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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence."
description: "Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 559"
citation: "New Jersey S 559 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Dunn, Aura K.", "Quijano, Annette", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36cf6c32-ad26-4b80-929e-93a440bedd69"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "05fdb6ba874f3fd8be896cb0aa12ee3b30f79897aa30ac9c69e5e02da3f3e47d"
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 S 559 (219) — Requires parent or guardian to notify child care centers if child will be absent; requires child care centers to notify parent or guardian in event of unexcused child absence.
## 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/S1000/559_I1.HTM)
## Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **740** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **50** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3277
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.152. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36cf6c32-ad26-4b80-929e-93a440bedd69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).