---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for local bond ordinances involving hazard mitigation and resilience projects."
description: "Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for local bond ordinances involving hazard mitigation and resilience projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4472"
citation: "New Jersey S 4472 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FLOOD", "LOC GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abdelaziz, Al", "Collazos-Gill, Alixon", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Tully, Chris", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/146c122f-97b7-48f6-8b17-0ed5ec81daa5"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "16e4abdcf7c0fc7d0f4ea2066548c0f0e756e4df9f9af973ed43db4a32260c25"
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 4472 (221) — Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for local bond ordinances involving hazard mitigation and resilience projects.

## 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/S4500/4472_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abdelaziz, Al — primary (person)
- Collazos-Gill, Alixon — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5859
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.164. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/146c122f-97b7-48f6-8b17-0ed5ec81daa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).