---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defines indigent veteran and veteran status for certain veteran interment purposes."
description: "Defines indigent veteran and veteran status for certain veteran interment purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2493"
citation: "New Jersey A 2493 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea3e76ec-b4a7-4c43-a62b-7287c5407588"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "99259a5caa60e5e6be66e4cbe067efa40fb4974c60d96b086fa1548b101e2857"
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 2493 (220) — Defines indigent veteran and veteran status for certain veteran interment purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2493_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3112
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.17. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea3e76ec-b4a7-4c43-a62b-7287c5407588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).