republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-987.md

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Bill	Establishes position of State Oceanographer.	Establishes position of State Oceanographer.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 987	New Jersey S 987 (217)	bill	BEACHES NJ HISTORY STATE GOVT	enacted	Danielsen, Joe McKnight, Angela V. Pinkin, Nancy J. Smith, Bob	1	8	4	2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/30f1eef7-7cf1-4384-967b-c96a5ab5d686	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	9ba1e4b159cd3ec3cb1c8f0e972415a2161610fc62de5784e7cafa12bf5d7b46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 987 (217) — Establishes position of State Oceanographer.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 63–9 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Smith, Bob — primary (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• McKeon, John F. — 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 Environment and Energy Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (34-0) passage
• 2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A231 (1R)
• 2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (63-9-4) passage
• 2016-11-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.59. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30f1eef7-7cf1-4384-967b-c96a5ab5d686. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).