---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $87,444,690 from \"New Jersey Library Construction Fund\" to provide grants for construction, reconstruction, development, extension, improvement, and furnishing of New Jersey's public libraries."
description: "Appropriates $87,444,690 from \"New Jersey Library Construction Fund\" to provide grants for construction, reconstruction, development, extension, improvement, and furnishing of New Jersey's public libraries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4942"
citation: "New Jersey A 4942 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LIBRARIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Beach, James", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Jimenez, Angelica M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec19df7e-bbeb-46f0-93a5-8dfe85d9aa3e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cba590e0af9e8dc837f03277dd10185dd0e224bbd2d4be716b9e7e35fb7a8f8f"
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 4942 (219) — Appropriates $87,444,690 from "New Jersey Library Construction Fund" to provide grants for construction, reconstruction, development, extension, improvement, and furnishing of New Jersey's public libraries.

## 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/2020/Bills/A5000/4942_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3176
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.127. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec19df7e-bbeb-46f0-93a5-8dfe85d9aa3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).