---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*"
description: "Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 1255"
citation: "New Jersey S 1255 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOUSING", "MV REGULATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pou, Nellie", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Singleton, Troy", "Tucker, Cleopatra G.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11fde475-7a56-4833-b0fd-6e7dc1b91cdd"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "03ea383ff1d73d518040ceb916fee7c2f8a00c7bc30ed9ae082747e708c49bf7"
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 1255 (219) — Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*

## 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/S1500/1255_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1500/1255_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1925 (1R)
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.126. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11fde475-7a56-4833-b0fd-6e7dc1b91cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).