republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-5345.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	Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit.	Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 5345	New Jersey A 5345 (219)	bill	INCOME TAX	enacted	Lagana, Joseph A. Mukherji, Raj Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Ruiz, M. Teresa Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	1	11	3	2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0b913cbc-7ea5-434d-959a-eb83fe90036f	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	0505654d1dcbbaa92744be833d26f542082cb33bfd039cc232068e48b549520d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 5345 (219) — Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• MOTION TAB MOTION — 48–24 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Aa (Wirths)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table (Greenwald) (48-24-0)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-0-0) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3428
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-1) passage
• 2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.130. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b913cbc-7ea5-434d-959a-eb83fe90036f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).