republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-227.md

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Bill	Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration.	Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 227	New Jersey S 227 (217)	bill	AGRICULTURE AUTH - STATE LAND USE	enacted	Allen, Diane B. Dancer, Ronald S. Holzapfel, James W. McGuckin, Gregory P. Wolfe, David W.	2	8	3	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cd430ac5-9c2e-41e0-8b18-0d83806abdea	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	246254a0481b8b4af4f6c4f893ca6a8344908fdf48cc7544a4db369b1b6a79a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 227 (217) — Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration.

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

• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
• Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
• Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
• McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
• Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-2) passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A963 (1R)
• 2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.41. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd430ac5-9c2e-41e0-8b18-0d83806abdea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).