republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-972.md

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Bill	Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million.	Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 972	New Jersey S 972 (217)	bill	CHILD ABUSE STATE DEPTS	enacted	Burzichelli, John J. Giblin, Thomas P. O'Toole, Kevin J. Pintor Marin, Eliana Ruiz, M. Teresa Spencer, L. Grace Sweeney, Stephen M.	2	14	6	2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d8bc8d14-f93e-42a7-9cb6-a579c4aec93b	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	071c320bf667c974ca08818f9e473a983dbd008ae87610dc47cece868e4c974b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 972 (217) — Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million.

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

• ADOPT GR — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• CONCUR GOV REC — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 59–14 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
• O'Toole, Kevin J. — primary (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Spencer, L. Grace — primary (person)
• Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
• Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1788
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (59-14-6) passage
• 2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
• 2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) passage
• 2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.90. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8bc8d14-f93e-42a7-9cb6-a579c4aec93b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).