republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-679.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	Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.	Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 679	New Jersey S 679 (218)	bill	CIVIL ACTION ENERGY HAZ SUBSTANC	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Danielsen, Joe DeAngelo, Wayne P. Mukherji, Raj Smith, Bob	1	10	5	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/532e77b6-0d6c-47f3-a253-e65d40826081	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	dd224f30590e0017fe2e8067890274f3a9cb7b9da60764c0d2dc2e576595d701	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 679 (218) — Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Smith, Bob — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-10-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2614
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) passage
• 2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.4. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/532e77b6-0d6c-47f3-a253-e65d40826081. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).