---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows complaint for guardianship of minor to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18 under certain circumstances; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints."
description: "Allows complaint for guardianship of minor to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18 under certain circumstances; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2332"
citation: "New Jersey S 2332 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "JUDICIARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donlon, Margie", "Inganamort, Michael", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c93cb94a-0ee7-4066-a79f-e522807aec4a"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "7ba206bbfb11d8ebcce66d33352b35fa0083c7dcb6b354f7d5bfd5c0f9c3a7ef"
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 2332 (221) — Allows complaint for guardianship of minor to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18 under certain circumstances; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints.

## 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/S2500/2332_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S2500/2332_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT GR — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donlon, Margie — primary (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3893
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-1) `passage`
- **2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (38-0)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.179. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c93cb94a-0ee7-4066-a79f-e522807aec4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).