---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires municipal land use plan element of master plan to address smart growth, storm resiliency, and environmental sustainability issues."
description: "Requires municipal land use plan element of master plan to address smart growth, storm resiliency, and environmental sustainability issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4540"
citation: "New Jersey A 4540 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAND USE", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Eustace, Tim", "Gusciora, Reed", "Kennedy, James J.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Smith, Bob"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2750423f-f003-416e-906e-f87457ab1f1d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4b7c3b16baea234944531e5d2990531ac85c26fde1f282a0af2c4cbd38dfd364"
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 4540 (217) — Requires municipal land use plan element of master plan to address smart growth, storm resiliency, and environmental sustainability issues.

## 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/A5000/4540_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (54-16-4) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2873
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (28-8) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.275. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2750423f-f003-416e-906e-f87457ab1f1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).