---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks."
description: "Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 651"
citation: "New Jersey S 651 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Pennacchio, Joseph", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5370fc2a-cc7f-4a81-aca3-d0fa4c2a3a02"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bca6b66b9b5d16d191baff04cd82ea362d06cf71aa44d298a78f5fa8cf8e8311"
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 651 (217) — Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.

## 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/2016/Bills/S1000/651_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S1000/651_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4262 (1R)
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.89. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5370fc2a-cc7f-4a81-aca3-d0fa4c2a3a02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).