---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires State Board of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.*"
description: "Requires State Board of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1970"
citation: "New Jersey A 1970 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUEL", "CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Gopal, Vin", "Mukherji, Raj", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c225a92-0d58-493c-a7a9-d90455b7d3aa"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2cec7836c689b1ce2023c5faa81c96596526a8debb20578ea3170eb8c722d635"
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 1970 (220) — Requires State Board of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AJU 5/18/23 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1970_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1970_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — 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 Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-1-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1298 (SCS/1R)
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) `passage`
- **2023-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.130. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c225a92-0d58-493c-a7a9-d90455b7d3aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).