---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act\"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program."
description: "\"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act\"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4360"
citation: "New Jersey A 4360 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-08-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d79abeb6-7d5d-42e4-9c02-196fe36bbf84"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "6aac080438d4b5730ff400377e78ea55e8ce330c52ac8019d632401b171a5257"
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 4360 (221) — "New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program.

## 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/A4500/4360_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ASL 6/6/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4360_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
- Myhre, Gregory E. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Schnall, Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Swift, Claire S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-2-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3402 (1R)
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-1) `passage`
- **2024-08-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.58. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d79abeb6-7d5d-42e4-9c02-196fe36bbf84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).