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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes \"Military Pro Bono Program\" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.*"
description: "Establishes \"Military Pro Bono Program\" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 1388"
citation: "New Jersey S 1388 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTION", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony M.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Tully, Chris", "Webber, Jay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f439c28-ccf6-40aa-9c39-e70d89726303"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cb6af9b8fcf3ee8fef004ae37fe58be18330ed7e882e08c9cf4838041091baf8"
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 1388 (220) — Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.*
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1388_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AJU 9/29/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1388_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1388_R2.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported favorably out of committee — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Webber, Jay — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2527 (1R)
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (36-0)
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.91. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f439c28-ccf6-40aa-9c39-e70d89726303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).