---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises neighborhood revitalization tax credit program to increase permitted annual tax credit allocation to $15 million."
description: "Revises neighborhood revitalization tax credit program to increase permitted annual tax credit allocation to $15 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 3599"
citation: "New Jersey S 3599 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY DE", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jasey, Mila M.", "Singleton, Troy", "Speight, Shanique", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72a7441c-7a3c-4a20-aaef-2f2c3edc8ff6"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b4e859ff7340e94497694d221910a6c59bed839df0b730790f9e70c934517d56"
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 3599 (218) — Revises neighborhood revitalization tax credit program to increase permitted annual tax credit allocation to $15 million.

## 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/S4000/3599_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations 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** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5185
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-2-0) `passage`
- **2019-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.144. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72a7441c-7a3c-4a20-aaef-2f2c3edc8ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).