---
type: "Bill"
title: "The \"Water Quality Accountability Act\"; imposes certain testing, reporting, management, and infrastructure investment requirements on water purveyors."
description: "The \"Water Quality Accountability Act\"; imposes certain testing, reporting, management, and infrastructure investment requirements on water purveyors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2834"
citation: "New Jersey S 2834 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPALITI", "WATER SUPPLY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Eustace, Tim", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "McKeon, John F.", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/370049b5-f650-49b4-b23f-41327d7d3519"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ce0b04ad0143d7d68e22ffacd0cde6c58a5f5ac07fda39067dc638e70979a8c6"
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 2834 (217) — The "Water Quality Accountability Act"; imposes certain testing, reporting, management, and infrastructure investment requirements on water purveyors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2834_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2834_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Wisniewski, John S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4569 (1R)
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.133. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/370049b5-f650-49b4-b23f-41327d7d3519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).