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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center."
+description: "Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "A 1451"
+citation: "New Jersey A 1451 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "ECONOMIC DEV", "MINORITY", "WOMEN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caride, Marlene", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Green, Jerry", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20457ff8-5e5f-47ae-8c10-3317a470e2de"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "970a8d65d932157a9ca901f101fdf238651030364cf7413218d9cd4fa3cc2ae2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 1451 (217) — Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1500/1451_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
+- Green, Jerry — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliver, Sheila Y. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (67-8-1) `passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1030
+- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-0) `passage`
+- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.261. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20457ff8-5e5f-47ae-8c10-3317a470e2de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+