---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $9,184,427 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses."
description: "Appropriates $9,184,427 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 5654"
citation: "New Jersey A 5654 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUS TAXES", "OPEN SPACE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Quijano, Annette", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Smith, Bob", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e46f585-61cb-4034-8680-dccc34cd5f69"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f4eb074dce992ae83aeb0ed0006ded8837d73245e3812d2180eba9f3ee57d6cd"
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 5654 (220) — Appropriates $9,184,427 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.

## 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/A6000/5654_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `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 S4052
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.89. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e46f585-61cb-4034-8680-dccc34cd5f69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).