---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires DMVA veterans' facilities provide payroll-based journal information to NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman."
description: "Requires DMVA veterans' facilities provide payroll-based journal information to NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5855"
citation: "New Jersey A 5855 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Speight, Shanique", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aecd0d2-5ae1-4a4d-9086-b66c23adaf5b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a39e1a6d021f82947a61dfc4f3007dc7b083bdf8e5f0df3c1b48c3e6732a5939"
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 5855 (219) — Requires DMVA veterans' facilities provide payroll-based journal information to NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

## 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/A9999/5855_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Connors, Christopher J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3908
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.220. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aecd0d2-5ae1-4a4d-9086-b66c23adaf5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).