---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals."
description: "Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 1761"
citation: "New Jersey A 1761 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUEL", "CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Eustace, Tim", "Gusciora, Reed", "Mukherji, Raj", "Scutari, Nicholas P."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc7003a9-3995-4c82-a4a7-389c31ec9612"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "941b69121aa7cc06bbae9740368cf99a6b9ccb9b752ea148143782788383d0ae"
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 1761 (217) — Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2000/1761_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S332
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.156. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc7003a9-3995-4c82-a4a7-389c31ec9612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).