---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places."
description: "Permits municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1731"
citation: "New Jersey S 1731 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTION", "SMOKING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa0933ab-fbb2-494e-bac9-088212d8f925"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cdb500f069fd3f41b9ad9bae5a124823ba3c33922dfc2c504de89adfbdf0b81b"
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 1731 (217) — Permits municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places.

## 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/S2000/1731_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1731_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-1) `passage`
- **2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Vainieri Huttle) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2368 (1R)
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-2) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (28-2) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.191. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa0933ab-fbb2-494e-bac9-088212d8f925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).