republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-2370.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Establishes compassionate release program for certain inmates; repeals law that establishes medical parole.	Establishes compassionate release program for certain inmates; repeals law that establishes medical parole.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 2370	New Jersey A 2370 (219)	bill	CORRECTIONS PAROLE	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Schaer, Gary S.	2	9	5	2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/53bf71ea-495a-4e2e-bbb3-84a353886f0d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	4a2417a248f55e48e5177207febb30fc6546a8bfa72869a35582f077608780c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2370 (219) — Establishes compassionate release program for certain inmates; repeals law that establishes medical parole.

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

• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 30–7 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 68–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
• Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-07-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-07-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (68-2-4) passage
• 2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2020-08-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2594 (1R)
• 2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-7) passage
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.106. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53bf71ea-495a-4e2e-bbb3-84a353886f0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).