republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-4552.md

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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	Prohibits leasing dogs and cats.	Prohibits leasing dogs and cats.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 4552	New Jersey A 4552 (218)	bill	ANIMALS	enacted	Armato, John Corrado, Kristin M. Gopal, Vin Mazzeo, Vincent Mukherji, Raj Murphy, Carol A. Rooney, Kevin J.	3	11	6	2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00	2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/86ac2087-91f7-4e46-a0bf-212f73010b76	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	ae98cc01bdaf85407a85de3c788ebc17f2c6e5b78f0269d8b378d739e662cc6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4552 (218) — Prohibits leasing dogs and cats.

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Committee Substitute A4385 (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint of Substitute A4385 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AMEND — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SA — 74–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 74–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Armato, John — primary (person)
• Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
• Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
• Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
• 2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (74-1-1) passage
• 2019-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (33-0) (Gopal) amendment-passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3531 (SCS/1R)
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-1-0) passage
• 2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.234. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86ac2087-91f7-4e46-a0bf-212f73010b76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).