republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/a-1628.md

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Bill	Codifies DEP's New Jersey Recycling Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding recycling achievements.	Codifies DEP's New Jersey Recycling Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding recycling achievements.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	A 1628	New Jersey A 1628 (217)	bill	SOLID WASTE	enacted	Cruz-Perez, Nilsa Holley, Jamel C. Howarth, Joe Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria Van Drew, Jeff Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	9	3	2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c0a07d3c-82f1-4297-a4d0-c486a895dc9e	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	319f53e3445dcd39217ed07d811e4731ba3bd3914533b42d424611fea1e201d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 1628 (217) — Codifies DEP's New Jersey Recycling Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding recycling achievements.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• Howarth, Joe — primary (person)
• Rodriguez-Gregg, Maria — primary (person)
• Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Singleton) amendment-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (73-0-0) passage
• 2016-11-03T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2777 (1R)
• 2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.33. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0a07d3c-82f1-4297-a4d0-c486a895dc9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).