republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/220/s-524.md

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Bill	Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*	Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	220	S 524	New Jersey S 524 (220)	bill	MENTAL HEALT	enacted	Atkins, Reginald W. Cunningham, Sandra B. Mukherji, Raj Quijano, Annette Ruiz, M. Teresa	4	16	0	2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/46082fa1-770b-4d32-87bc-888c40aaac27	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	4c70dadf25ae3e8efbdacc5126cfc11da43ebc7608706490b2cf7a38a80f1a31	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 524 (220) — Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint of Substitute SBA 6/20/23 1R SCS (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint of Substitute Senate 12/11/23 2R SCS (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Substitute SJU 6/12/23 SCS (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Sa (Steinhardt)
• 2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table Sa (18-15) (Ruiz)
• 2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (21-15) passage
• 2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1700 (ACS/1R)
• 2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (45-28-2) passage
• 2023-11-27T05:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (22-12)
• 2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (23-12) passage
• 2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-13-0) passage
• 2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2023, c.188. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46082fa1-770b-4d32-87bc-888c40aaac27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).