---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification."
description: "Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 2279"
citation: "New Jersey A 2279 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Singleton, Troy", "Speight, Shanique", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a7c8257-c81f-477b-a048-773bc996992b"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "a3399fa66ec98715228d6e519a2801488d46a6080751c06225b31e6d3986904c"
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 2279 (221) — Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification.

## 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/2024/A2500/2279_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Housing Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-1-0) `passage`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1312
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.230. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a7c8257-c81f-477b-a048-773bc996992b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).