---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances, subject to annual allocation limits."
description: "Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances, subject to annual allocation limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3586"
citation: "New Jersey S 3586 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5304ac5-67f2-4175-aa89-c897bc0747cc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4b32a734962a1fe74726fd71e8a48bf082576bcbc5b6bc05ac22755a11ad05a7"
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 3586 (218) — Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances, subject to annual allocation limits.

## 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/S4000/3586_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **66–10** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — 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 (34-0) `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, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5203
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-10-4) `passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.74. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5304ac5-67f2-4175-aa89-c897bc0747cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).