republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-977.md

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Bill	Prohibits possession, transport, import, export, processing, sale, or shipment of parts and products of certain animal species threatened with extinction.	Prohibits possession, transport, import, export, processing, sale, or shipment of parts and products of certain animal species threatened with extinction.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 977	New Jersey S 977 (217)	bill	ANIMAL CRUEL	enacted	Eustace, Tim Gusciora, Reed Holley, Jamel C. Lesniak, Raymond J. Sarlo, Paul A.	2	13	7	2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2016-06-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/40febbff-782c-49a3-bd87-5947a9a70094	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	59cfb43346a76913935400de4a226bc90f379ef990746a6a9c7a3af5970e8a05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 977 (217) — Prohibits possession, transport, import, export, processing, sale, or shipment of parts and products of certain animal species threatened with extinction.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 32–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• ADOPT GR — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• CONCUR GOV REC — 56–3 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 53–14 (pass) · legislature
• CONCUR GOV REC — 36–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• Lesniak, Raymond J. — primary (person)
• Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
• Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Whelan, Jim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (32-0) passage
• 2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2447
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (53-14-8) passage
• 2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (40-0)
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (36-0) passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (56-3-3) passage
• 2016-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.6. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40febbff-782c-49a3-bd87-5947a9a70094. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).