republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-4986.md

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Bill	Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DHS.*	Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DHS.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 4986	New Jersey A 4986 (221)	bill	CHILDREN DISABLED	enacted	Greenstein, Linda R. Karabinchak, Robert J. Katz, Andrea McKnight, Angela V. Swain, Lisa	2	11	6	2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/280b9f1d-94c7-47ed-8ffd-44dc0ba69848	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	7d324596b3f02e538a7ef297a2ad0d55336ba27c7388fd15a75239f7360f5f01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4986 (221) — Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DHS.*

Version chain

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

1. Reprint SHH 6/9/25 1R (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint Senate 12/22/25 2R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SA — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• AMEND — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Katz, Andrea — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (78-0-0) passage
• 2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (37-0) (Greenstein) amendment-passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3764 (2R)
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.257. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/280b9f1d-94c7-47ed-8ffd-44dc0ba69848. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).