---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes \"Innovation District Designation Program.\""
description: "Establishes \"Innovation District Designation Program.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 5111"
citation: "New Jersey A 5111 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITI", "SCI AND TECH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Kennedy, James J.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27e098b-40bb-478a-80cb-d67cf558ec53"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4862434fc80c115dd7df052c6532f7261b897b10112f94792dfeb3da4e28a53d"
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 5111 (218) — Establishes "Innovation District Designation 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/2018/Bills/A9999/5111_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3590
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2019-08-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.214. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c27e098b-40bb-478a-80cb-d67cf558ec53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).