---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**"
description: "Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 1955"
citation: "New Jersey A 1955 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT ADMIN", "WILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony R.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Phoebus, Gail", "Space, Parker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ea199c-61a2-4a6f-953f-3d6bf59be1fb"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "fe7a325ad7ce989f83ecdcadb826a2046c31928bc388a08d9de25fd3413e5855"
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 1955 (217) — Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**

## 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/2016/Bills/A2000/1955_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2000/1955_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bucco, Anthony R. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Rible, David P. — cosponsor (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1795 (SCS)
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (36-0) (Bucco) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.208. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8ea199c-61a2-4a6f-953f-3d6bf59be1fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).