---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters."
description: "Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 249"
citation: "New Jersey S 249 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Pou, Nellie", "Sampson, William B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eccf36a-3c5e-414f-a443-296c51761a07"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9ede07fa55bf4c425422ba23999e76114bc98d99f3281f8dd22b940023500b45"
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 249 (220) — Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.

## 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/S0500/249_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SCM 3/14/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S0500/249_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2210 (1R)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.56. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eccf36a-3c5e-414f-a443-296c51761a07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).