---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit."
description: "Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5345"
citation: "New Jersey A 5345 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lagana, Joseph A.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b913cbc-7ea5-434d-959a-eb83fe90036f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0505654d1dcbbaa92744be833d26f542082cb33bfd039cc232068e48b549520d"
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 5345 (219) — Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit.

## 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/A9999/5345_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **48–24** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Wirths)
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (48-24-0)
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3428
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-1) `passage`
- **2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.130. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b913cbc-7ea5-434d-959a-eb83fe90036f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).