---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires New Jersey Historical Commission to establish Black Heritage Trail; permits New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation to use funds for markers on certain trail sites; appropriates $1 million.*"
description: "Requires New Jersey Historical Commission to establish Black Heritage Trail; permits New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation to use funds for markers on certain trail sites; appropriates $1 million.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2677"
citation: "New Jersey A 2677 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "MINORITY", "NJ HISTORY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClellan, Antwan L.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Singleton, Troy", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Testa, Michael L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-09-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c812c811-1d3b-4761-b32b-cad78e67d2c6"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e3320e7a93358660b9ac5ee8ac812262472dffae420515558837bce99ea38ac2"
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 2677 (220) — Requires New Jersey Historical Commission to establish Black Heritage Trail; permits New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation to use funds for markers on certain trail sites; appropriates $1 million.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A3000/2677_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Senate 5/26/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A3000/2677_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClellan, Antwan L. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Guardian, Donald A. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Cunningham) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1805 (1R)
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.102. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c812c811-1d3b-4761-b32b-cad78e67d2c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).