---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs."
description: "Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4376"
citation: "New Jersey S 4376 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187ee782-fcb4-46a2-bdc9-f544522bc7a0"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "ddf364ddb4007e8027fd556346da2903a29371421f3686b478ec1b5ad7bec0c4"
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 4376 (221) — Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.

## 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/S4500/4376_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SLP 6/19/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4500/4376_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-6) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5520 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-8) `passage`
- **2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.139. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/187ee782-fcb4-46a2-bdc9-f544522bc7a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).