republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/s-720.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability under certain circumstances.	Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability under certain circumstances.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	S 720	New Jersey S 720 (221)	bill	CHILD ABUSE DEVEL DISAB	enacted	Atkins, Reginald W. Burgess, Renee C. Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Stanley, Sterley S. Vitale, Joseph F.	2	8	4	2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3f28b0bd-0da5-4ef6-98ef-6813badf604b	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	ab58c5e0a0bea32162920b032a161ee55fe674df6504d9411a33d2ea62b161a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 720 (221) — Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability 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 3/14/24 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
• Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
• Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
• Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4168
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) passage
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.4. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f28b0bd-0da5-4ef6-98ef-6813badf604b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).