republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2061.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Increases accidental death benefit to 70% of final compensation for surviving children of SPRS or PFRS member; redefines child in SPRS.*	Increases accidental death benefit to 70% of final compensation for surviving children of SPRS or PFRS member; redefines child in SPRS.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2061	New Jersey S 2061 (217)	bill	PENSIONS POL	enacted	Allen, Diane B. Benson, Daniel R. Conaway, Herb Greenwald, Louis D. Quijano, Annette Singleton, Troy Sweeney, Stephen M. Taliaferro, Adam J.	2	9	4	2016-04-21T04:00:00+00:00	2016-08-18T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ddeaa018-323d-4402-b905-c1482ca18d7a	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	01f864a87ebd7ad88b830f0f40e8b4c9fe434cafd9ebd5cc5005f0cddb094d3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2061 (217) — Increases accidental death benefit to 70% of final compensation for surviving children of SPRS or PFRS member; redefines child in SPRS.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 78–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
• Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3610 (1R)
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) passage
• 2016-08-18T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.26. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ddeaa018-323d-4402-b905-c1482ca18d7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).