---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases number of Superior Court judgeships to support implementation of constitutional and statutory criminal justice reform, including new pretrial release and detention proceedings, and speedy trial rights; appropriates $9.3 million."
description: "Increases number of Superior Court judgeships to support implementation of constitutional and statutory criminal justice reform, including new pretrial release and detention proceedings, and speedy trial rights; appropriates $9.3 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2850"
citation: "New Jersey S 2850 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT ADMIN", "JUDGES", "SUPPL APPROP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "McKeon, John F.", "Prieto, Vincent", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b9e4d8a-ea7c-4482-947a-71dfbd04a97d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "09895591375ddff56fc50293f4ba9a5b0053d8ac270ddca180ac144c6dc0a37e"
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 2850 (217) — Increases number of Superior Court judgeships to support implementation of constitutional and statutory criminal justice reform, including new pretrial release and detention proceedings, and speedy trial rights; appropriates $9.3 million.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2850_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Prieto, Vincent — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-1) `passage`
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4428
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-9-1) `passage`
- **2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.103. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b9e4d8a-ea7c-4482-947a-71dfbd04a97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).