---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $8,896,229 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $8,896,229 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4736"
citation: "New Jersey A 4736 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMLAND", "STATE BUDGT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Freiman, Roy", "Gopal, Vin", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Oroho, Steven V."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b63d7fc-b85f-4fc3-9b38-4b3cc7573af3"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "952ed11fa6a9162997f164735d5c067be87200acf886cea417ec9e52be3028af"
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 4736 (218) — Appropriates $8,896,229 to State Agriculture Development Committee 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/2018/Bills/A5000/4736_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armato, John — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3179
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.29. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b63d7fc-b85f-4fc3-9b38-4b3cc7573af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).