Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.
This bill strengthens regulation of cooperative sober living residences (facilities for individuals recovering from addiction) by increasing civil penalties for violations from $5,000 to $25,000, requiring two annual unannounced inspections, and mandating public posting of licensed facility locations. It establishes new reporting requirements for serious incidents like injuries, deaths, or outbreaks, and requires facilities to employ on-site staff qualified in addiction recovery, prohibit alcohol/drug use with random testing, and provide counseling services. The bill appropriates $100,000 for implementation and amends the 1979 Rooming and Boarding House Act to create specific regulatory standards for these facilities. These changes directly affect operators of cooperative sober living residences and their residents.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
General Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jun 13, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2025 · General Assembly Feb 27, 2025
How they voted
33–6
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 24, 2025
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican15
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Jun 3, 2025
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.60.
executive
Jun 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-3)
upper
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (70-6-1)
lower
May 8, 2025
Vetoed
Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-6)
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (63-10-3)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Dec 16, 2024
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Jun 13, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
lower
5 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Anthony Verrelli
DDemocratic
P
Dan Hutchison
DDemocratic
P
Paul Moriarty
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
P
Reginald Atkins
DDemocratic
Co
Al Barlas
RRepublican
Co
Bill Moen
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Stack
DDemocratic
Co
Gordon Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Inganamort
RRepublican
Co
Parker Space
RRepublican
Co
Shama Haider
DDemocratic
Co
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
Co
Will Sampson
DDemocratic
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