---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends Right to Farm Act protections to certain shellfish aquaculture activities.*"
description: "Extends Right to Farm Act protections to certain shellfish aquaculture activities.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 428"
citation: "New Jersey S 428 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calabrese, Clinton", "Freiman, Roy", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Smith, Bob", "Thomson, Edward H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c960d92e-83ec-49f8-806f-67f5398a80cc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9665e32cedd4179ef41ac4d52769d863b94982766200e7754d89cc0b847e070c"
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 S 428 (220) — Extends Right to Farm Act protections to certain shellfish aquaculture activities.*

## 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/S0500/428_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAN 1/19/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S0500/428_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Calabrese, Clinton — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Thomson, Edward H. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer, Beth — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3039 (ACS)
- **2023-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.20. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c960d92e-83ec-49f8-806f-67f5398a80cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).