---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing resident farm employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for \"Right to Farm\" protection."
description: "Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing resident farm employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for \"Right to Farm\" protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3353"
citation: "New Jersey S 3353 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "HOUSING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKnight, Angela V.", "Sauickie, Alex", "Spearman, William W.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20b9e335-d5db-4072-9af3-b3048cb584fa"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "fbe1706877f8bab10355ccac4a3152b226811df948b6e81a92ad3f8384992b06"
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 3353 (221) — Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing resident farm employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for "Right to Farm" protection.

## 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/S3500/3353_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Senate 12/19/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S3500/3353_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-2) `passage`
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4501 (1R)
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-4-0) `passage`
- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.55. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20b9e335-d5db-4072-9af3-b3048cb584fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).