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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Dominick Marino PFRS Enhanced Benefits for Surviving Spouses Act\"; enhances PFRS accidental death benefit for surviving spouse who becomes eligible after effective date by providing for minimum of $50,000 annually.*"
+description: "\"Dominick Marino PFRS Enhanced Benefits for Surviving Spouses Act\"; enhances PFRS accidental death benefit for surviving spouse who becomes eligible after effective date by providing for minimum of $50,000 annually.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 487"
+citation: "New Jersey S 487 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS", "PENSIONS", "POLICE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Mejia, Pedro", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Sacco, Nicholas J.", "Stack, Brian P."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a93b5b22-2821-42b5-986b-9c67371f6475"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "e52b12400bf70cfcb922ef5ca696a7e27fbbe3e7ff639e64d45b4bdbd89b3b8f"
+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 487 (219) — "Dominick Marino PFRS Enhanced Benefits for Surviving Spouses Act"; enhances PFRS accidental death benefit for surviving spouse who becomes eligible after effective date by providing for minimum of $50,000 annually.*
+
+## 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/S0500/487_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S0500/487_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
+- Sacco, Nicholas J. — primary (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
+- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Jimenez) `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2317 (1R)
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.151. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a93b5b22-2821-42b5-986b-9c67371f6475`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+