---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires housing authority to advertise when applications are being accepted for housing assistance waiting lists online."
description: "Requires housing authority to advertise when applications are being accepted for housing assistance waiting lists online."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1634"
citation: "New Jersey S 1634 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTH - STATE", "PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Gordon M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Stack, Brian P.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b2c86d-2ebb-4e2e-a8ad-aef2a870a152"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0b562c45bb79b6d028eb559b80f9b4d30edb19ac61861ec5972d2270ad999950"
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 S 1634 (217) — Requires housing authority to advertise when applications are being accepted for housing assistance waiting lists online.

## 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/S2000/1634_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3991
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.51. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2b2c86d-2ebb-4e2e-a8ad-aef2a870a152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).