---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries."
description: "Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 2163"
citation: "New Jersey A 2163 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Carter, Linda S.", "Moen, William F.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14d17151-a898-4a1d-9cfd-0c0865308956"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "069baadddf52ba885333aba32c10b8e682226c2a9a6277b39ddf8f6fce9be063"
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 2163 (221) — Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.

## 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/2024/A2500/2163_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2361 (1R)
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.229. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14d17151-a898-4a1d-9cfd-0c0865308956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).