---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program."
description: "Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4928"
citation: "New Jersey A 4928 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clifton, Robert D.", "Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Peterpaul, Luanne M.", "Simmons, Heather"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45757629-3921-415f-8524-cdf2227274bd"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "232cdfe3d833cf90fc6614b62b966fbeab3970d28e8d4382e96f443f3ac9a93a"
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 4928 (221) — Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.

## 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/A5000/4928_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clifton, Robert D. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Heather — primary (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Polistina, Vincent J. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tiver, Latham — cosponsor (person)
- Venezia, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-1-2) `passage`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3401
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.254. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45757629-3921-415f-8524-cdf2227274bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).