---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $128.241 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $128.241 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 2788"
citation: "New Jersey S 2788 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Freiman, Roy", "Katz, Andrea", "Simmons, Heather", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99ff5854-79d2-49bf-ba78-c480293379ea"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "efa38e856af532c8dad78dd1e8b7346f624d4030847567836f941079144ba19f"
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 2788 (221) — Appropriates $128.241 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.

## 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/S3000/2788_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 6/24/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3000/2788_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 12/19/24 2R CONDITIONAL VETO** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3000/2788_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT GR — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Katz, Andrea — primary (person)
- Simmons, Heather — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Steinhardt, Douglas J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4569 (1R)
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (38-0)
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Motion Suspend 23:4 (38-0) (Cruz-Perez)
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (80-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.63. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99ff5854-79d2-49bf-ba78-c480293379ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).