Became P.L.2024, c.95, on November 25, 2024.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 3608
Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Sep 12
Chief co-sponsor from Sep 30
8 co-sponsors
Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Shirley K. Turner, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Carmen F. Amato Jr., Anthony M. Bucco, Parker Space, Angela V. McKnight, James Beach
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Oct 28
Mitchelle Drulis, Barbara McCann Stamato
Chief co-sponsors from Oct 28
Its course
September 19 to November 25, 2024, 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 action10 actions on 4 days
In the SenateSep 19 to Oct 2839 days
Budget and AppropriationsSep 19 to Oct 718 days
In the General AssemblyOct 28 to Oct 280 days
Back in the SenateOct 28 to Oct 280 days
With the GovernorOct 28 to Nov 2528 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Do pass as amended · Oct 7
Senate, third reading40–0
Passed · Oct 28
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Angela V. McKnight, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Owen Henry, Parker Space, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
General Assembly, third reading75–0
Passed · Oct 28
Senate, concurrence39–0
Passed · Oct 28
Who voted how
Yea Andrew Zwicker, Angela V. McKnight, Anthony M. Bucco, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nellie Pou, Nicholas P. Scutari, Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Owen Henry, Parker Space, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Raj Mukherji
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 7
General Assembly floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Oct 28
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 Senate Sep 19 – Oct 28
- Sep 19Introduced in the Senate and sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Oct 7Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Oct 28Passed the Senate, 40 to 0
In the General Assembly Oct 28
- Oct 28Arrived in the General Assembly
- Read a second time
- Amended on the floor and read a second time
- Passed the General Assembly, 75 to 0
Back in the Senate Oct 28
- Oct 28Returned to the Senate to agree to the General Assembly's changes
- Passed the Senate, 39 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Nov 25
- Nov 25Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2024, c.95