republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-1925.md

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Bill	Designates Bog Turtle as State Reptile.	Designates Bog Turtle as State Reptile.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 1925	New Jersey S 1925 (218)	bill	ANIMALS NJ HISTORY	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Murphy, Carol A. Zwicker, Andrew	1	9	4	2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fe1e4891-e896-455b-a596-386962b27fcb	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	3baa190ba67ff5e7f8b00da1340caa1474d2a2e1de0ebf9cfa75ccc6774ae096	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1925 (218) — Designates Bog Turtle as State Reptile.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (34-0) passage
• 2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A1530
• 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.41. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe1e4891-e896-455b-a596-386962b27fcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).