---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises \"New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act.\""
description: "Revises \"New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 2035"
citation: "New Jersey A 2035 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING FIN", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "McKeon, John F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Schaer, Gary S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-08-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b25542f-3a26-4234-ac7d-715ae426184c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "99f5a1864cd91a45b3918561b36af914c507ca336824686fcefeb402785583dd"
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 2035 (218) — Revises "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act."

## 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/2018/Bills/A2500/2035_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2500/2035_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S709 (2R)
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2018-08-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.108. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b25542f-3a26-4234-ac7d-715ae426184c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).