republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/s-3153.md

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Bill	Prohibits DCF from using federal benefits received by a child in out of home placement to reimburse State for cost of child's care, except under certain circumstances.*	Prohibits DCF from using federal benefits received by a child in out of home placement to reimburse State for cost of child's care, except under certain circumstances.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	S 3153	New Jersey S 3153 (221)	bill	CHILDREN HUMAN SVCS	enacted	Cryan, Joseph P. Haider, Shama A. Ruiz, M. Teresa Speight, Shanique Sumter, Shavonda E.	2	10	5	2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00	2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1c4f8936-a602-483b-b495-5ded5fc93279	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	ade679a9c0d787a0b44f2029302a88ea4c20d6b23d7c28fb99fa30333c58d3df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 3153 (221) — Prohibits DCF from using federal benefits received by a child in out of home placement to reimburse State for cost of child's care, except under certain circumstances.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint SHH 10/7/24 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
• Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Polistina, Vincent J. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Swift, Claire S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4543 (2R)
• 2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-4) passage
• 2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.162. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c4f8936-a602-483b-b495-5ded5fc93279. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).