---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes presumption that VCCO will order payment to victim of crime.*"
description: "Establishes presumption that VCCO will order payment to victim of crime.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1707"
citation: "New Jersey A 1707 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess, Renee C.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/314784fc-d9cb-4930-be2f-22b0deb77d38"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "fe5cf5c1f41e7ba714b044c77e34ba8ac127d04ef39e1a386b179dabba861623"
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 1707 (220) — Establishes presumption that VCCO will order payment to victim of crime.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AHS 2/16/23 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1707_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1707_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-1) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3700
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.235. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/314784fc-d9cb-4930-be2f-22b0deb77d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).