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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs."
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description: "Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "221"
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identifier: "S 4376"
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citation: "New Jersey S 4376 (221)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["VETERANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 9
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/187ee782-fcb4-46a2-bdc9-f544522bc7a0"
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source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
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source_hash: "ddf364ddb4007e8027fd556346da2903a29371421f3686b478ec1b5ad7bec0c4"
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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 4376 (221) — Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
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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/2024/S4500/4376_I1.HTM)
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2. **Reprint SLP 6/19/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4500/4376_R1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–3** (pass) · upper
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
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- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
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- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
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- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
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- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
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- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
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- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
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- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
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- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
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- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
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- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
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- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-6) `passage`
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5520 (1R)
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-8) `passage`
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- **2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.139. `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/187ee782-fcb4-46a2-bdc9-f544522bc7a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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