republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-1640.md

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Bill	Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.*	Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 1640	New Jersey S 1640 (217)	bill	ANIMAL CRUEL	enacted	Andrzejczak, Bob Benson, Daniel R. Holzapfel, James W. Land, R. Bruce McGuckin, Gregory P. Singer, Robert W. Taliaferro, Adam J. Turner, Shirley K. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Van Drew, Jeff Wolfe, David W.	5	15	2	2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00	2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/95f72d74-d68a-455e-82cd-39d9f3763499	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	f8df0827a162fa13182651d85f1abfbbac86f258d121dacd5b5963142787e981	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1640 (217) — Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.*

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint SCS (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint of Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint of Substitute S1642 S1013 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Committee Substitute S1642 S1013 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — 4–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
• Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
• McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
• Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
• Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Kyrillos, Joseph M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lesniak, Raymond J. — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Senate Economic Growth Committee referral-committee
• 2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (30-0) (Van Drew) amendment-passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-0) passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Tucker) amendment-passage
• 2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Jones) amendment-passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3152/3154/2426 (AS/2R)
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (71-1-6) passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) passage
• 2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.189. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95f72d74-d68a-455e-82cd-39d9f3763499. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).