---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows tenant with temporary or permanent restraining order to change locks on residential rental unit."
description: "Allows tenant with temporary or permanent restraining order to change locks on residential rental unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 3808"
citation: "New Jersey A 3808 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIME VICTIM", "LANDLORD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Jaffer, Sadaf F.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Park, Ellen J.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fb4bb3d-89f0-4a4f-a12d-eba0ef0394e7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7676aae00277126a28d8c76979cdf697c176b48e8ce31573e192e911d9be65fb"
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 3808 (220) — Allows tenant with temporary or permanent restraining order to change locks on residential rental unit.

## 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/2022/A4000/3808_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHE 3/20/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3808_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint AJU 3/9/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3808_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2052 (2R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.174. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fb4bb3d-89f0-4a4f-a12d-eba0ef0394e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).