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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires landlords to count federal military service member and veteran housing allowances as income for purposes of qualifying for rental housing; designated as Securing Electronic Records for Veterans Ease Act."
description: "Requires landlords to count federal military service member and veteran housing allowances as income for purposes of qualifying for rental housing; designated as Securing Electronic Records for Veterans Ease Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2447"
citation: "New Jersey S 2447 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Van Drew, Jeff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73693ee3-4dcd-46bc-b9b6-4ea76ca773f4"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "d6d40af328ab90634798da2371caeef52b09df4dba74a26ee4b936f31d47037e"
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 S 2447 (218) — Requires landlords to count federal military service member and veteran housing allowances as income for purposes of qualifying for rental housing; designated as Securing Electronic Records for Veterans Ease Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2500/2447_I1.HTM)
## Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **60** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Armato, John — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Peters, Ryan E. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3841
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-08-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.206. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73693ee3-4dcd-46bc-b9b6-4ea76ca773f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).