republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-5472.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires law enforcement to provide written notificaion to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana, or hashish.**"
description: "Requires law enforcement to provide written notificaion to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana, or hashish.**"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5472"
citation: "New Jersey A 5472 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BE", "MARIJUANA", "POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Bucco, Anthony M.", "Conaway, Herb", "Downey, Joann", "Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Speight, Shanique", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db17641d-e49f-4dde-82ff-3f60c6e7ab93"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5150947e652bafeea62d3aa183c76f625ae97861e5291b3db9c5fcc5ad0cd007"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey A 5472 (219) — Requires law enforcement to provide written notificaion to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana, or hashish.**

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5472_I2.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5472_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- TABLE MOTION — **17–14** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Catalano, John — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- McGuckin, Gregory P. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-1) `passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (28-0) (Gopal) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3565
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To SS (Bucco)
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (17-14) (Weinberg)
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.38. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db17641d-e49f-4dde-82ff-3f60c6e7ab93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).