---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $52,798,268 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and other farmland preservation funds to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $52,798,268 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and other farmland preservation funds to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4531"
citation: "New Jersey S 4531 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Donlon, Margie", "Egan, Kevin P.", "Katz, Andrea", "Testa, Michael L."]
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/a11cc477-9831-4772-9ae2-c39c43896da5"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "d0a40ebad26cd1a6e5c51fa8aa6aa2a6ae1d9db3eaff354eac0997e1ed51e010"
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 4531 (221) — Appropriates $52,798,268 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and other farmland preservation funds to State Agriculture Development Committee 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/S5000/4531_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Donlon, Margie — primary (person)
- Egan, Kevin P. — primary (person)
- Katz, Andrea — primary (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — primary (person)
- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — 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 Economic Growth 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 A5861
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.166. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a11cc477-9831-4772-9ae2-c39c43896da5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).