---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence."
description: "Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4406"
citation: "New Jersey A 4406 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC VIO", "HOUSING", "PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "DeCroce, BettyLou", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8df1e1b-8261-448c-906d-9cec377a241a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0b09cc6b354d58e233064222da34373419bc02389501eaa91fd389a278807459"
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 4406 (217) — Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence.

## 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/2016/Bills/A4500/4406_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4500/4406_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-2-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2845 (1R)
- **2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.273. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8df1e1b-8261-448c-906d-9cec377a241a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).