---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates New Jersey Route 47 from Wildwood City to Maurice River Township as \"Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive.\""
description: "Designates New Jersey Route 47 from Wildwood City to Maurice River Township as \"Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 1659"
citation: "New Jersey S 1659 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Land, R. Bruce", "Van Drew, Jeff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/213890d2-5666-422b-b88d-2ddbe31ecc00"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4abc06152df5ec1c5d4036788dd88a3d91203a74d44e4ebdd9cb1d7e6aee0330"
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 1659 (217) — Designates New Jersey Route 47 from Wildwood City to Maurice River Township as "Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive."

## 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/S2000/1659_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
- Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3318
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.122. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/213890d2-5666-422b-b88d-2ddbe31ecc00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).