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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: "Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*"
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description: "Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*"
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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 524"
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citation: "New Jersey S 524 (220)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MENTAL HEALT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46082fa1-770b-4d32-87bc-888c40aaac27"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "4c70dadf25ae3e8efbdacc5126cfc11da43ebc7608706490b2cf7a38a80f1a31"
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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 524 (220) — Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
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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/S1000/524_I1.HTM)
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2. **Reprint of Substitute SBA 6/20/23 1R SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/524_R1.HTM)
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3. **Reprint of Substitute Senate 12/11/23 2R SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/524_R2.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Substitute SJU 6/12/23 SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/524_U1.HTM)
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## Sponsors
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- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
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- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
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- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
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- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
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- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
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- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
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- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
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- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
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- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
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- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
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- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
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- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
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- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Steinhardt)
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- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (18-15) (Ruiz)
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- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (21-15) `passage`
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- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
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- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1700 (ACS/1R)
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- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (45-28-2) `passage`
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- **2023-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
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- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (22-12)
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- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (23-12) `passage`
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- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
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- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-13-0) `passage`
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- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.188. `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/46082fa1-770b-4d32-87bc-888c40aaac27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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