---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires municipality to pay certain nonresidential property tax appeal refunds in equal installments over period of three years. *"
description: "Requires municipality to pay certain nonresidential property tax appeal refunds in equal installments over period of three years. *"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 2004"
citation: "New Jersey A 2004 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITI", "PROPERTY TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Pinkin, Nancy J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c9088a3-5938-4c0c-a181-43a580333015"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "09ce246c1a05f89819e10a599bba040f8ab9cb74d94b4ca2badc42c3509337c3"
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 2004 (218) — Requires municipality to pay certain nonresidential property tax appeal refunds in equal installments over period of three years. *

## 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/2018/Bills/A2500/2004_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A2500/2004_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **51–22** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **48–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **52–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Karabinchak) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Rooney)
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Johnson) (48-24-0)
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (51-22-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2673 (2R)
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (25-11) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (52-23-0) `passage`
- **2019-08-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.230. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c9088a3-5938-4c0c-a181-43a580333015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).