---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey COVID-19 Emergency Bond Act,\" authorizes issuance of State bonds totaling up to $9.9 billion."
description: "\"New Jersey COVID-19 Emergency Bond Act,\" authorizes issuance of State bonds totaling up to $9.9 billion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4175"
citation: "New Jersey A 4175 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS", "EMERG MGMT", "FEDERAL REL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKeon, John F.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/203ab4b4-bb88-4f9b-9e70-844a53400561"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "635d4f96f3d1c9503bf6782c8e380c704e77adb83b59c8d8d078b8b408cef946"
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 4175 (219) — "New Jersey COVID-19 Emergency Bond Act," authorizes issuance of State bonds totaling up to $9.9 billion.

## 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/A4500/4175_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4500/4175_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **45–25** (pass) · lower
- TABLE MOTION — **13–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (52-28-0) `passage`
- **2020-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2697
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Rice)
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (13-11) (Weinberg)
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-15) `passage`
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Holley)
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (45-25-2) (Johnson)
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (46-26-0) `passage`
- **2020-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.60. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/203ab4b4-bb88-4f9b-9e70-844a53400561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).