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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence."
+description: "Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 559"
+citation: "New Jersey S 559 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Dunn, Aura K.", "Quijano, Annette", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+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/36cf6c32-ad26-4b80-929e-93a440bedd69"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "05fdb6ba874f3fd8be896cb0aa12ee3b30f79897aa30ac9c69e5e02da3f3e47d"
+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 559 (219) — Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence.
+
+## 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/S1000/559_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
+- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — 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 Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
+- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3277
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.152. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36cf6c32-ad26-4b80-929e-93a440bedd69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+