---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $34,800,995,000 in State funds and $15,706,712,000 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2016-2017."
description: "Appropriates $34,800,995,000 in State funds and $15,706,712,000 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2016-2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 17"
citation: "New Jersey S 17 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE BUDGT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sarlo, Paul A.", "Schaer, Gary S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e44d81ee-862c-4ee9-82f2-039b90c17be7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7b9be7396fca1f72ad0b540b22c96325ea56818c2a0112b976caf9a608b8327d"
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 S 17 (217) — Appropriates $34,800,995,000 in State funds and $15,706,712,000 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2016-2017.

## 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/S0500/17_I1.WPD)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **28–11** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **50–27** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (28-11) `passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4000
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (50-27-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved with Line Item Veto P.L.2016, c.10. `executive-signature, executive-veto-line-item`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e44d81ee-862c-4ee9-82f2-039b90c17be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).