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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under \"Right to Farm Act\"."
+description: "Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under \"Right to Farm Act\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4603"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4603 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Peterpaul, Luanne M.", "Sauickie, Alex", "Singleton, Troy", "Space, Parker"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/700ecef8-1bae-4ce6-9cd0-f82e9df97841"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "518b62f7d93d256687fb770b7f3e160ce81e899f77ce5820dd955c13ed413142"
+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 4603 (221) — Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under "Right to Farm Act".
+
+## 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/A5000/4603_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — primary (person)
+- Sauickie, Alex — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Space, Parker — primary (person)
+- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
+- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tiver, Latham — cosponsor (person)
+- Torrissi, Michael — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3662
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
+- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.156. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/700ecef8-1bae-4ce6-9cd0-f82e9df97841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+