republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-1220.md

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Bill	"Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."	"Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 1220	New Jersey A 1220 (218)	bill	ARTS AND CUL PROFESSIONS	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Jasey, Mila M. McKeon, John F. Mukherji, Raj Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F.	2	16	7	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b17c495e-ff84-4510-8de5-14b893ceae57	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	374042dd60f9e3c8aa0d07370ebc27c518650c4775a50204a1e8aba9ca13e002	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1220 (218) — "Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 59–13 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR GOV REC — 62–11 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
• Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (59-13-0) passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S675
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-2) passage
• 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly executive-veto
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
• 2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (62-11-1) passage
• 2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-5) passage
• 2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.273. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b17c495e-ff84-4510-8de5-14b893ceae57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).