---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*"
description: "Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 1277"
citation: "New Jersey S 1277 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AFFORD HOUS", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Miller, Cody D.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sampson, William B."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cd56913-105f-46e6-8348-033f97cf0990"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "20abb3afd26e4b30475c3acfdf208e86c934724bc8695e463b23fac14e1eee2a"
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 S 1277 (221) — Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*

## 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/S1500/1277_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHO 3/20/2025 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1500/1277_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1500/1277_R3.HTM)
4. **Reprint SCU 2/15/24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1500/1277_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT GR — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
- Allen, John — cosponsor (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
- Kane, Melinda — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3363 (1R)
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-1-1) `passage`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (38-0)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-1-1) `passage`
- **2025-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L. 2025, c.178. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cd56913-105f-46e6-8348-033f97cf0990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).