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NJ S2408
Bill
Status
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Anthony M. Bucco
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AI Summary
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Allows any person to voluntarily and anonymously surrender a domestic companion animal to shelters, pounds, veterinary hospitals, or police stations without liability for the animal's care or disposition.
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Prohibits employees at these facilities from refusing to accept any domestic companion animal delivered to them during operating hours.
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Requires shelters, pounds, veterinary hospitals, and police stations to post conspicuous signs at their entrances displaying hours of operation, contact information for alternate facilities when closed, and warnings against abandonment.
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Directs the Commissioner of Health to establish an educational and public information program, potentially including a 24-hour toll-free hotline, to promote safe placement alternatives for companion animals.
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Mandates distribution of pamphlets, posters, and educational materials about the safe haven program to all public school districts for students in grades 3-12.
Legislative Description
"New Jersey Safe Haven for Protection of Domestic Companion Animals Act."
Economic Growth
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
1/13/2026