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type: "Bill"
title: "Revises expungement eligibility and procedures, including new \"clean slate\" automated process to render convictions and related records inaccessible; creates e-filing system for expungements; eliminates expungement filing fees; appropriates $15 million to"
description: "Revises expungement eligibility and procedures, including new \"clean slate\" automated process to render convictions and related records inaccessible; creates e-filing system for expungements; eliminates expungement filing fees; appropriates $15 million to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 4154"
citation: "New Jersey S 4154 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT ADMIN", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-09-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa0c6ee8-d650-4946-9900-6dbef9174b33"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e85510c2ebf1613b3abcdb65de65b43cbc8479e00730747976e3057b1a543aba"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---
# New Jersey S 4154 (218) — Revises expungement eligibility and procedures, including new "clean slate" automated process to render convictions and related records inaccessible; creates e-filing system for expungements; eliminates expungement filing fees; appropriates $15 million to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S4500/4154_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S4500/4154_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **2217** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **2315** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **4821** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-17) `passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Holley) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5981 (1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (48-21-1) `passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (23-15) `passage`
- **2019-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.269. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa0c6ee8-d650-4946-9900-6dbef9174b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).