---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $49.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs."
description: "Appropriates $49.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5121"
citation: "New Jersey A 5121 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEACHES", "BUS TAXES", "CORPORATIONS", "OPEN SPACE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collazos-Gill, Alixon", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Egan, Kevin P.", "Katz, Andrea", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76baf1f8-38e1-461f-b024-3c34a279dc29"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "c47a42d8756f73543621572c950fd990fbf3e6bdea1cbebe959d249a1c0b8233"
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 5121 (221) — Appropriates $49.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.

## 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/A5500/5121_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collazos-Gill, Alixon — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Egan, Kevin P. — primary (person)
- Katz, Andrea — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred 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 (71-0-1) `passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3943
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.16. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76baf1f8-38e1-461f-b024-3c34a279dc29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).