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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains."
+description: "Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4085"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4085 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMERCE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bramnick, Jon M.", "Conaway, Herb", "Marenco, Julio", "Speight, Shanique", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/179e2855-821a-46fe-aef5-73942ce7024f"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "af8699c208ee4a4580ab2038c733a7c6b05826cd64f1821e4e95c2c36f782b05"
+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 4085 (221) — Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains.
+
+## 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/2024/A4500/4085_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint ARP 10/24/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4085_R2.HTM)
+3. **Reprint AST 5/16/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4085_R1.HTM)
+4. **Reprint SBA 6/26/25 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4085_R3.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–2** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN SA — **79–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–1** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Marenco, Julio — primary (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-1-1) `passage`
+- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3007 (2R)
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-2) `passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-1-0) `passage`
+- **2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.143. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/179e2855-821a-46fe-aef5-73942ce7024f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+