---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows sale of malt alcoholic beverages in cans or bottles marked for deposit of another state."
description: "Allows sale of malt alcoholic beverages in cans or bottles marked for deposit of another state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3782"
citation: "New Jersey S 3782 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy, James J.", "Lagana, Joseph A."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d099b4cd-27ca-42b8-a4bb-1f46f9a8de3c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bef68fd13d29b673fca91dfbd916c95975d393203d211063b895bb7f25b67512"
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 3782 (220) — Allows sale of malt alcoholic beverages in cans or bottles marked for deposit of another state.

## 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/S4000/3782_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5398
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.183. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d099b4cd-27ca-42b8-a4bb-1f46f9a8de3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).