---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits availability of Child Care Facilities Improvement Program grants funded through Child Care Revitalization Act to licensed child care centers."
description: "Limits availability of Child Care Facilities Improvement Program grants funded through Child Care Revitalization Act to licensed child care centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2344"
citation: "New Jersey S 2344 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "HEALTH FAC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Haider, Shama A.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb8219ca-11af-467b-afda-d33e9be56ed7"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "7cd59b1d8645abb36a0604187afcfbb4286aee3e94baf868d7f4c95e6196f368"
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 2344 (221) — Limits availability of Child Care Facilities Improvement Program grants funded through Child Care Revitalization Act to licensed child care centers.

## 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/S2500/2344_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3582
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.50. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb8219ca-11af-467b-afda-d33e9be56ed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).