---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance in Department of Law and Public Safety.*"
description: "Establishes Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance in Department of Law and Public Safety.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4978"
citation: "New Jersey A 4978 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUB SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Spearman, William W.", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d223608-f831-43bd-af33-6a8320f03715"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "86c2aef48894bf18d9f450dda494c3515515838689209e7a6b18850dcc0edafe"
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 4978 (220) — Establishes Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance in Department of Law and Public Safety.*

## 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/A5000/4978_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHS 2/16/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4978_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3086 (1R)
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.167. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d223608-f831-43bd-af33-6a8320f03715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).