---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excludes electricity supplied to recycled materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards."
description: "Excludes electricity supplied to recycled materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4254"
citation: "New Jersey A 4254 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY", "SOLID WASTE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Lopez, Yvonne"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f3642f-f552-4ed1-a1b5-60f3585fb7f6"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8a15e81f45d95e7f36f4cedd6f597d1744ff04d9f05985c58188474e9e8ca158"
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 4254 (220) — Excludes electricity supplied to recycled materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.

## 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/A4500/4254_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Special Committee on Infrastructure and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-1-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2852
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.110. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5f3642f-f552-4ed1-a1b5-60f3585fb7f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).