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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree."
+description: "Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 975"
+citation: "New Jersey S 975 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUEL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Singleton, Troy", "Swain, Lisa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f94de144-d49f-44d4-a18f-e35d8d159f68"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "eb09eb6dab5e84d53160a46521b3f18aeafab24e653511bea2f8d11406a2052e"
+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 975 (219) — Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/S1000/975_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Catalano, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McGuckin, Gregory P. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-0) `passage`
+- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3231
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.83. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f94de144-d49f-44d4-a18f-e35d8d159f68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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