---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Agritourism Fund; requires annual appropriation of $2.5 million from General Fund; appropriates $2.5 million."
description: "Establishes Agritourism Fund; requires annual appropriation of $2.5 million from General Fund; appropriates $2.5 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 5209"
citation: "New Jersey A 5209 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13515b6c-1c0f-41fd-bbdc-c1af1f5f3e0d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "3173a6e8331cc78f181481c202d403f96b00fd2f2500e906532536728dbfb288"
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 5209 (220) — Establishes Agritourism Fund; requires annual appropriation of $2.5 million from General Fund; appropriates $2.5 million.

## 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/A5500/5209_I2.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (68-4-2) `passage`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3615
- **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.87. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13515b6c-1c0f-41fd-bbdc-c1af1f5f3e0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).