---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes $135 million in federal funds available to EDA to support eligible entities impacted by COVID-19 pandemic."
description: "Makes $135 million in federal funds available to EDA to support eligible entities impacted by COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 3982"
citation: "New Jersey S 3982 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTH - STATE", "CHARITIES", "CORPORATIONS", "DISEASE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e047f444-9bde-4564-90c1-1208df8c166a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "92fa249f9e4c5d9bf081f1439497520ac61861c5ef61453b6fe31b6e8aa492d3"
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 3982 (219) — Makes $135 million in federal funds available to EDA to support eligible entities impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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/S4000/3982_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5904
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.173. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e047f444-9bde-4564-90c1-1208df8c166a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).