republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-555.md

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Bill	Revises statutes concerning incorporation and governance of the Protestant Episcopal Church to remove gender-specific references.	Revises statutes concerning incorporation and governance of the Protestant Episcopal Church to remove gender-specific references.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 555	New Jersey A 555 (217)	bill	CORPORATIONS MINORITY	enacted	Barnes, Peter J. Diegnan, Patrick J. Eustace, Tim Pinkin, Nancy J.	1	8	2	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7b712d3a-003b-46bd-bb39-2bc6900aa6f0	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	4a9f0abeaf691a547e504e1fd9ee861a3c8f45d02108c7feb3a008507503c450	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 555 (217) — Revises statutes concerning incorporation and governance of the Protestant Episcopal Church to remove gender-specific references.

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 — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barnes, Peter J. — primary (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (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
• 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (57-0-16) passage
• 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S1847
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (30-1) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.151. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b712d3a-003b-46bd-bb39-2bc6900aa6f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).