---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates \"Garden State\" as State Slogan."
description: "Designates \"Garden State\" as State Slogan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 3437"
citation: "New Jersey A 3437 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NJ HISTORY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Gusciora, Reed", "Land, R. Bruce", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d22d5e6-b254-41b6-8870-dada8cf0033e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9ecec2391522de8b6fc423a0f3c46c3d5e6c4f1f003160e83d0adaff21a3e582"
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 3437 (217) — Designates "Garden State" as State Slogan.

## 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/A3500/3437_I1.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1076
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.214. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d22d5e6-b254-41b6-8870-dada8cf0033e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).