---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations."
description: "Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 679"
citation: "New Jersey S 679 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTION", "ENERGY", "HAZ SUBSTANC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Danielsen, Joe", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Smith, Bob"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532e77b6-0d6c-47f3-a253-e65d40826081"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "dd224f30590e0017fe2e8067890274f3a9cb7b9da60764c0d2dc2e576595d701"
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 679 (218) — Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.

## 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/S1000/679_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2614
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.4. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532e77b6-0d6c-47f3-a253-e65d40826081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).