republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-2656.md

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Bill	Establishes 35 member New Jersey Puerto Rico Commission in Department of State.	Establishes 35 member New Jersey Puerto Rico Commission in Department of State.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 2656	New Jersey S 2656 (218)	bill	COMMISSIONS MINORITY	enacted	Chaparro, Annette Cruz-Perez, Nilsa Lopez, Yvonne Mejia, Pedro Pou, Nellie Ruiz, M. Teresa	1	8	4	2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00	2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f4d6a556-2df5-4680-85aa-99054a6a6b35	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	d38bcdc632173d0ad9f67a4d82daa197e5a8dd01800739cb774d1234d8d2cba3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2656 (218) — Establishes 35 member New Jersey Puerto Rico Commission in Department of State.

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 — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 71–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2019-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4188
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-1-0) passage
• 2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.284. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4d6a556-2df5-4680-85aa-99054a6a6b35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).