---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires NJ Clean Energy Program's Residential New Construction incentives be made available Statewide."
description: "Requires NJ Clean Energy Program's Residential New Construction incentives be made available Statewide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1969"
citation: "New Jersey S 1969 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY", "PUBLIC UTIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Quijano, Annette", "Singleton, Troy", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6da25ee-ff2e-4e87-8fb6-c1720c467cf0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bfc59ca456d01052f99d14a71a32a9140e28bc56a62dabe9a7cc75b490849de6"
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 1969 (217) — Requires NJ Clean Energy Program's Residential New Construction incentives be made available Statewide.

## 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/S2000/1969_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-1) `passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A223 (1R)
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.60. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6da25ee-ff2e-4e87-8fb6-c1720c467cf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).