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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds."
+description: "Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4712"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4712 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Marenco, Julio", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f36e7916-bd2e-40fb-a055-77b72ed4fb88"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "0112d03f8be9ec208a9178da160aac5ec269c07703dc797bded43042c4e535c9"
+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 4712 (221) — Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4712_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AMV 12/12/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4712_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 11/24/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4712_R2.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
+- Marenco, Julio — primary (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3504 (1R)
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
+- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
+- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
+- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.172. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f36e7916-bd2e-40fb-a055-77b72ed4fb88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+