republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/s-853.md

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Bill	"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.	"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	S 853	New Jersey S 853 (219)	bill	COMMERCE ST CONTRACTS TRANS PLAN	enacted	Beach, James Danielsen, Joe Giblin, Thomas P. Sweeney, Stephen M. Verrelli, Anthony S.	3	13	7	2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00	2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2b759d5d-91ba-4ade-8aaa-8a9c5aa1f111	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	c32339ec9fd47868f09bb4622ea3f6109e46997c14363dbe13e4cfe373190969	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 853 (219) — "New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.

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
3. Reprint Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR GOV REC — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT GR — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beach, James — primary (person)
• Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
• Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
• Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
• Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Mazzeo, Vincent — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
• Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
• Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (39-0) passage
• 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A5064
• 2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) passage
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2021, c.119. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b759d5d-91ba-4ade-8aaa-8a9c5aa1f111. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).