republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-1531.md

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Bill	Revises law concerning reciprocity for out-of-State professional and occupational licenses.	Revises law concerning reciprocity for out-of-State professional and occupational licenses.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 1531	New Jersey A 1531 (218)	bill	PROFESSIONS	enacted	Kean, Thomas H. Lopez, Yvonne Mukherji, Raj Pou, Nellie Singer, Robert W. Zwicker, Andrew	2	13	6	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5876195c-0c85-4333-af9e-de6791b96339	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	e45b1d9474b418b31c3b5f4afd6550e5baab47e102adb910dc8184835a6a6eea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1531 (218) — Revises law concerning reciprocity for out-of-State professional and occupational licenses.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SA — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — 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
• 2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-0-0) passage
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S522 (1R)
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2018-08-10T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.78. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5876195c-0c85-4333-af9e-de6791b96339. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).