---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires landlords to allow tenants to pay rent up to three business days after eviction order or lockout is executed and accept rent payments by any means."
description: "Requires landlords to allow tenants to pay rent up to three business days after eviction order or lockout is executed and accept rent payments by any means."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3124"
citation: "New Jersey S 3124 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mukherji, Raj", "Stack, Brian P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0feb07e-d885-40b3-abd1-86b064b177c7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4d90d68119686d45ced870253e8f7a59424375caffbad4443f8917943a8fd768"
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 3124 (218) — Requires landlords to allow tenants to pay rent up to three business days after eviction order or lockout is executed and accept rent payments by any means.

## 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/S3500/3124_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3500/3124_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **69–6** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5493 (1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-6-2) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.316. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0feb07e-d885-40b3-abd1-86b064b177c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).