A 4463 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Provides for rehabilitative release for certain incarcerated persons.

This bill establishes a process for certain long-incarcerated individuals to seek rehabilitative release. It requires the Department of Corrections to issue a Certificate of Eligibility to people who have served at least 20 years (and are age 60+) or 30 years for murder (and are age 62+). Eligible individuals may then petition a court for sentence modification, which the court may grant if it finds they are not a danger, demonstrate reentry readiness (e.g., through education/vocational programs), and the interests of justice warrant release. If granted, the person receives a five-year parole term and must have victim input considered during the court hearing.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2026
General Assembly Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 3, 2024 Last action Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the General Assembly by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (47-22-0)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Jan 5, 2026
Committee
Transferred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
3 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors