---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes \"Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund.\""
description: "Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes \"Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4371"
citation: "New Jersey A 4371 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaparro, Annette", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Mejia, Pedro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861fc1f1-a786-46ab-9c8b-4b6cd26d8d28"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cf37a9a8457f1e1b93b82a1e838788a3f8701722a9baac7ac91a71432fbfa9ed"
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 4371 (219) — Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes "Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund."

## 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/2020/Bills/A4500/4371_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2595
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-3) `passage`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.109. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/861fc1f1-a786-46ab-9c8b-4b6cd26d8d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).