---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits municipality to authorize municipal clerk to submit certain written statements concerning affordable housing.*"
description: "Permits municipality to authorize municipal clerk to submit certain written statements concerning affordable housing.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 2296"
citation: "New Jersey A 2296 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFFORD HOUS", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Stack, Brian P.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284685a2-2b0a-4fef-88af-2267f8f9479c"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "cfc446ffc714e307738b38c3dd4dac25baeb99bd27c115b73f99d68b5237f002"
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 2296 (221) — Permits municipality to authorize municipal clerk to submit certain written statements concerning affordable housing.*

## 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/2024/A2500/2296_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHO 1/29/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2500/2296_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-5-0) `passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2309
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-3) `passage`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.5. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/284685a2-2b0a-4fef-88af-2267f8f9479c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).