---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements."
description: "Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 1953"
citation: "New Jersey A 1953 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "PROPERTY TAX", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Danielsen, Joe", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Spencer, L. Grace", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Whelan, Jim"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09285ea8-e0fe-463d-a751-65a86fe6996b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "330112fe1f001bc07d347ed3ea1c8eae6b6b90131734ffb94b6f1ae95961c0c0"
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 1953 (217) — Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A2000/1953_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Spencer, L. Grace — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Whelan, Jim — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Oliver, Sheila Y. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2448
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.207. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09285ea8-e0fe-463d-a751-65a86fe6996b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).