---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizes Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey."
description: "Recognizes Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3201"
citation: "New Jersey A 3201 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS AND CUL", "STATE GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Gordon M.", "McClellan, Antwan L.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Testa, Michael L.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e4c6b06-1d85-43fd-bdf9-0902da61e37c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "201daa49d6e9fb0fbfff1f24f6336260a97a669d0a2f95c1db42b402fbc7d35f"
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 3201 (219) — Recognizes Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A3500/3201_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A3500/3201_I2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2585 (SCS)
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.91. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e4c6b06-1d85-43fd-bdf9-0902da61e37c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).