---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities."
description: "Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 450"
citation: "New Jersey A 450 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "INCOME TAX", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Danielsen, Joe", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Van Drew, Jeff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11395401-ef5d-4461-8256-393776be0bf7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "40e770c3e0c69ab44af457709b8266cc6f019db37730a1404198ab419b50261f"
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 450 (217) — Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.

## 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/A0500/450_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Rumana, Scott T. — cosponsor (person)
- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Spencer, L. Grace — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)
- Whelan, Jim — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S750
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.67. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11395401-ef5d-4461-8256-393776be0bf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).