---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $29,886,172 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
description: "Appropriates $29,886,172 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 3226"
citation: "New Jersey S 3226 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FARMLAND", "STATE BUDGT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Armato, John", "Bateman, Christopher", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Jasey, Mila M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec1ccf71-34c3-4cb6-9d6a-4289f4799a4a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2f09b1138fa6812366b0b64890dc9cbe332b2365ab242dbace4b3d4e89d211ea"
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 3226 (219) — Appropriates $29,886,172 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](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3500/3226_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Armato, John — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5077
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-23T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.140. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec1ccf71-34c3-4cb6-9d6a-4289f4799a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).