---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement."
description: "Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2026"
citation: "New Jersey A 2026 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CIVIL SVC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Conaway, Herb", "Haider, Shama A.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d70bb4e-04cd-476d-b09d-757ed6115f13"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9fbb6bd9a21911573f0eb80c35b259fcbd5fae53f25f79b170ec703f0b63b539"
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 2026 (220) — Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2026_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SSG 6/23/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2026_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S322 (1R)
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.128. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d70bb4e-04cd-476d-b09d-757ed6115f13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).