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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system."
+description: "Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "S 715"
+citation: "New Jersey S 715 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUB SAFETY", "SEX OFFEND"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burgess, Renee C.", "Matsikoudis, Michele", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Quijano, Annette", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/028e64b4-487a-4bde-b691-258314c3077a"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "eb9e180610410423566afcc7188a8b007f95b25b15739f3f45cf96776e26991b"
+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 715 (221) — Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.
+
+## 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/S1000/715_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
+- Matsikoudis, Michele — primary (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
+- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A908
+- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.1. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/028e64b4-487a-4bde-b691-258314c3077a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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