republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-4081.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	"Charlie's Law"; Establishes civil penalties for persons who interfere with or deny persons with disabilities accompanied by service or guide dogs access to places of public accommodation.	"Charlie's Law"; Establishes civil penalties for persons who interfere with or deny persons with disabilities accompanied by service or guide dogs access to places of public accommodation.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 4081	New Jersey A 4081 (217)	bill	ANIMALS CIVIL ACTION DISABLED	enacted	Allen, Diane B. Benson, Daniel R. Greenwald, Louis D. Lampitt, Pamela R. Sweeney, Stephen M. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	11	1	2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ae377ed6-8e33-4201-bc38-25c90834040c	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	5a65cdde6c705c0c190865b73af090e8f9788909734b65215a213b01bdc84341	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4081 (217) — "Charlie's Law"; Establishes civil penalties for persons who interfere with or deny persons with disabilities accompanied by service or guide dogs access to places of public accommodation.

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

• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (69-0-0) passage
• 2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2662
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Rescind Vote Sub for S2662 (38-0) (Allen)
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Rescind Vote (38-0) (Allen)
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2662 (1R)
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.169. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae377ed6-8e33-4201-bc38-25c90834040c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).