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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
+description: "Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "A 4581"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4581 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "FARMLAND", "STATE DEPTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Downey, Joann", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Singleton, Troy"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2511de-dddd-4703-aa88-2520f2f8be98"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "96b95813d8a9998b61591df5bd3ca2270203ed5ae63eaf7013031cdb0ce5649a"
+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 4581 (217) — Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
+
+## 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/A5000/4581_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A5000/4581_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
+- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
+- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Howarth, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
+- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2987 (1R)
+- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
+- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.224. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b2511de-dddd-4703-aa88-2520f2f8be98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+