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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes position of State Oceanographer."
+description: "Establishes position of State Oceanographer."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 987"
+citation: "New Jersey S 987 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BEACHES", "NJ HISTORY", "STATE GOVT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Danielsen, Joe", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Smith, Bob"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30f1eef7-7cf1-4384-967b-c96a5ab5d686"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "9ba1e4b159cd3ec3cb1c8f0e972415a2161610fc62de5784e7cafa12bf5d7b46"
+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 987 (217) — Establishes position of State Oceanographer.
+
+## 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/S1000/987_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **63–9** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
+- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
+- **2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A231 (1R)
+- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (63-9-4) `passage`
+- **2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.59. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30f1eef7-7cf1-4384-967b-c96a5ab5d686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+