---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $5 million to the Department of State for Cultural Projects."
description: "Appropriates $5 million to the Department of State for Cultural Projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4708"
citation: "New Jersey A 4708 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS AND CUL", "STATE GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc6f7690-aabc-4979-ab4c-b5ccf7435da6"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "6414cb8a3ecac5045a27213265b0a39b743eb7e734ab48b5409c90961992aa2c"
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 4708 (221) — Appropriates $5 million to the Department of State for Cultural Projects.

## 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/A5000/4708_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4708_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- RESCIND VOTE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–29** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND RULE 22:5a — **49–21** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **41–34** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **53–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (41-34-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3515
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (26-13) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Rescind Vote (38-0) (Ruiz)
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (23-16) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** CV R/A 2RAG
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Motion Suspend 22:5 (49-21-3) (Greenwald)
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (53-20-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-1) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.28. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc6f7690-aabc-4979-ab4c-b5ccf7435da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).