---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes housing of equine-related farm employees in facilities with horses under certain conditions as \"Right to Farm\" permissible activity; requires State Agriculture Development Committee agricultural management practice that permits such housing."
description: "Establishes housing of equine-related farm employees in facilities with horses under certain conditions as \"Right to Farm\" permissible activity; requires State Agriculture Development Committee agricultural management practice that permits such housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 1245"
citation: "New Jersey S 1245 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Gopal, Vin", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Murphy, Carol A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbd29bc-83fd-4f17-bb5a-cbb22d6a34ed"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e484522c53fbea897c72de39d2c3d48f9e9d2fc7969359e032ebf5de0199f9f3"
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 1245 (219) — Establishes housing of equine-related farm employees in facilities with horses under certain conditions as "Right to Farm" permissible activity; requires State Agriculture Development Committee agricultural management practice that permits such 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/S1500/1245_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1500/1245_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported without recommendation out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2768 (1R)
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-1-0) `passage`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.154. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edbd29bc-83fd-4f17-bb5a-cbb22d6a34ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).