---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes offense of inciting public brawl; upgrades penalty for disorderly conduct in certain circumstances."
description: "Establishes offense of inciting public brawl; upgrades penalty for disorderly conduct in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4652"
citation: "New Jersey A 4652 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "PUB SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchison, Dan", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11c24e9f-579c-4fee-b146-ed108d4d4f7f"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "3e6b61af21ab279f939abbcd51fde9a4589fab1c6aa9530aaa33817b2309cf20"
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 4652 (221) — Establishes offense of inciting public brawl; upgrades penalty for disorderly conduct in certain circumstances.

## 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/A5000/4652_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4652_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 3/17/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4652_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- MOTION TAB MOTION — **48–28** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hutchison, Dan — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Egan, Kevin P. — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Kanitra, Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3507 (1R)
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `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** Motion Reconsider Gov Action 22:2 (Flynn)
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion Out of Order (Coughlin) (Voice)
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion Reconsider Gov CV 22:4 (Bergen)
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (48-28-0)
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-1-2) `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) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.59. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11c24e9f-579c-4fee-b146-ed108d4d4f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).