---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires landlord to allow tenant to make rent payment using credit card during COVID-19 pandemic."
description: "Requires landlord to allow tenant to make rent payment using credit card during COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4182"
citation: "New Jersey A 4182 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERG MGMT", "LANDLORD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calabrese, Clinton", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Singleton, Troy", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6c0a1f-8ca5-419d-9368-aefa4927ed5c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "aba8d2ca43e5d182a1f1f2f6c44a8af695b062afceb21743a18d4b6449776eba"
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 4182 (219) — Requires landlord to allow tenant to make rent payment using credit card during COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4500/4182_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calabrese, Clinton — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (66-2-5) `passage`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2873
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) `passage`
- **2021-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, 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/1b6c0a1f-8ca5-419d-9368-aefa4927ed5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).