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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration."
description: "Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 227"
citation: "New Jersey S 227 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AUTH - STATE", "LAND USE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Holzapfel, James W.", "McGuckin, Gregory P.", "Wolfe, David W."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd430ac5-9c2e-41e0-8b18-0d83806abdea"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "246254a0481b8b4af4f6c4f893ca6a8344908fdf48cc7544a4db369b1b6a79a3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---
# New Jersey S 227 (217) — Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to use only native vegetation for landscaping, land management, reforestation, or habitat restoration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S0500/227_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S0500/227_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **40** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **90** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **352** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
- McGuckin, Gregory P. — primary (person)
- Wolfe, David W. — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — 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 Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-2) `passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A963 (1R)
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.41. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd430ac5-9c2e-41e0-8b18-0d83806abdea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).