Legislation: batch C — MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-2221.md

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows gross income taxpayers to use returns to make voluntary contributions to the Boy Scouts of America Councils in New Jersey."
+description: "Allows gross income taxpayers to use returns to make voluntary contributions to the Boy Scouts of America Councils in New Jersey."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "A 2221"
+citation: "New Jersey A 2221 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INCOME TAX"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Bucco, Anthony M.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Russo, David C."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60e57e1d-3b3a-4569-a5c4-06e0060fbe50"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "de61ed92f793b4c46580c8fe1ffa844a0ad19321f1af2f521c0f97df65e46c27"
+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 2221 (217) — Allows gross income taxpayers to use returns to make voluntary contributions to the Boy Scouts of America Councils in New Jersey.
+
+## 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/A2500/2221_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Russo, David C. — primary (person)
+- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rumana, Scott T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas 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 Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
+- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2453
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.158. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60e57e1d-3b3a-4569-a5c4-06e0060fbe50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+