---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $11.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $11.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 3225"
citation: "New Jersey S 3225 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMLAND", "MUNICIPALITI", "STATE BUDGT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Taliaferro, Adam J."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84ce12a6-178b-495b-a2df-4316cbe0325f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0d9bac39b56ce1b6e6bb358bbbf5f54874355dabd3b00dc271c6c47d69d1725a"
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 3225 (219) — Appropriates $11.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.

## 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/S3500/3225_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5081
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.139. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84ce12a6-178b-495b-a2df-4316cbe0325f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).