---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises various provisions of \"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020\" and other economic development programs; establishes New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program; appropriates $10 million."
description: "Revises various provisions of \"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020\" and other economic development programs; establishes New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program; appropriates $10 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5939"
citation: "New Jersey A 5939 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEV"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b152e381-d14a-4088-a231-5cd1b433593c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bdfa6064cc091f56680b7be7cd6d9b24d731705bec70bee98d4365b8c788ae26"
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 5939 (219) — Revises various provisions of "New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020" and other economic development programs; establishes New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program; appropriates $10 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/2020/Bills/A9999/5939_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–9** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-9-1) `passage`
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3993
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.160. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b152e381-d14a-4088-a231-5cd1b433593c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).