---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires NJ Historical Commission to establish program for commemorations and observances of 250th anniversary of United States; permits commission to enter into public-private partnership agreement in preparation of anniversary; appropriates $500,000."
description: "Requires NJ Historical Commission to establish program for commemorations and observances of 250th anniversary of United States; permits commission to enter into public-private partnership agreement in preparation of anniversary; appropriates $500,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4194"
citation: "New Jersey A 4194 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "COMMISSIONS", "HISTORIC PRE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95260246-ed3a-4806-98b7-fe2bb348a891"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "63e230b027c023a7ed751f6817c9ce84189471b10e345d068ac8533d18a54430"
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 4194 (218) — Requires NJ Historical Commission to establish program for commemorations and observances of 250th anniversary of United States; permits commission to enter into public-private partnership agreement in preparation of anniversary; appropriates $500,000.

## 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/2018/Bills/A4500/4194_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-1) `passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2738
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.103. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95260246-ed3a-4806-98b7-fe2bb348a891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).