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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees."
+description: "Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 5854"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5854 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzariti Jr., John V.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Schepisi, Holly T."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1f763e0-01e7-403c-b752-8f199672a8d4"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "d344c5563a0904e1ab0fd496693cb975ae468b8f06215c72ff872a546d8e7127"
+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 5854 (221) — Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees.
+
+## 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/A6000/5854_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint ABU 6/26/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A6000/5854_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 11/24/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A6000/5854_R2.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzariti Jr., John V. — primary (person)
+- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
+- Schepisi, Holly T. — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4614 (1R)
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
+- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
+- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
+- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.176. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1f763e0-01e7-403c-b752-8f199672a8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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