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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.*"
description: "Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1640"
citation: "New Jersey S 1640 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CRUEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95f72d74-d68a-455e-82cd-39d9f3763499"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f8df0827a162fa13182651d85f1abfbbac86f258d121dacd5b5963142787e981"
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 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](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1640_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1640_R3.HTM)
3. **Reprint of Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1640_R2.HTM)
4. **Reprint of Substitute S1642 S1013** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1640_R1.HTM)
5. **Senate Committee Substitute S1642 S1013** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2000/1640_U1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **120** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **40** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95f72d74-d68a-455e-82cd-39d9f3763499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).