republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-1359.md

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Bill	Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog.	Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 1359	New Jersey S 1359 (217)	bill	ANIMAL LIC DISABLED HOUSING	enacted	Bucco, Anthony M. Bucco, Anthony R. Mazzeo, Vincent McKnight, Angela V. Stack, Brian P. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	1	8	3	2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00	2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b10ecbbc-f8f1-4b63-a32b-ed221d4d81dc	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	2c114392af7d919bea5b25c0403beb7035726683d2776a12236f8395cd0ff885	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1359 (217) — Guarantees full and equal access to all housing to disabled persons who retain their retired service or guide dog as a pet, and who also obtain a new service or guide dog.

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 — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — primary (person)
• Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4096
• 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.187. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b10ecbbc-f8f1-4b63-a32b-ed221d4d81dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).