republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-518.md

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Bill	Requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights; designated as "Michael Massey's Law."	Requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights; designated as "Michael Massey's Law."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 518	New Jersey S 518 (217)	bill	TRAFFIC SAFE	enacted	Beck, Jennifer Benson, Daniel R. Downey, Joann Houghtaling, Eric Mukherji, Raj Vainieri Huttle, Valerie	1	8	3	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/94ed03d1-8b7d-44f3-ab69-55d0d2f67954	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	f30845a9714c1e5f52b47c8f44ee44fee3a073cdd34048746d3c72935934dfd5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 518 (217) — Requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights; designated as "Michael Massey's Law."

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
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Beck, Jennifer — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Sean T. — 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 Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-1) passage
• 2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4452
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.43. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94ed03d1-8b7d-44f3-ab69-55d0d2f67954. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).