republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-1761.md

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Bill	Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals.	Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 1761	New Jersey A 1761 (217)	bill	ANIMAL CRUEL CRIM PROCED CRIMES	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Eustace, Tim Gusciora, Reed Mukherji, Raj Scutari, Nicholas P.	1	9	4	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/dc7003a9-3995-4c82-a4a7-389c31ec9612	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	941b69121aa7cc06bbae9740368cf99a6b9ccb9b752ea148143782788383d0ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1761 (217) — Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 78–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
• Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (78-0-0) passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S332
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.156. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc7003a9-3995-4c82-a4a7-389c31ec9612. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).