---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $53,249,310 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs."
description: "Appropriates $53,249,310 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4959"
citation: "New Jersey A 4959 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEACHES", "BUS TAXES", "ENVIRONMENT", "OPEN SPACE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Spearman, William W.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78972725-054f-4386-9a3f-70606be7c65b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0644a5038248e808cf286b0ce866a3ff5a508dc97cf2cee7e238efec2f3d8502"
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 4959 (220) — Appropriates $53,249,310 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.

## 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/A5000/4959_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Stanfield, Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3362
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.137. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78972725-054f-4386-9a3f-70606be7c65b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).