---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million."
description: "Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 972"
citation: "New Jersey S 972 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD ABUSE", "STATE DEPTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "O'Toole, Kevin J.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Spencer, L. Grace", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8bc8d14-f93e-42a7-9cb6-a579c4aec93b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "071c320bf667c974ca08818f9e473a983dbd008ae87610dc47cece868e4c974b"
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 972 (217) — Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million.

## 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/S1000/972_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S1000/972_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- ADOPT GR — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR GOV REC — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **59–14** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- O'Toole, Kevin J. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Spencer, L. Grace — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1788
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (59-14-6) `passage`
- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.90. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8bc8d14-f93e-42a7-9cb6-a579c4aec93b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).