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Bill Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree. Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree. us/states/nj New Jersey Legislature 219 S 975 New Jersey S 975 (219)
bill
ANIMAL CRUEL
enacted
Dancer, Ronald S.
Houghtaling, Eric
Kean, Thomas H.
Singleton, Troy
Swain, Lisa
1 9 4 2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 openstates ocd-bill/f94de144-d49f-44d4-a18f-e35d8d159f68 http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp eb09eb6dab5e84d53160a46521b3f18aeafab24e653511bea2f8d11406a2052e 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-nj

New Jersey S 975 (219) — Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree.

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 — 50 (pass) · upper
  • 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 720 (pass) · lower
  • 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 330 (pass) · upper
  • Reported favorably out of committee — 120 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
  • Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
  • Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
  • Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
  • Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
  • Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
  • Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
  • Catalano, John — cosponsor (person)
  • Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
  • Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
  • Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
  • Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
  • Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
  • Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
  • Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
  • Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
  • Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
  • McGuckin, Gregory P. — cosponsor (person)
  • McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
  • McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
  • O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
  • Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
  • Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
  • Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
  • Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee introduction, referral-committee
  • 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
  • 2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
  • 2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (33-0) passage
  • 2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
  • 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3231
  • 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) passage
  • 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.83. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f94de144-d49f-44d4-a18f-e35d8d159f68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).