republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-3814.md

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Bill	Requires DCF or court to consider placement of children with relatives or kinship guardians when making placement decision; makes changes to certain standards for initiating petitions to terminate parental rights.	Requires DCF or court to consider placement of children with relatives or kinship guardians when making placement decision; makes changes to certain standards for initiating petitions to terminate parental rights.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 3814	New Jersey S 3814 (219)	bill	CHILD CUSTOD	enacted	Conaway, Herb Madden, Fred H. Mosquera, Gabriela M. Tully, P. Christopher	2	7	3	2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00	2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/34d6bfb5-44e2-4714-846b-fcf7fe4382a2	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	cb6b14f15d755ae0da94371ca6bbb8f211aa366198a0ee5cfa7dab1380f2f6fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 3814 (219) — Requires DCF or court to consider placement of children with relatives or kinship guardians when making placement decision; makes changes to certain standards for initiating petitions to terminate parental rights.

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 Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 67–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A5598 (1R)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (67-1-3) passage
• 2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.154. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34d6bfb5-44e2-4714-846b-fcf7fe4382a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).