---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes EDA to make grants during periods of emergency declared by Governor and for duration of economic disruptions due to emergency; allows EDA to grant certain business documentation submission deadline extensions."
description: "Authorizes EDA to make grants during periods of emergency declared by Governor and for duration of economic disruptions due to emergency; allows EDA to grant certain business documentation submission deadline extensions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3845"
citation: "New Jersey A 3845 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTH - STATE", "EMERG MGMT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Freiman, Roy", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Stack, Brian P."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb454952-63d9-4bc8-be4f-61f4eec3ebad"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7c225c0c54ec3b475efb8a10349d919cf799422b9d44a22a5702a672fc40fdef"
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 3845 (219) — Authorizes EDA to make grants during periods of emergency declared by Governor and for duration of economic disruptions due to emergency; allows EDA to grant certain business documentation submission deadline extensions.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3845_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2284
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.8. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb454952-63d9-4bc8-be4f-61f4eec3ebad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).