Became P.L.2023, c.238, on January 8, 2024.
2022–2023 Session
Assembly Bill 2351
Permits court to effectuate equitable distribution when complaint for divorce or dissolution of civil union has been filed and either party has died prior to final judgment; provides that surviving party would not receive intestate or elective share.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Feb 3
Victoria A. Flynn, Carol A. Murphy
Chief co-sponsors from Oct 17
1 co-sponsor
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 11, 2023
1 co-sponsor
Its course
February 7, 2022 to January 8, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading71–0
Passed · Oct 27
Senate, third reading33–0
Passed · Dec 11, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Christopher J. Connors, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Fred H. Madden Jr., Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nia H. Gill Esq., Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Steven V. Oroho, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Edward Durr, James W. Holzapfel, Jean Stanfield, Nicholas J. Sacco, Richard J. Codey, Samuel D. Thompson, Sandra B. Cunningham
General Assembly, concurrence74–0
Passed · Dec 21, 2023
Who voted how
Yea Alex Sauickie, Angela V. McKnight, Angelica M. Jimenez, Annette Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Anthony S. Verrelli, Antwan L. McClellan, Aura K. Dunn, Benjie E. Wimberly, Beth Sawyer, Bethanne McCarthy Patrick, Brian Bergen, Brian E. Rumpf, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carol A. Murphy, Chris Tully, Christian E. Barranco, Christopher P. DePhillips, Claire S. Swift, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Clinton Calabrese, Craig J. Coughlin, Daniel R. Benson, DeAnne C. DeFuccio, DiAnne C. Gove, Donald A. Guardian, Edward H. Thomson, Eliana Pintor Marin, Ellen J. Park, Erik K. Simonsen, Erik Peterson, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Gary S. Schaer, Gerry Scharfenberger, Gregory P. McGuckin, Harold J. Wirths, Herb Conaway Jr., Jacqueline S. Yustein, James J. Kennedy, Jay Webber, Joe Danielsen, John Catalano, John DiMaio, John F. McKeon, Joseph V. Egan, Kevin J. Rooney, Kim Eulner, Linda S. Carter, Lisa Swain, Louis D. Greenwald, Marilyn Piperno, Michael Torrissi Jr., Michele Matsikoudis, Mila M. Jasey, Nancy F. Muñoz, Pamela R. Lampitt, Parker Space, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Reginald W. Atkins, Robert Auth, Robert D. Clifton, Roy Freiman, Sadaf F. Jaffer, Shama A. Haider, Shanique Speight, Shavonda E. Sumter, Sterley S. Stanley, Thomas P. Giblin, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William B. Sampson IV, William W. Spearman, Yvonne Lopez
Not voting Brandon E. Umba, Pedro Mejia, Robert J. Karabinchak, Sean T. Kean, Victoria A. Flynn, William F. Moen Jr.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 17
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 12, 2023
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Feb 7 – Oct 27
- Feb 7Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Judiciary
- Oct 17Judiciary recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Oct 27Passed the General Assembly, 71 to 0
In the Senate Nov 3 – Dec 11, 2023
- Nov 3Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Judiciary
- Jun 12, 2023Judiciary recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 11, 2023Passed the Senate, 33 to 0
Back in the General Assembly Dec 11, 2023 – Dec 21, 2023
- Dec 11, 2023Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
- Dec 21, 2023Passed the General Assembly, 74 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 8, 2024
- Jan 8, 2024Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2023, c.238