republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-956.md

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Bill	Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities to implement a municipal consolidation.	Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities to implement a municipal consolidation.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 956	New Jersey S 956 (217)	bill	MUNICIPALITI	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Downey, Joann Eustace, Tim Gordon, Robert M. O'Scanlon, Declan J. Pinkin, Nancy J. Wisniewski, John S. Zwicker, Andrew	2	13	3	2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cb212d66-493e-4661-86ea-c991386026df	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	232ec620f6a3ac4f0fc18d052fd661e86970266c835a227ef5cf68b87dacfc93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 956 (217) — Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities to implement a municipal consolidation.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Wisniewski, John S. — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2202 (1R)
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (68-4-1) passage
• 2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (40-0)
• 2017-07-04T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (34-0) passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-2-0) passage
• 2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, c.101. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb212d66-493e-4661-86ea-c991386026df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).