A 4535 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

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

336
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 24, 2025
D Democratic25
24 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican15
9 Yea 6 Nay
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