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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act.\""
+description: "\"Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 1220"
+citation: "New Jersey A 1220 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARTS AND CUL", "PROFESSIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Jasey, Mila M.", "McKeon, John F.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17c495e-ff84-4510-8de5-14b893ceae57"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "374042dd60f9e3c8aa0d07370ebc27c518650c4775a50204a1e8aba9ca13e002"
+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 1220 (218) — "Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."
+
+## 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/2018/Bills/A1500/1220_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A1500/1220_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–2** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **59–13** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **32–5** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **62–11** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (59-13-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S675
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-2) `passage`
+- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
+- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (62-11-1) `passage`
+- **2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-5) `passage`
+- **2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.273. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b17c495e-ff84-4510-8de5-14b893ceae57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+