---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent."
description: "Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3711"
citation: "New Jersey S 3711 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENVIRONMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haider, Shama A.", "McKeon, John F.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Spearman, William W.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bbed884-d35b-460a-83df-713a7c5998a0"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "74a01abfb5c24a061ab80e99270e7e8cd3e4a24005d66095ea24f91adfdc67a6"
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 3711 (221) — Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.

## 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/S4000/3711_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SEN 2/10/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3711_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–6** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5153 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-6-2) `passage`
- **2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.106. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bbed884-d35b-460a-83df-713a7c5998a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).