---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support child care providers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic."
description: "Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support child care providers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5705"
citation: "New Jersey A 5705 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "DISEASE", "ECONOMIC DEV", "HUMAN SVCS", "STATE BUDGT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Downey, Joann", "Gopal, Vin", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050a97bb-3037-403b-8ea1-70ef7c65bcf3"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6c8748bd2030bb0609de0edfb3b57a97dbaa01e6eb64bdcd96aace526d973dc7"
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 5705 (219) — Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support child care providers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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/A9999/5705_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Auth, Robert — cosponsor (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- DeFuccio, DeAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — cosponsor (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3797
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.112. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/050a97bb-3037-403b-8ea1-70ef7c65bcf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).