---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course."
description: "Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4954"
citation: "New Jersey A 4954 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HISTORIC PRE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Kennedy, James J.", "McKeon, John F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c9e800-a637-4170-9368-e4ea5d0fd87a"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "50cfb9303720210b590c3905ad91d0f4fa6ffdde7256c5e0f2dd974d21214baf"
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 4954 (221) — Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course.

## 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/A5000/4954_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–23** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — 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 Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (49-23-0) `passage`
- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3797
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (31-6) `passage`
- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.149. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2c9e800-a637-4170-9368-e4ea5d0fd87a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).