---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Office of Emergency Management to establish county storm preparedness funding program.*"
description: "Requires Office of Emergency Management to establish county storm preparedness funding program.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2538"
citation: "New Jersey S 2538 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERG MGMT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Downey, Joann", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Land, R. Bruce", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Singer, Robert W.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9870873f-9bf3-4df2-8d5d-d509ac014b33"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c62058d1a169d1b1f559690e7d1d674cc95ad8d1eaadd57bd71c7a317b537da0"
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 2538 (217) — Requires Office of Emergency Management to establish county storm preparedness funding program.*

## 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/S3000/2538_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2538_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — cosponsor (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Kyrillos, Joseph M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Toole, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (28-0) (Sweeney) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4204 (1R)
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.63. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9870873f-9bf3-4df2-8d5d-d509ac014b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).