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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records."
+description: "Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 942"
+citation: "New Jersey S 942 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LABOR", "PROFESSIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cardinale, Gerald", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Singleton, Troy", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b5264b2-5999-4718-a79d-e9b4b539cb78"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "6ea5fa8d4d40aa8f926dff51a0534f1174d4f3ca7a32dfc26ef89779eb5d531e"
+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 942 (219) — Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
+
+## 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/S1000/942_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/942_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cardinale, Gerald — primary (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
+- **2020-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2890 (1R)
+- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (69-0-1) `passage`
+- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.81. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b5264b2-5999-4718-a79d-e9b4b539cb78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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