---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes youthful age of defendant as mitigating factor in sentencing."
description: "Establishes youthful age of defendant as mitigating factor in sentencing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4373"
citation: "New Jersey A 4373 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDICIARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Pou, Nellie", "Spearman, William W.", "Taliaferro, Adam J.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4747857-e1b8-4667-ab19-5538388173a2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9fb9ab071d5356cdb7875da2cb6afd87fed60b4b3698a4a26b1a5e80b0830cf8"
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 4373 (219) — Establishes youthful age of defendant as mitigating factor in sentencing.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4500/4373_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-3-1) `passage`
- **2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2592
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-7) `passage`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.110. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4747857-e1b8-4667-ab19-5538388173a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).