---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfers New Jersey Historic Trust from Department of State to DCA and makes certain changes related to trustees and powers."
description: "Transfers New Jersey Historic Trust from Department of State to DCA and makes certain changes related to trustees and powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 1447"
citation: "New Jersey S 1447 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HISTORIC PRE", "LOC GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "Singleton, Troy", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72c65b04-6db7-4245-a605-923d6c498394"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "f76402913c81a3d6cd09061359c65867362124b5c5ba307e420012f60887d79e"
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 1447 (221) — Transfers New Jersey Historic Trust from Department of State to DCA and makes certain changes related to trustees and powers.

## 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/S1500/1447_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **59–16** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4053
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (59-16-1) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.160. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72c65b04-6db7-4245-a605-923d6c498394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).