republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-559.md

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Bill	Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence.	Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 559	New Jersey S 559 (219)	bill	CHILDREN	enacted	Codey, Richard J. Cryan, Joseph P. Dunn, Aura K. Quijano, Annette Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	1	8	4	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/36cf6c32-ad26-4b80-929e-93a440bedd69	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	05fdb6ba874f3fd8be896cb0aa12ee3b30f79897aa30ac9c69e5e02da3f3e47d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 559 (219) — Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence.

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 — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
• Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
• Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee referral-committee
• 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3277
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.152. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36cf6c32-ad26-4b80-929e-93a440bedd69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).