---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits qualified municipalities to prohibit conversion of affordable residential rental units to certain forms of ownership housing."
description: "Permits qualified municipalities to prohibit conversion of affordable residential rental units to certain forms of ownership housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 1055"
citation: "New Jersey S 1055 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFFORD HOUS", "HOUSING", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mukherji, Raj", "Stack, Brian P.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37065994-ab6c-43b9-a6ae-1e836763ebd5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "99d58bbd8afb475772e206fbcb820b6a81f724ed0506f1bbc904264bd6cce19c"
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 1055 (219) — Permits qualified municipalities to prohibit conversion of affordable residential rental units to certain forms of ownership housing.

## 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/S1500/1055_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **50–27** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (26-13) `passage`
- **2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3659
- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (50-27-1) `passage`
- **2020-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.40. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37065994-ab6c-43b9-a6ae-1e836763ebd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).