republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-651.md

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Bill	Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.	Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 651	New Jersey S 651 (217)	bill	PROFESSIONS	enacted	Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Jimenez, Angelica M. Lampitt, Pamela R. Mukherji, Raj Muoio, Elizabeth Maher Pennacchio, Joseph Turner, Shirley K.	2	11	4	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5370fc2a-cc7f-4a81-aca3-d0fa4c2a3a02	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	bca6b66b9b5d16d191baff04cd82ea362d06cf71aa44d298a78f5fa8cf8e8311	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 651 (217) — Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
• Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Van Drew, Jeff — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4262 (1R)
• 2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (74-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) passage
• 2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.89. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5370fc2a-cc7f-4a81-aca3-d0fa4c2a3a02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).