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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals."
+description: "Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "A 1761"
+citation: "New Jersey A 1761 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUEL", "CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Eustace, Tim", "Gusciora, Reed", "Mukherji, Raj", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc7003a9-3995-4c82-a4a7-389c31ec9612"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "941b69121aa7cc06bbae9740368cf99a6b9ccb9b752ea148143782788383d0ae"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 1761 (217) — Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2000/1761_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
+- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
+- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S332
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.156. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc7003a9-3995-4c82-a4a7-389c31ec9612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+