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type: "Bill"
title: "Decreases annual thoroughbred race dates to 50 minimum upon written consent from New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association."
description: "Decreases annual thoroughbred race dates to 50 minimum upon written consent from New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4246"
citation: "New Jersey A 4246 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck, Jennifer", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Lesniak, Raymond J."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0978153-1000-4a45-99e3-7c063c0d02f5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "83848b5270d255033747d91ebad3d25df780238d641bc52e9859a71d7cff8c3b"
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 4246 (217) — Decreases annual thoroughbred race dates to 50 minimum upon written consent from New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4500/4246_I1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported favorably out of committee — **50** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **770** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **70** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Beck, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Lesniak, Raymond J. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3194
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.172. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0978153-1000-4a45-99e3-7c063c0d02f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).