---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits NJTA from requiring county guarantee to provide maintenance of pedestrian bridge under certain circumstances when determining approval for construction of pedestrian bridge."
description: "Prohibits NJTA from requiring county guarantee to provide maintenance of pedestrian bridge under certain circumstances when determining approval for construction of pedestrian bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 2181"
citation: "New Jersey A 2181 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "HIGHWAYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caride, Marlene", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Schaer, Gary S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52d3e24e-6e09-4a85-a995-79526ca65e55"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "904feca988b8386059ac0a52571dab3ddc1a4546a3b8a92399a1dc59cbb09531"
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 2181 (217) — Prohibits NJTA from requiring county guarantee to provide maintenance of pedestrian bridge under certain circumstances when determining approval for construction of pedestrian bridge.

## 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/A2500/2181_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caride, Marlene — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (69-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2809
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) `passage`
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.109. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52d3e24e-6e09-4a85-a995-79526ca65e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).