---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises modified basic training program for certain county correctional police officers to be certified as county prosecutor's detectives or investigators or county or municipal police officers.*"
description: "Revises modified basic training program for certain county correctional police officers to be certified as county prosecutor's detectives or investigators or county or municipal police officers.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5696"
citation: "New Jersey A 5696 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac20a137-2bf4-4553-9c10-4bc5b15b1868"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "adfea68d924dc16518b669f9a43718b0a88ef4e0b4fca13c31b39ba4a189ddd5"
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 5696 (219) — Revises modified basic training program for certain county correctional police officers to be certified as county prosecutor's detectives or investigators or county or municipal police officers.*

## 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/A9999/5696_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5696_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- AMEND — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- EMERGENCY — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Carter) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (72-0-0) (Carter)
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (32-0) (Scutari) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3690 (1R)
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (32-1) (Scutari)
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.107. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac20a137-2bf4-4553-9c10-4bc5b15b1868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).