Via PolitickerNJ, the New Jersey Assembly bill which would make New Jersey landlords financially responsible for bed bug eradication in multi-unit buildings has been referred to the Speaker.

Via an earlier press release, here’s the bill sponsor, Assemblywoman Joan M. Quigley, talking about the bill in September (some graphic images of bed bugs, but then aren’t they all?):

These pages may be of related interest:

1. The New Jersey quandary about who is responsible
2. The New Jersey Assembly bed bug bill
3. Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008: a bill in the US Congress
4. The new Butterfield bill
5. NYC’s new bed bug bill