Eliminates mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment determined by Legislature to be of non-violent nature.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2021
Vetoed
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 11, 2021
Vetoed Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2021 · General Assembly Mar 1, 2021
How they voted
23–13
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Feb 22, 2021
D
Democratic26
84% Yea
R
Republican13
76% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Apr 19, 2021
Vetoed
Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate
upper
Mar 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (46-20-4)
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (23-14)
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
6 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Linda Carter
DDemocratic
P
NC
Nicholas Chiaravalloti
DDemocratic
P
Nick Scutari
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
P
SB
Sandra B. Cunningham
DDemocratic
P
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
AM
Angelica M. Jimenez
DDemocratic
Co
JD
Joann Downey
DDemocratic
Co
NP
Nellie Pou
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick Diegnan
DDemocratic
Co
PM
Pedro Mejia
DDemocratic
Co
VV
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
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