---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes New Jersey-Haiti Commission."
description: "Establishes New Jersey-Haiti Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3199"
citation: "New Jersey S 3199 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Speight, Shanique", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Venezia, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833c63a5-8952-48bc-b1f9-4934b7a95e56"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "2f202788c8682509b6f490672dc604176e351ae3c36a130b9492e447c7f5626e"
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 3199 (221) — Establishes New Jersey-Haiti Commission.

## 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/S3500/3199_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SSG 10/24/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3500/3199_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **63–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Venezia, Michael — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4343 (1R)
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (63-3-4) `passage`
- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.54. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833c63a5-8952-48bc-b1f9-4934b7a95e56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).