---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes owning or possessing animal fighting or dog fighting paraphernalia as crime of third degree; establishes civil animal cruelty penalties therefor."
description: "Establishes owning or possessing animal fighting or dog fighting paraphernalia as crime of third degree; establishes civil animal cruelty penalties therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3146"
citation: "New Jersey S 3146 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUEL", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Singleton, Troy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-10-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e633a7-364c-4474-91cd-b76742da3a55"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6d0b78d84a18c794b71c4758da48f975eb94cb996ba42c316c51d933640cf87a"
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 3146 (218) — Establishes owning or possessing animal fighting or dog fighting paraphernalia as crime of third degree; establishes civil animal cruelty penalties therefor.

## 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/2018/Bills/S3500/3146_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4698
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.223. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71e633a7-364c-4474-91cd-b76742da3a55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).