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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals."
description: "Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4399"
citation: "New Jersey A 4399 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Beach, James", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Madden, Fred H.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Mukherji, Raj", "Rible, David P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5521f75c-a839-40dc-9d4b-5f4e99be55eb"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "43b5bf245874a7d2fe889ba8b1d05f41ca5fc593a60d33dc89b8a2d278c427f8"
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 4399 (217) — Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
## 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/A4500/4399_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4500/4399_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **110** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **60** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Rible, David P. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Handlin, Amy H. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (32-0) (Beach) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2858 (2R)
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.174. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5521f75c-a839-40dc-9d4b-5f4e99be55eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).