republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-1897.md

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Bill	Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**	Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 1897	New Jersey A 1897 (219)	bill	CRIM PROCED CRIMES DRUG ABUSE	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Holley, Jamel C. McKnight, Angela V. Quijano, Annette Rice, Ronald L. Ruiz, M. Teresa Scutari, Nicholas P. Speight, Shanique Timberlake, Britnee N. Wimberly, Benjie E.	3	17	8	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/854dbf33-85d1-4c7d-ade7-71ed0967b7cc	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	9a28f9f7ea12f081453645576536bc596ce3dd3a8d8e99fa3ee2246e3959735e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1897 (219) — Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Committee Substitute A4269 (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint of Substitute A4269 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• TABLE MOTION — 16–13 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 29–4 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR BY AMEND — 63–12 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 63–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (63-10-5) passage
• 2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-11-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2535 (2R)
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Sa (Gill)
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table (16-13) (Weinberg)
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (29-4) passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred by Assembly Amendments (63-12-4) (Wimberly)
• 2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-2) passage
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.19. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/854dbf33-85d1-4c7d-ade7-71ed0967b7cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).