---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"New Jersey Buy American Act\"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S."
description: "\"New Jersey Buy American Act\"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 853"
citation: "New Jersey S 853 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "ST CONTRACTS", "TRANS PLAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Danielsen, Joe", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b759d5d-91ba-4ade-8aaa-8a9c5aa1f111"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c32339ec9fd47868f09bb4622ea3f6109e46997c14363dbe13e4cfe373190969"
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 853 (219) — "New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.

## 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/S1000/853_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/853_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S1000/853_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT GR — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5064
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.119. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b759d5d-91ba-4ade-8aaa-8a9c5aa1f111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).