republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-2178.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	Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.	Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 2178	New Jersey S 2178 (219)	bill	PUB ASSIST	enacted	Jasey, Mila M. Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Rice, Ronald L. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	2	8	3	2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00	2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2d38f5b3-ee6e-469e-bfab-da78a0feac53	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	0d565edc8d64a59636c1caee2830ce10c9d2a8c45628ff05ac6be879b322541b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2178 (219) — Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.

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 — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 56–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (25-14) passage
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3292 (1R)
• 2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (56-18-4) passage
• 2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.99. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d38f5b3-ee6e-469e-bfab-da78a0feac53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).