---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates portion of State Highway Route 55 as \"State Trooper Frankie L. Williams Memorial Highway.\" *"
description: "Designates portion of State Highway Route 55 as \"State Trooper Frankie L. Williams Memorial Highway.\" *"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 4542"
citation: "New Jersey A 4542 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "HIGHWAYS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "DeCroce, BettyLou", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Land, R. Bruce", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Van Drew, Jeff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee737abc-095d-45b7-a524-240b8dfacf80"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "8fe9f019d9523547f35a5aad731dff38f6c61b2ac02c4b9bb8121932624575c2"
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 4542 (217) — Designates portion of State Highway Route 55 as "State Trooper Frankie L. Williams Memorial Highway." *

## 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/A5000/4542_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A5000/4542_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Mazzeo) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (75-0-0) (Mazzeo)
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation 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 S2986 (1R)
- **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.222. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee737abc-095d-45b7-a524-240b8dfacf80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).