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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration."
+description: "Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 227"
+citation: "New Jersey S 227 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AUTH - STATE", "LAND USE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Holzapfel, James W.", "McGuckin, Gregory P.", "Wolfe, David W."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd430ac5-9c2e-41e0-8b18-0d83806abdea"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "246254a0481b8b4af4f6c4f893ca6a8344908fdf48cc7544a4db369b1b6a79a3"
+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 S 227 (217) — Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration.
+
+## 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/S0500/227_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S0500/227_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
+- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
+- McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
+- Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-2) `passage`
+- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A963 (1R)
+- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.41. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd430ac5-9c2e-41e0-8b18-0d83806abdea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+