---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4524"
citation: "New Jersey S 4524 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUS TAXES", "FARMLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey, David", "Freiman, Roy", "Miller, Cody D.", "Testa, Michael L.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe669806-673c-438b-be4b-2bceffe822db"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "e39aa97745d03f0b6ddf4797e6dc26504250adb956f552baaac9b742e2f33af4"
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 4524 (221) — Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants 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/S5000/4524_I1.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bailey, David — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Henry, Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Steinhardt, Douglas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Tiver, Latham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred 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 A5862
- **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.165. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe669806-673c-438b-be4b-2bceffe822db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).