---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 10-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities; appropriates $13 million.*"
description: "Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 10-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities; appropriates $13 million.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3839"
citation: "New Jersey S 3839 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Space, Parker", "Steinhardt, Douglas J.", "Wirths, Harold J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5644a00-5bd3-4788-b73b-4a307842ba1a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "27b482f7ac1090656a0fae3e66b41af5122760914679a6b4890ddc8378e6c3a7"
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 S 3839 (220) — Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 10-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities; appropriates $13 million.*

## 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/S4000/3839_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ABU 6/28/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3839_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3839_R3.HTM)
4. **Reprint SLP 6/12/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3839_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Steinhardt, Douglas J. — primary (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — primary (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4061 (3R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (34-0)
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (67-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.196. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5644a00-5bd3-4788-b73b-4a307842ba1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).