republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-855.md

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Bill	Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.	Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 855	New Jersey S 855 (217)	bill	AFFORD HOUS VETERANS	enacted	Beach, James Downey, Joann Lampitt, Pamela R. McKnight, Angela V. Mukherji, Raj Stack, Brian P. Tucker, Cleopatra G. Zwicker, Andrew	2	9	5	2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2344a21c-a8c3-4df2-b126-edfe4954f27b	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	f5d974a6b8f100f087566126d9b0de8b335dd59df701c897aaeabc54fe0de082	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 855 (217) — Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.

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 — 77–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• AMEND — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
• Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
• Space, Parker — 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 Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Senate Amendment (36-0) (Stack) amendment-passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2088 (1R)
• 2016-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) passage
• 2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.19. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2344a21c-a8c3-4df2-b126-edfe4954f27b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).