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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement."
+description: "Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "220"
+identifier: "A 2026"
+citation: "New Jersey A 2026 (220)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CIVIL SVC"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Conaway, Herb", "Haider, Shama A.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d70bb4e-04cd-476d-b09d-757ed6115f13"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "9fbb6bd9a21911573f0eb80c35b259fcbd5fae53f25f79b170ec703f0b63b539"
+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 2026 (220) — Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2026_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint SSG 6/23/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2026_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S322 (1R)
+- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.128. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d70bb4e-04cd-476d-b09d-757ed6115f13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+