republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-839.md

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Bill	Prohibits offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production in State waters, and issuance of DEP permits and approvals for activities associated with offshore oil and gas activities.*	Prohibits offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production in State waters, and issuance of DEP permits and approvals for activities associated with offshore oil and gas activities.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 839	New Jersey A 839 (218)	bill	BEACHES ENERGY ENVIRONMENT	enacted	Andrzejczak, Bob Chiaravalloti, Nicholas Land, R. Bruce Mazzeo, Vincent Singleton, Troy Van Drew, Jeff	2	10	5	2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2018-04-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/821a60a1-c093-49cb-915f-5888b94fdeea	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	36e5e98d87a5e1511bb34f1440a184b402d96a8617a6224c2c59923d65da2538	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 839 (218) — Prohibits offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production in State waters, and issuance of DEP permits and approvals for activities associated with offshore oil and gas activities.*

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) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 72–1 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SA — 72–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
• Land, R. Bruce — primary (person)
• Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
• Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
• Van Drew, Jeff — primary (person)
• Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
• Connors, Christopher J. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
• Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
• Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
• Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (72-1-0) passage
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S258 (1R)
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-1-0) passage
• 2018-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.7. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/821a60a1-c093-49cb-915f-5888b94fdeea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).