republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-1955.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**	Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 1955	New Jersey A 1955 (217)	bill	COURT ADMIN WILLS	enacted	Bucco, Anthony R. Jones, Patricia Egan Lampitt, Pamela R. Oroho, Steven V. Phoebus, Gail Space, Parker	2	11	3	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e8ea199c-61a2-4a6f-953f-3d6bf59be1fb	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	fe7a325ad7ce989f83ecdcadb826a2046c31928bc388a08d9de25fd3413e5855	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1955 (217) — Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bucco, Anthony R. — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
• Phoebus, Gail — primary (person)
• Space, Parker — primary (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Rible, David P. — cosponsor (person)
• Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
• Webber, Jay — 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
• 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (73-0-0) passage
• 2016-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1795 (SCS)
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (36-0) (Bucco) amendment-passage
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.208. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8ea199c-61a2-4a6f-953f-3d6bf59be1fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).