---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires State to use 20-year time horizon and most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report when calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases."
description: "Requires State to use 20-year time horizon and most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report when calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3215"
citation: "New Jersey S 3215 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLLUTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Singleton, Troy", "Swain, Lisa", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74f03fae-2d23-4bf3-8660-4c7f72e15d53"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b046dd341715316e7f87d5c0da9708e9ffc00219c87b5685346b44f04fc03d7e"
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 3215 (218) — Requires State to use 20-year time horizon and most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report when calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases.

## 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/S3500/3215_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S3500/3215_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-2) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4606 (1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (65-8-2) `passage`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.319. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74f03fae-2d23-4bf3-8660-4c7f72e15d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).