---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act,\" establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million."
description: "\"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act,\" establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 306"
citation: "New Jersey A 306 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFFORD HOUS", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Beach, James", "Danielsen, Joe", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Singleton, Troy", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Webber, Jay"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb1c655f-4944-4ae6-b07a-9482c6c163f8"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ac96faf1e12b29e37a32c3e5c9742d42590674a6a2c57fb3f014dce7cbd5856d"
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 306 (217) — "New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.

## 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/A0500/306_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Webber, Jay — primary (person)
- Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Rible, David P. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (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 Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2017
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.258. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb1c655f-4944-4ae6-b07a-9482c6c163f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).