---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $3,750,990 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $3,750,990 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 4551"
citation: "New Jersey S 4551 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUS TAXES", "CHARITIES", "FARMLAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bagolie, Rosaura", "Beach, James", "Calabrese, Clinton", "Space, Parker", "Spearman, William W."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67f60230-d9a4-4e10-a100-ff2e68d91925"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "9a63810ffdba5b2f6d0287876a34e944927fb22c60073200afee824e45ad3b34"
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 4551 (221) — Appropriates $3,750,990 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations 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/S5000/4551_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

- Bagolie, Rosaura — primary (person)
- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Henry, Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Steinhardt, Douglas J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, 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 A5865
- **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.167. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67f60230-d9a4-4e10-a100-ff2e68d91925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).