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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires position of resident advocate at each State veterans' memorial home."
+description: "Requires position of resident advocate at each State veterans' memorial home."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 5854"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5854 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Chaparro, Annette", "Gopal, Vin", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Mazzeo, Vincent"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-09-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48f23ab2-cdb4-4df8-a6ae-90ca49811d47"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "54fa99160f577e1e729e9f627cd2f8eb1d4c501d66fdf7e9345b4a88b79c64e8"
+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 5854 (219) — Requires position of resident advocate at each State veterans' memorial home.
+
+## 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/A9999/5854_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Armato, John — primary (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Connors, Christopher J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3907
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2021-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.219. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48f23ab2-cdb4-4df8-a6ae-90ca49811d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+