New Jersey S 4227: Establishes limit on rent increase for senior citizen tenants of certain properties financed with assistance from HMFA.

Bill Text

S4227 

SENATE, No. 4227 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 14, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Gopal

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits fur farming. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning fur farming and amending various sections of 
the statutory law.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.1962, 
c.146 (C.4:2-15) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.� [The Department of Agriculture 
shall supervise and control] 
a.� No person shall engage in fur farming, including the breeding, 
raising, producing [and] , or 
marketing of fox, rabbit, mink, chinchilla, marten, fisher, muskrat, karakul [and all] or any 
other fur-bearing animals raised in captivity [, 
in like manner as is provided for other animals under Title 4 of the Revised 
Statutes.� Such farming is hereby declared to be an agricultural pursuit, in 
like manner as provided for other animals under said title, and the employees 
of those engaged therein are hereby declared to be agricultural laborers] .� 

���� b.� A person who violates 
the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be guilty of a disorderly 
persons offense.

���� c.� Nothing in this [act] section 
shall be construed to exempt any person from the provisions of the Fish and 
Game Act regulating the release or escape from captivity of certain animals or 
the provisions of other acts forbidding the importation or the raising in 
captivity of certain animals.

���� d.� Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to prohibit a person from breeding, raising, selling, or 
offering for sale an animal as a pet, domestic companion animal, or service 
animal.

(cf:� P.L.1962, c.146, s.1)

���� 2.� R.S.4:13-1 is amended to 
read as follows:

���� 4:13-1.� As used in this 
chapter:

���� �Agricultural products�� 
includes horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, forestry, dairy, 
livestock, [fur-bearing 
animals,] 
poultry, bee and any farm products, including fresh and salt water food 
products.

���� �Association� means an 
association incorporated or a foreign corporation authorized to do business 
under this chapter.

���� �Member� means an actual 
member of an association without capital stock and a holder of common stock in 
an association with capital stock.

(cf:� P.L.1966, c.286, s.1)

���� 3.� Section 2 of P.L.1987, 
c.204 (C.13:1F-18) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.� For the purposes of [this act] P.L.1987, 
c.204 (C.13:1F-17 et seq.), �land actively devoted to agricultural or 
horticultural use� means land, not less than three acres in area, which is 
devoted to: 

���� a.� In the case of 
agricultural use, the production for sale of plants and animals useful to man, 
including but not limited to forages and sod crops; grains and feed crops; 
dairy animals and dairy products; poultry and poultry products; livestock, 
including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules or goats, including 
the breeding or grazing of any or all of such animals; bees and apiary 
products; [fur 
animals;] 
trees and forest products;� or when devoted to and meeting the requirements and 
qualifications for payments or other compensation pursuant to a soil 
conservation program under an agreement with an agency of the federal 
government; and 

���� b.� In the case of 
horticultural use, the production for sale of fruits of all kinds, including 
grapes, nuts and berries; vegetables; nursery, floral, ornamental and 
greenhouse products; or when devoted to and meeting the requirements and 
qualifications for payments or other compensation pursuant to a soil 
conservation program under an agreement with an agency of the federal 
government.� 

(cf:� P.L.1987, c.204, s.2)

���� 4.� Section 3 of P.L.1979, 
c.111 (C.13:18A-3) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.� As used in [this act] P.L.1979, 
c.111 (C.13:8A-1 et seq.):

���� a.� �Agricultural or 
horticultural purposes�� or� �agricultural or horticultural use� means any 
production of plants or animals useful to man, including but not limited to:� 
forages or sod crops;� grains and feed crops; dairy animals and dairy 
products;� poultry and poultry products; livestock, including beef cattle, 
sheep, swine, horses, ponies, mules or goats, and including the breeding and 
grazing of any or all of such animals; bees and apiary products; [fur animals;] aquatic 
organisms as part of aquaculture; trees and forest products;� fruits of all 
kinds, including grapes, nuts and berries; vegetables;� nursery, floral, 
ornamental and greenhouse products; or any land devoted to and meeting the 
requirements and qualifications for payments or other compensation pursuant to 
a soil conservation program under an agency of the Federal Government;

���� b.� �Application for 
development� mean