---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs NJ State Council on Arts to create and disseminate best practices guide for at-risk youth arts programs; requires council to assist government entities creating programs that adopt best practices."
description: "Directs NJ State Council on Arts to create and disseminate best practices guide for at-risk youth arts programs; requires council to assist government entities creating programs that adopt best practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4500"
citation: "New Jersey A 4500 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS AND CUL", "JUVENILE JUS", "STATE DEPTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mejia, Pedro", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeab1e56-83c1-4c27-af58-d4393605f6a5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f12af7630073131d306260fd65d2d8515a0c8a4d1c29e00f33cd18f21ac8ff17"
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 A 4500 (218) — Directs NJ State Council on Arts to create and disseminate best practices guide for at-risk youth arts programs; requires council to assist government entities creating programs that adopt best practices.

## 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/2018/Bills/A4500/4500_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-1-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3119
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.115. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeab1e56-83c1-4c27-af58-d4393605f6a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).