---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues."
description: "Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 3101"
citation: "New Jersey A 3101 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS AND CUL", "COMMERCE", "HOTELS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Land, R. Bruce", "Singleton, Troy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4058498d-aaee-41e1-b8c6-b014d7e63710"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "075147db4f4b0d31f578f4bf30e55c6af5b8c70ba0b56a34b7979aa654833eb4"
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 3101 (218) — Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.

## 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/A3500/3101_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A3500/3101_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Milam, Matthew W. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S247 (2R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.333. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4058498d-aaee-41e1-b8c6-b014d7e63710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).