republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-838.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 21 years of age to qualify.*	Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 21 years of age to qualify.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 838	New Jersey A 838 (219)	bill	INCOME TAX	enacted	Burzichelli, John J. Lagana, Joseph A. Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Ruiz, M. Teresa Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	8	3	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5b2ca06c-3187-4d3a-b5aa-8c9384b06e9e	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	510a4dab39bb90b7ad44e08860b7ab66919d4a7ac5732f0a8523f787cbb88315	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 838 (219) — Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 21 years of age to qualify.*

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — 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 Appropriations Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee referral-committee
• 2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (79-0-0) passage
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S835 (1R)
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-2) passage
• 2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.98. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b2ca06c-3187-4d3a-b5aa-8c9384b06e9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).