---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizes business filing statutes to include entity conversion and domestication."
description: "Modernizes business filing statutes to include entity conversion and domestication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 142"
citation: "New Jersey S 142 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Freiman, Roy", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Pou, Nellie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1d6f67-6f6d-4c66-bdb4-041996e65f7c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e8049b52e3fe6d6c31dd1b0f054155633cf5a31ec7689bb0eb0bedfa458c55eb"
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 142 (220) — Modernizes business filing statutes to include entity conversion and domestication.

## 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/S0500/142_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 10/20/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S0500/142_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4341 (1R)
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.38. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe1d6f67-6f6d-4c66-bdb4-041996e65f7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).