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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit."
+description: "Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 5345"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5345 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INCOME TAX"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lagana, Joseph A.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b913cbc-7ea5-434d-959a-eb83fe90036f"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "0505654d1dcbbaa92744be833d26f542082cb33bfd039cc232068e48b549520d"
+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 5345 (219) — Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit.
+
+## 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/A9999/5345_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–1** (pass) · upper
+- MOTION TAB MOTION — **48–24** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Wirths)
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (48-24-0)
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3428
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-1) `passage`
+- **2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.130. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b913cbc-7ea5-434d-959a-eb83fe90036f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+