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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"New Jersey Buy American Act\"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S."
+description: "\"New Jersey Buy American Act\"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 853"
+citation: "New Jersey S 853 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMERCE", "ST CONTRACTS", "TRANS PLAN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Danielsen, Joe", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b759d5d-91ba-4ade-8aaa-8a9c5aa1f111"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "c32339ec9fd47868f09bb4622ea3f6109e46997c14363dbe13e4cfe373190969"
+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 853 (219) — "New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/S1000/853_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/853_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/853_R2.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- ADOPT GR — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beach, James — primary (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
+- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5064
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
+- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.119. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b759d5d-91ba-4ade-8aaa-8a9c5aa1f111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+