---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000."
description: "Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4535"
citation: "New Jersey A 4535 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SVCS", "LOC GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Hutchison, Dan", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb0d7337-2449-429e-adde-0c688e1e8a6b"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "efefeb82fec402e955b86e8623b198b1464cac529ae29d04e6bca29f3cf40d17"
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 4535 (221) — Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.

## 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/A5000/4535_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 2/20/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4535_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint AOF 12/16/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4535_R1.HTM)
4. **Reprint Conditional Veto 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4535_R3.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **63–10** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **70–6** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Barlas, Al — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (63-10-3) `passage`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2952 (2R)
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-6) `passage`
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-6-1) `passage`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-3) `passage`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.60. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb0d7337-2449-429e-adde-0c688e1e8a6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).