Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly's Aging and Human Services Committee on December 18, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 2496
Establishes Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 29
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 14, 2025
5 co-sponsors
Gordon M. Johnson, Angela V. McKnight, Raj Mukherji, Joseph P. Cryan, Britnee N. Timberlake
Its course
February 5, 2024 to December 18, 2025, 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.
Every action4 actions on 3 days
In the SenateFeb 5 to Dec 18682 days
Health, Human Services and Senior CitizensFeb 5 to Dec 8672 days
In the General AssemblyDec 18 to Dec 18 · stopped0 days
Aging and Human ServicesDec 18 to Dec 18 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens5–3
Do pass as amended · Dec 8, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, John F. McKeon, Joseph F. Vitale, M. Teresa Ruiz, Renee C. Burgess
Senate, third reading24–14
Passed · Dec 18, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 8, 2025
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 Senate Feb 5 – Dec 18, 2025
- Feb 5Introduced in the Senate and sent to Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
- Dec 8, 2025Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 24 to 14
In the General Assembly Dec 18, 2025
- Dec 18, 2025Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Aging and Human Services