---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $2,900,000 from \"2009 Farmland Preservation Fund\" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $2,900,000 from \"2009 Farmland Preservation Fund\" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4580"
citation: "New Jersey A 4580 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITIES", "FARMLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Lesniak, Raymond J.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Taliaferro, Adam J."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477e20be-03ae-4d5d-884c-b0bfa6b48960"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f0f4c46b20ea9bc237353efaa85f37fca07d19f900267117a47250cf7fe0f283"
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 4580 (217) — Appropriates $2,900,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.

## 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/A5000/4580_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Lesniak, Raymond J. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
- Rible, David P. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2989
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.223. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/477e20be-03ae-4d5d-884c-b0bfa6b48960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).