---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes $25 million in federal funds available to Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion for recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. **"
description: "Makes $25 million in federal funds available to Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion for recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. **"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5689"
citation: "New Jersey A 5689 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DISEASE", "STATE BUDGT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Mukherji, Raj", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de0f540e-36c4-4246-a518-5df7bba91530"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c2f4d92677cebbf909e9486a284704b944d1786eada49fcc34cff3e3ff64d219"
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 5689 (219) — Makes $25 million in federal funds available to Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion for recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. **

## 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/A9999/5689_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5689_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Polistina, Vincent J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — 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 State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (71-1-2) `passage`
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3830 (1R)
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.364. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de0f540e-36c4-4246-a518-5df7bba91530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).