---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program."
description: "Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4484"
citation: "New Jersey A 4484 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "STATE OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gove, DiAnne C.", "Kennedy, James J.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e254bf6d-d780-45f5-950d-930b49367af0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "58638ced1e7ec831b315fa8f3772060a0d91981c5ce270d42c6a04668ed64890"
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 4484 (219) — Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4500/4484_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4500/4484_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gove, DiAnne C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3153
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.294. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e254bf6d-d780-45f5-950d-930b49367af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).