---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds."
description: "Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4712"
citation: "New Jersey A 4712 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Marenco, Julio", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f36e7916-bd2e-40fb-a055-77b72ed4fb88"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "0112d03f8be9ec208a9178da160aac5ec269c07703dc797bded43042c4e535c9"
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 4712 (221) — Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds.

## 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/A5000/4712_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AMV 12/12/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4712_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 11/24/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4712_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Marenco, Julio — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3504 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.172. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f36e7916-bd2e-40fb-a055-77b72ed4fb88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).