---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public and private assets in this State.*"
description: "Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public and private assets in this State.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 12"
citation: "New Jersey A 12 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCO TAXES", "SALES TAX", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "McKeon, John F.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Prieto, Vincent", "Rible, David P.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-10-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/456ff35b-72c0-4092-81b2-4f2560129daf"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "93997fa4c85a6e072873680e222a2887bb4a79d8914a02e7a71d29cb4f91a177"
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 12 (217) — Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public and private assets in this State.*

## 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/A0500/12_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A0500/12_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SA — **45–27** (pass) · legislature
- ADD TO CALENDAR — **56–19** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **53–23** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–3** (pass) · legislature
- EMERGENCY — **61–15** (pass) · legislature
- TABLE MOTION — **39–22** (pass) · legislature
- AMEND — **23–10** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **24–14** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Prieto, Vincent — primary (person)
- Rible, David P. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Egan, Joseph V. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Motion Add to calendar (Prieto) (56-19-0)
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (Prieto) (61-15-0)
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (53-23-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-07-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Beck)
- **2016-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (19-9) (Weinberg)
- **2016-10-05T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (22-10) (Sarlo) `amendment-passage`
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2411 (3R)
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Beck)
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (20-13) (Weinberg)
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (24-14) `passage`
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Recommit AAP (Ciattarelli)
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion Table Motion (Greenwald) (Voice)
- **2016-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (45-27-0) `passage`
- **2016-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.57. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/456ff35b-72c0-4092-81b2-4f2560129daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).