republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/220/a-2026.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	Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement.	Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	220	A 2026	New Jersey A 2026 (220)	bill	ANIMALS CIVIL SVC	enacted	Beach, James Conaway, Herb Haider, Shama A. Mukherji, Raj Vitale, Joseph F.	2	10	2	2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1d70bb4e-04cd-476d-b09d-757ed6115f13	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	9fbb6bd9a21911573f0eb80c35b259fcbd5fae53f25f79b170ec703f0b63b539	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2026 (220) — Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint SSG 6/23/22 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (75-0-0) passage
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee referral-committee
• 2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S322 (1R)
• 2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) passage
• 2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2022, c.128. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d70bb4e-04cd-476d-b09d-757ed6115f13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).