---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy to provide services to certain inmates."
description: "Requires Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy to provide services to certain inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2533"
citation: "New Jersey S 2533 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e86c3ad-516a-4ae9-8c32-5e9efa623d19"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e96f2b41bbbeb4cb5ed3272de1f0a14a94b7c9f25fa74fd38fc643a19fde19bb"
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 2533 (218) — Requires Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy to provide services to certain inmates.

## 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/2018/Bills/S3000/2533_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3000/2533_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4091 (1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.308. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e86c3ad-516a-4ae9-8c32-5e9efa623d19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).