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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects."
+description: "Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 2997"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2997 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BEACHES", "BUS TAXES", "CORPORATIONS", "OPEN SPACE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Singleton, Troy", "Smith, Bob", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4771ae71-7828-4931-81c8-73b16233accd"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "71937dc018b3bd36cceb2a119567e7b544f7f601a3b14e18194419cab4a13bf9"
+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 2997 (217) — Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.
+
+## 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/S3000/2997_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2997_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
+- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
+- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
+- Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred 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** Substituted for A4597
+- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.66. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4771ae71-7828-4931-81c8-73b16233accd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+