---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services."
description: "Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3771"
citation: "New Jersey S 3771 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT ADMIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaparro, Annette", "Pou, Nellie", "Verrelli, Anthony S.", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12e35a60-3cbc-493d-8447-76d39e6eeb7b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0319c323b32896845941664d8b1bdf44f239c84504928ee4fc1101a724d5c07d"
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 3771 (220) — Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services.

## 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/S4000/3771_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SBA 6/27/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3771_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-15) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5587
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (46-29-1) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.69. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12e35a60-3cbc-493d-8447-76d39e6eeb7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).