---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerns names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure."
description: "Concerns names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 3145"
citation: "New Jersey S 3145 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Downey, Joann", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Pou, Nellie", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4b005d-6342-4309-9210-28292f7c54ea"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cb35b932f42be5abbe415aca1161b7cb8c7e5d96127e342873dd6397c45afba0"
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 3145 (219) — Concerns names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure.

## 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/S3500/3145_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3500/3145_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2308 (1R)
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.88. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f4b005d-6342-4309-9210-28292f7c54ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).