---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission."
description: "Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2423"
citation: "New Jersey S 2423 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "JUVENILE JUS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKnight, Angela V.", "Moen, William F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/068265c2-c294-4a0e-8a0a-c71d0940710e"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "15cb49abc64f9ecb27aa2298b9282a48e3ff397e7106408dd516b2a23c1b2614"
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 2423 (221) — Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission.

## 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/S2500/2423_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **61–12** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3678 (ACS)
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (61-12-2) `passage`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.35. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/068265c2-c294-4a0e-8a0a-c71d0940710e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).