republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-4085.md

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Bill	Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains.	Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 4085	New Jersey A 4085 (221)	bill	COMMERCE	enacted	Bramnick, Jon M. Conaway, Herb Marenco, Julio Speight, Shanique Vitale, Joseph F.	4	13	7	2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00	2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/179e2855-821a-46fe-aef5-73942ce7024f	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	af8699c208ee4a4580ab2038c733a7c6b05826cd64f1821e4e95c2c36f782b05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4085 (221) — Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint ARP 10/24/24 2R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint AST 5/16/24 1R (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint SBA 6/26/25 3R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SA — 79–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 71–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
• Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
• Marenco, Julio — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee referral-committee
• 2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (71-1-1) passage
• 2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3007 (2R)
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-2) passage
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-1-0) passage
• 2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.143. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/179e2855-821a-46fe-aef5-73942ce7024f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).