---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million."
description: "Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4"
citation: "New Jersey A 4 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFFORD HOUS", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Singleton, Troy", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/035b97de-8060-4f61-bdc7-304fcb020f66"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "60c88703699d222ce409ef89ac9f79f8d258bccdf52909153db256fa57dd5b83"
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 4 (221) — Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 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/2024/A0500/4_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 2/8/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A0500/4_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 3/11/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A0500/4_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **51–28** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **23–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — 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 and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (51-28-0) `passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S50 (2R)
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (23-14) `passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (50-25-0) `passage`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.2. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/035b97de-8060-4f61-bdc7-304fcb020f66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).