republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2997.md

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Bill	Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.	Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2997	New Jersey S 2997 (217)	bill	BEACHES BUS TAXES CORPORATIONS OPEN SPACE	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Muoio, Elizabeth Maher Singleton, Troy Smith, Bob Zwicker, Andrew	2	9	2	2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4771ae71-7828-4931-81c8-73b16233accd	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	71937dc018b3bd36cceb2a119567e7b544f7f601a3b14e18194419cab4a13bf9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2997 (217) — Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.

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 — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Smith, Bob — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
• Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
• Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
• Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06T05:00:00+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 with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A4597
• 2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) passage
• 2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.66. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4771ae71-7828-4931-81c8-73b16233accd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).