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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog."
+description: "Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 1359"
+citation: "New Jersey S 1359 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMAL LIC", "DISABLED", "HOUSING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony M.", "Bucco, Anthony R.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Stack, Brian P.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b10ecbbc-f8f1-4b63-a32b-ed221d4d81dc"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "2c114392af7d919bea5b25c0403beb7035726683d2776a12236f8395cd0ff885"
+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 S 1359 (217) — Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog.
+
+## 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/S1500/1359_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony R. — primary (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
+- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4096
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.187. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b10ecbbc-f8f1-4b63-a32b-ed221d4d81dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+