---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Office of Homelessness Prevention; appropriates $3 million to DCA."
description: "Establishes Office of Homelessness Prevention; appropriates $3 million to DCA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3585"
citation: "New Jersey S 3585 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Swain, Lisa", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19e5cfd2-10f2-4f51-92a1-4c545b2d4daf"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "dfa7be961411fb8dd80da09d33cca789ef5a721e88165fbcae624998ed4cf665"
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 3585 (218) — Establishes Office of Homelessness Prevention; appropriates $3 million to DCA.

## 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/S4000/3585_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S4000/3585_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **55–22** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (28-6) `passage`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5204 (1R)
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (55-22-3) `passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-3) `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.73. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19e5cfd2-10f2-4f51-92a1-4c545b2d4daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).