Bill Commons

NJ S 897

in committee

Requires organizations training disabled veteran assistance dogs to register with Division of Consumer Affairs and provide disabled veteran assistance dogs with vests or harnesses.

New Jersey · 222 · upper

Quick answers

Did NJ S 897 pass?

Not yet. NJ S 897 is in committee as of 2026-01-13 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-13): Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

What is NJ S 897 about?

NJ S 897 is a bill in the 222 titled “Requires organizations training disabled veteran assistance dogs to register with Division of Consumer Affairs and provide disabled veteran assistance dogs with vests or harnesses.”.

Who sponsors NJ S 897?

Testa, Michael L., Jr., Beach, James are the primary sponsors of NJ S 897.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Testa, Michael L., Jr.primary
  • Beach, Jamesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:27:43.923511Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NJ&identifier=S 897. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.