---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises certain provisions concerning, and establishes certain education and data reporting requirements related to, involuntary commitment.*"
description: "Revises certain provisions concerning, and establishes certain education and data reporting requirements related to, involuntary commitment.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4263"
citation: "New Jersey S 4263 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Speight, Shanique", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ed4fc6-ed25-42ec-a334-fc1b6727d886"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "b7b314fbc366b67a40350f92fa55ca069e49d76d372737dd2fc1496f9736497d"
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 4263 (221) — Revises certain provisions concerning, and establishes certain education and data reporting requirements related to, involuntary commitment.*

## 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/S4500/4263_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHE 6/12/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4500/4263_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint SHH 5/19/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4500/4263_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5408 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-1) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.108. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4ed4fc6-ed25-42ec-a334-fc1b6727d886`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).