---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credit for certain expenses incurred for production of certain films and digital media content; designated as Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act."
description: "Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credit for certain expenses incurred for production of certain films and digital media content; designated as Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 122"
citation: "New Jersey S 122 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUS TAXES", "CORPORATIONS", "ECONOMIC DEV", "INCOME TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d969a909-6093-4d99-a096-1c4b23759305"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f8e5f0c3068af8f5c4bea4dd52ca13bde9afe6549d07c71031040af5a6eae698"
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 122 (218) — Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credit for certain expenses incurred for production of certain films and digital media content; designated as Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.

## 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/S0500/122_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/122_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR GOV REC — **60–17** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **59–14** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **50–23** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT GR — **30–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Andrzejczak, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — 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 Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (29-5) `passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1038 (1R)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Bucco)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (50-23-0)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (59-14-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (31-3) `passage`
- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (30-6)
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-3) `passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (60-17-0) `passage`
- **2018-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.56. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d969a909-6093-4d99-a096-1c4b23759305`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).