---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides limited period for dissolution or reinstatement of revoked or inactive business charters using expedited process, allows for payment of reduced administrative fee, and revises certain business filing fees."
description: "Provides limited period for dissolution or reinstatement of revoked or inactive business charters using expedited process, allows for payment of reduced administrative fee, and revises certain business filing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 5607"
citation: "New Jersey A 5607 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Gordon M.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/444b1bc1-97af-4878-87f0-fc163906e3b4"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "d01ce2a34e6ec8d59127b2f3e355173f59abc71a3bd04411f7a1f22729c6056e"
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 5607 (218) — Provides limited period for dissolution or reinstatement of revoked or inactive business charters using expedited process, allows for payment of reduced administrative fee, and revises certain business filing fees.

## 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/A9999/5607_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **67–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (67-11-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3958
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.149. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/444b1bc1-97af-4878-87f0-fc163906e3b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).