---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $10,067,905 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses."
description: "Appropriates $10,067,905 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3474"
citation: "New Jersey S 3474 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUS TAXES", "CONSERVATION", "ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Speight, Shanique", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1529c731-9ca0-4819-8fd8-1d51b012af2c"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "88b59280aea74afc8f552de5a8186d21ebe454b2bb3aa16cefa6e4d582f13c99"
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 3474 (221) — Appropriates $10,067,905 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.

## 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/S3500/3474_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4570
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.37. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1529c731-9ca0-4819-8fd8-1d51b012af2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).