republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-359.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.	Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 359	New Jersey S 359 (217)	bill	CRIM PROCED CRIMES SMOKING	enacted	Codey, Richard J. Conaway, Herb Diegnan, Patrick J. Jasey, Mila M. Jimenez, Angelica M. Lampitt, Pamela R. Sumter, Shavonda E. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	1	10	4	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1449ae21-4523-4844-a9f1-48cbc1e386d2	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	128e09557e53534bffb5ca4327ffaabd6677b07d0e9af1f4a9e392323e5e14db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 359 (217) — Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.

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 — 5–3 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–2 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 23–14 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–4 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (23-14) passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2320
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (52-17-6) passage
• 2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.118. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1449ae21-4523-4844-a9f1-48cbc1e386d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).