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-3) `passage`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.109. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/861fc1f1-a786-46ab-9c8b-4b6cd26d8d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+