---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits lawful presence in United States as qualification for obtaining professional or occupational license."
description: "Prohibits lawful presence in United States as qualification for obtaining professional or occupational license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2455"
citation: "New Jersey S 2455 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Schaer, Gary S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f443ddcc-fb55-49e0-b110-fc77d883a973"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "fea5eecbaee20faf9bc5e10751c59aeb9d1ac347c9e1c38f788290dc9cfc1a4d"
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 2455 (219) — Prohibits lawful presence in United States as qualification for obtaining professional or occupational license.

## 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/S2500/2455_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **47–26** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **26–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (26-11) `passage`
- **2020-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4225
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (47-26-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.75. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f443ddcc-fb55-49e0-b110-fc77d883a973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).