---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerns excessive price increases during state of emergency."
description: "Concerns excessive price increases during state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2321"
citation: "New Jersey S 2321 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER AFF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Burzichelli, John J.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Wimberly, Benjie E.", "Wisniewski, John S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/513bfd82-eeb7-4aed-92c5-8cddcafff4c7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "d1f52a73890f7ef185842b2bc5615169c121abcab076a2136439ab4e4c4529a6"
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 2321 (217) — Concerns excessive price increases during state of emergency.

## 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/S2500/2321_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2500/2321_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- AMEND — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Wisniewski, John S. — primary (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (25-0) (Oroho) `amendment-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (35-0) (Oroho) `amendment-passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3774 (1R)
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.9. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/513bfd82-eeb7-4aed-92c5-8cddcafff4c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).