Became P.L.2025, c.139, on September 11, 2025.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 4376
Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
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 Mar 24
Chief co-sponsor from Mar 24
11 co-sponsors
Gordon M. Johnson, Raj Mukherji, Vin Gopal, Brian P. Stack, Linda R. Greenstein, Andrew Zwicker, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Joseph A. Lagana, M. Teresa Ruiz, Angela V. McKnight, Renee C. Burgess
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jun 30
Robert J. Karabinchak, Annette Quijano
Chief co-sponsors from Jun 30
2 co-sponsors
Its course
March 24 to September 11, 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 action9 actions on 5 days
In the SenateMar 24 to Jun 3098 days
Military and Veterans' AffairsMar 24 to Jun 1987 days
Budget and AppropriationsJun 19 to Jun 267 days
In the General AssemblyJun 30 to Jun 300 days
With the GovernorJun 30 to Sep 1173 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Military and Veterans' Affairs3–0
Do pass as amended · Jun 19 · 2 present
Who voted how
Yea Benjie E. Wimberly, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Raj Mukherji
Not voting Latham Tiver, Parker Space
Do pass · Jun 26
Senate, third reading32–6
Passed · Jun 30
General Assembly, third reading72–0
Passed · Jun 30 · 8 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 19
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 Mar 24 – Jun 30
- Mar 24Introduced in the Senate and sent to Military and Veterans' Affairs
- Jun 19Military and Veterans' Affairs recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Jun 26Budget and Appropriations recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jun 30Passed the Senate, 32 to 6
In the General Assembly Jun 30
- Jun 30Arrived in the General Assembly
- Read a second time
- Passed the General Assembly, 72 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Sep 11
- Sep 11Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.139