---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**"
description: "Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 1897"
citation: "New Jersey A 1897 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES", "DRUG ABUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Speight, Shanique", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/854dbf33-85d1-4c7d-ade7-71ed0967b7cc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9a28f9f7ea12f081453645576536bc596ce3dd3a8d8e99fa3ee2246e3959735e"
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 A 1897 (219) — Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute A4269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2000/1897_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2000/1897_I1.HTM)
3. **Reprint of Substitute A4269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2000/1897_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- TABLE MOTION — **16–13** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR BY AMEND — **63–12** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **63–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (63-10-5) `passage`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2535 (2R)
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Gill)
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (16-13) (Weinberg)
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (29-4) `passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred by Assembly Amendments (63-12-4) (Wimberly)
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-2) `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.19. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/854dbf33-85d1-4c7d-ade7-71ed0967b7cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).