---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*"
description: "Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 216"
citation: "New Jersey S 216 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "FISH", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calabrese, Clinton", "Freiman, Roy", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Smith, Bob", "Spearman, William W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cafbcc4-fb75-4cac-907b-8c12d46d5365"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "4d01915ff6cc29bb695ff2cae0692f4dde799e93dd5e63c3c81ce2b669f004b0"
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 216 (221) — Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*

## 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/S0500/216_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SBA 6/9/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S0500/216_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint SEN 3/17/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S0500/216_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calabrese, Clinton — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Guardian, Donald A. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- Myhre, Gregory E. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Polistina, Vincent J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Swift, Claire S. — cosponsor (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
- Tiver, Latham — cosponsor (person)
- Torrissi, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — 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 Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3034 (1R)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.201. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cafbcc4-fb75-4cac-907b-8c12d46d5365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).