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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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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.*"
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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.*"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "220"
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identifier: "S 1388"
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citation: "New Jersey S 1388 (220)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CIVIL ACTION", "VETERANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony M.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Tully, Chris", "Webber, Jay"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f439c28-ccf6-40aa-9c39-e70d89726303"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "cb6af9b8fcf3ee8fef004ae37fe58be18330ed7e882e08c9cf4838041091baf8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# 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.*
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1388_I1.HTM)
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2. **Reprint AJU 9/29/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1388_R1.HTM)
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3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1388_R2.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
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- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
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- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
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- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
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- Webber, Jay — primary (person)
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- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
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- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
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- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
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- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
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- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
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- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
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- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
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- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
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- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
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- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
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- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2527 (1R)
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- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
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- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
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- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
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- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
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- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (36-0)
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- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
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- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
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- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
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- **2023-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.91. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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