republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2850.md

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Bill	Increases number of Superior Court judgeships to support implementation of constitutional and statutory criminal justice reform, including new pretrial release and detention proceedings, and speedy trial rights; appropriates $9.3 million.	Increases number of Superior Court judgeships to support implementation of constitutional and statutory criminal justice reform, including new pretrial release and detention proceedings, and speedy trial rights; appropriates $9.3 million.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2850	New Jersey S 2850 (217)	bill	COURT ADMIN JUDGES SUPPL APPROP	enacted	Bateman, Christopher McKeon, John F. Prieto, Vincent Sweeney, Stephen M.	1	7	3	2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2b9e4d8a-ea7c-4482-947a-71dfbd04a97d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	09895591375ddff56fc50293f4ba9a5b0053d8ac270ddca180ac144c6dc0a37e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2850 (217) — Increases number of Superior Court judgeships to support implementation of constitutional and statutory criminal justice reform, including new pretrial release and detention proceedings, and speedy trial rights; appropriates $9.3 million.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–1 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 65–9 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
• Prieto, Vincent — primary (person)
• Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
• Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-1) passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4428
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-9-1) passage
• 2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.103. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b9e4d8a-ea7c-4482-947a-71dfbd04a97d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).