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S3682 • 2026

Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.

Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Greenstein, Linda R.
Last action
2026-02-24
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.

Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.
  • Topic: Law and Public Safety Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-24 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.
Topic:
Law and Public Safety
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3682

SENATE, No. 3682

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 24, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Burgess

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning a prisoner reentry peer support hotline and
supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� The Commissioner of
Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Corrections and
Health, the Executive Director of the Youth Justice Commission, and the Chairman
of the State Parole Board shall establish and maintain on a 24-hour daily basis
a prisoner reentry support toll-free telephone hotline service, operating
through one of the existing telephone hotline services of the department.� The
hotline shall receive and respond to calls from formerly incarcerated persons
who seek support in reentry following release from custody.

���� b.��� The operators of the
hotline shall be peer recovery specialists, certified by the Addiction
Professionals Certification Board of New Jersey, or peer recovery support specialists,
certified by the Association for Addiction Professionals. The operators shall
receive any further training as determined to be necessary by the Commissioner
of Human Services to carry out the purpose set forth in subsection a. of this
section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes a
toll-free hotline for peer-based prisoner reentry support. The bill requires
the Commissioner of Human Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of
Corrections and Health, the Executive Director of the Youth Justice Commission,
and the Chairman of the State Parole Board to establish and maintain on a
24-hour daily basis a prisoner reentry support toll-free telephone hotline
service, operating through one of the existing telephone hotline services of
the department.� Under the bill, the hotline will receive and respond to calls
from formerly incarcerated persons seeking support in reentry following release
from custody.

���� The bill provides that the
hotline operators are required to be peer recovery specialists, certified by
the Addiction Professionals Certification Board of New Jersey, or national
certified peer recovery support specialists, certified by the Association for
Addiction Professionals. The operators would receive any further training as
determined to be necessary by the Commissioner of Human Services, to carry out
the purpose of the bill.