republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-1729.md

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Bill	Designates Streptomyces griseus as New Jersey State Microbe.	Designates Streptomyces griseus as New Jersey State Microbe.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 1729	New Jersey S 1729 (218)	bill	NJ HISTORY SCI AND TECH	enacted	Barclay, Arthur Jones, Patricia Egan Quijano, Annette Thompson, Samuel D.	2	11	5	2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00	2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cae62523-447f-48ad-a79f-366bc30f247b	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	facbbce277855bdd0f0782ab238e236935fe6a3bb62551360486939a8dbc8a64	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1729 (218) — Designates Streptomyces griseus as New Jersey State Microbe.

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 Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barclay, Arthur — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
• Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
• Thompson, Samuel D. — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
• Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
• Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-07-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (33-0) passage
• 2018-07-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee referral-committee
• 2018-09-13T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee referral-committee
• 2018-09-17T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3650 (1R)
• 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) passage
• 2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.104. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cae62523-447f-48ad-a79f-366bc30f247b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).