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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains."
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description: "Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "221"
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identifier: "A 4085"
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citation: "New Jersey A 4085 (221)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMMERCE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bramnick, Jon M.", "Conaway, Herb", "Marenco, Julio", "Speight, Shanique", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/179e2855-821a-46fe-aef5-73942ce7024f"
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source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
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source_hash: "af8699c208ee4a4580ab2038c733a7c6b05826cd64f1821e4e95c2c36f782b05"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# New Jersey A 4085 (221) — Allows for natural organic reduction and controlled supervised decomposition of human remains.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4085_I1.HTM)
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2. **Reprint ARP 10/24/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4085_R2.HTM)
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3. **Reprint AST 5/16/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4085_R1.HTM)
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4. **Reprint SBA 6/26/25 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4085_R3.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR IN SA — **79–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bramnick, Jon M. — primary (person)
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- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
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- Marenco, Julio — primary (person)
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- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
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- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
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- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-1-1) `passage`
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- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3007 (2R)
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-2) `passage`
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
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- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-1-0) `passage`
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- **2025-09-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.143. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/179e2855-821a-46fe-aef5-73942ce7024f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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