---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands eligibility for wildlife fencing programs to farmers leasing farmland; clarifies eligibility and provides for uniform funding levels for grant recipients.*"
description: "Expands eligibility for wildlife fencing programs to farmers leasing farmland; clarifies eligibility and provides for uniform funding levels for grant recipients.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3916"
citation: "New Jersey S 3916 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "FARMLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Freiman, Roy", "Rooney, Kevin J.", "Sauickie, Alex", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7497785-1ab6-401c-9199-2480b256886c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e7e02fe56bbcc05afc25f8a6e820ebe874c6c8d824097145fd930eab99b2a9cf"
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 3916 (220) — Expands eligibility for wildlife fencing programs to farmers leasing farmland; clarifies eligibility and provides for uniform funding levels for grant recipients.*

## 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/S4000/3916_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 12/18/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3916_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint SEG 6/8/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3916_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — primary (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5486 (1R)
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.223. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7497785-1ab6-401c-9199-2480b256886c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).