Became P.L.2008, c.111, on December 4, 2008.
2008–2009 Session
Assembly Bill 2871
Permits victim of domestic abuse to terminate residential lease under certain circumstances; provides procedure for tenant to recover security deposit.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from May 19
Chief co-sponsor from Jun 12
7 co-sponsors
Elease Evans, Pamela R. Lampitt, Linda R. Greenstein, Herb Conaway Jr., Connie Wagner, Mary Pat Angelini, Nellie Pou
In the Senate
4 co-sponsors
Fred H. Madden Jr., Dana L. Redd, Brian P. Stack, M. Teresa Ruiz
Its course
May 22 to December 4, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 6 days
In the General AssemblyMay 22 to Sep 25126 days
Housing and Local GovernmentMay 22 to Sep 15116 days
In the SenateSep 25 to Oct 2328 days
Community and Urban AffairsOct 2 to Oct 20 days
With the GovernorOct 23 to Dec 442 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading79–0
Passed · Sep 25
Who voted how
Yea Albert Coutinho, Alex DeCroce, Alison Littell McHose, Amy H. Handlin, Annette Quijano, Anthony Chiappone, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Brian E. Rumpf, Caridad Rodriguez, Caroline Casagrande, Charlotte Vandervalk, Cleopatra G. Tucker, Connie Wagner, Daniel M. Van Pelt, David C. Russo, David P. Rible, David W. Wolfe, Dawn Marie Addiego, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Denise M. Coyle, Douglas H. Fisher, Elease Evans, Eric Munoz, Frederick Scalera, Gary R. Chiusano, Gary S. Schaer, Gordon M. Johnson, Herb Conaway Jr., Jack Conners, James W. Holzapfel, Jay Webber, Jerry Green, Joan M. Quigley, Joan M. Voss, John E. Rooney, John F. Amodeo, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, John S. Wisniewski, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph J. Roberts Jr., Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph R. Malone III, Joseph V. Egan, Joseph Vas, L. Grace Spencer, Linda R. Greenstein, Linda Stender, Louis D. Greenwald, Marcia A. Karrow, Mary Pat Angelini, Matthew W. Milam, Michael J. Doherty, Michael Patrick Carroll, Mila M. Jasey, Nellie Pou, Nelson T. Albano, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Pamela R. Lampitt, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul D. Moriarty, Peter J. Barnes III, Peter J. Biondi, Ralph R. Caputo, Reed Gusciora, Richard A. Merkt, Ronald S. Dancer, Ruben J. Ramos Jr., Samuel D. Thompson, Sandra Love, Scott Rudder, Scott T. Rumana, Sheila Y. Oliver, Thomas P. Giblin, Upendra J. Chivukula, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Vincent J. Polistina, Vincent Prieto, Wayne P. DeAngelo
Not voting L. Harvey Smith
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Oct 23
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Sep 15
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly May 22 – Sep 25
- May 22Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Housing and Local Government
- Sep 15Housing and Local Government recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Sep 25Passed the General Assembly, 79 to 0
In the Senate Oct 2 – Oct 23
- Oct 2Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Community and Urban Affairs
- Community and Urban Affairs recommended it
- Read a second time
- Oct 23Passed the Senate, 37 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Dec 4
- Dec 4Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2008, c.111