---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million."
description: "Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 2476"
citation: "New Jersey S 2476 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a4190f4-e97a-4a40-8d1a-0057712d47ce"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "808c6d9738c4a77113ec6995d6f4eb07e4d45326b23b955f41131ef2ead112e0"
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 2476 (220) — Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2500/2476_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2500/2476_R3.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 6/27/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2500/2476_R2.HTM)
4. **Reprint SHH 6/6/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2500/2476_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stanfield, Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4179 (2R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (40-0)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (40-0) (Ruiz)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-1-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.25. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a4190f4-e97a-4a40-8d1a-0057712d47ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).