---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows Attorney General to appoint officer in charge when superseding certain law enforcement agencies."
description: "Allows Attorney General to appoint officer in charge when superseding certain law enforcement agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3943"
citation: "New Jersey S 3943 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pou, Nellie", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8146daa-1866-49cd-b93d-bda5bd9427d0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7c303e30de97e52376be8d49c7b2d366ae12be71ca2e697e841f714330b57dec"
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 3943 (220) — Allows Attorney General to appoint officer in charge when superseding certain law enforcement agencies.

## 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/S4000/3943_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (24-12) `passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5593
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (47-29-0) `passage`
- **2023-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.94. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8146daa-1866-49cd-b93d-bda5bd9427d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).