---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act\"; provides alternative process for handling partition actions filed in court concerning real property with multiple owners, at least one of whom had acquired title from relative."
description: "\"Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act\"; provides alternative process for handling partition actions filed in court concerning real property with multiple owners, at least one of whom had acquired title from relative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 1400"
citation: "New Jersey S 1400 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Park, Ellen J.", "Singleton, Troy", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fa5f0c-8c72-494f-aa60-b87ca5a8f4b4"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "11a2927269bd57def2dee70562d6f8b06f19be3726ed17848977532167bf2359"
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 1400 (221) — "Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act"; provides alternative process for handling partition actions filed in court concerning real property with multiple owners, at least one of whom had acquired title from relative.

## 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/S1500/1400_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5448
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-1) `passage`
- **2025-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.88. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6fa5f0c-8c72-494f-aa60-b87ca5a8f4b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).