republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-4608.md

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Bill	" Applied Behavior Analyst Licensing Act." *	" Applied Behavior Analyst Licensing Act." *	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 4608	New Jersey A 4608 (218)	bill	PROFESSIONS	enacted	Downey, Joann Kean, Thomas H. Weinberg, Loretta Zwicker, Andrew	2	10	5	2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00	2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/018be054-6cbe-4017-81b5-3afd0dc230ba	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	c52e337efae3c88594e6fa3b12d599badb87348aaa0d3bc8c184791663f4cd5f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4608 (218) — " Applied Behavior Analyst 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 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SA — 71–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
• Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
• Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-1-0) passage
• 2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3099 (SCS)
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-2) passage
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-1-0) passage
• 2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.337. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/018be054-6cbe-4017-81b5-3afd0dc230ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).