republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-1493.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 landlords from requiring residential tenants to pay rent and other related charges through electronic funds transfer; requires landlords to provide receipts for cash payments.	Prohibits landlords from requiring residential tenants to pay rent and other related charges through electronic funds transfer; requires landlords to provide receipts for cash payments.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 1493	New Jersey S 1493 (218)	bill	LANDLORD	enacted	Chaparro, Annette Quijano, Annette Singleton, Troy Stack, Brian P. Timberlake, Britnee N.	2	7	3	2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00	2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e653b70f-326f-4da0-a147-357d8eaab34a	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	78db144d48818ffef711dac34bc437b5be73877a67c8743ed29d76280d70d839	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1493 (218) — Prohibits landlords from requiring residential tenants to pay rent and other related charges through electronic funds transfer; requires landlords to provide receipts for cash payments.

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 — 73–3 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — 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.

• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2019-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1749 (1R)
• 2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-3-0) passage
• 2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.300. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e653b70f-326f-4da0-a147-357d8eaab34a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).