---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*"
description: "Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1"
citation: "New Jersey A 1 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAX", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Freiman, Roy", "Gopal, Vin", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, Chris", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81fc394b-9385-4ad6-9f92-450442a53494"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "1cbd02ac702915b5d3b76199e5ae3a52a480e413900dad166c27943065a28f09"
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 1 (220) — Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A0500/1_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ABU 6/28/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A0500/1_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint ASE 6/8/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A0500/1_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Bergen)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Aa (41-33-0) (Greenwald)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (41-33-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1 (1R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (O'Scanlon)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (20-15) (Ruiz)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.75. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81fc394b-9385-4ad6-9f92-450442a53494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).