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type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors and requires licensure for each type of contractor."
description: "Establishes professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors and requires licensure for each type of contractor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2138"
citation: "New Jersey A 2138 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Gordon M.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Singer, Robert W."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dceedabc-63ba-4741-8838-0818bd5c56d4"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2f5520f9a8929f04e48b6b6e33c03c57fbaa75b4dc029d96ba0acd167307727e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---
# New Jersey A 2138 (220) — Establishes professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors and requires licensure for each type of contractor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2138_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ACE 2/13/23 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2138_R3.HTM)
3. **Reprint ACO 6/2/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2138_R1.HTM)
4. **Reprint ACO 9/15/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2138_R2.HTM)
5. **Reprint SBA 11/30/23 4R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2138_R4.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Catalano, John — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Not reported out of Assembly Committee with amendment Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (64-11-1) `passage`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1890 (SCS)
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (31-3) `passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (56-13-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.237. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dceedabc-63ba-4741-8838-0818bd5c56d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).