---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies Garden State Growth Zone tax exemption program."
description: "Modifies Garden State Growth Zone tax exemption program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5683"
citation: "New Jersey A 5683 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pou, Nellie", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c342b1fc-81b9-4fde-b745-6fde404cd861"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "86e7ab87bab92e067abd787f7113aa42ad28d38099787a67089c2f2c973d7b32"
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 5683 (219) — Modifies Garden State Growth Zone tax exemption program.

## 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/A9999/5683_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **57–18** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (57-18-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3869
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (26-12) `passage`
- **2021-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.232. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c342b1fc-81b9-4fde-b745-6fde404cd861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).