---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $64.929 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects."
description: "Appropriates $64.929 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4957"
citation: "New Jersey A 4957 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUS TAXES", "ENVIRONMENT", "OPEN SPACE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Jaffer, Sadaf F.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Smith, Bob", "Stanfield, Jean"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8536ef87-30cd-4ea4-b032-d2ba4ac74c01"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "99aff58661fc9e9c7dfdd45edbd7e0707afab5a8827d066f6d60e357abc69531"
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 4957 (220) — Appropriates $64.929 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.

## 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/A5000/4957_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Stanfield, Jean — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-1) `passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3361
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.135. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8536ef87-30cd-4ea4-b032-d2ba4ac74c01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).