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type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects."
description: "Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2997"
citation: "New Jersey S 2997 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BEACHES", "BUS TAXES", "CORPORATIONS", "OPEN SPACE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman, Christopher", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Singleton, Troy", "Smith, Bob", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4771ae71-7828-4931-81c8-73b16233accd"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "71937dc018b3bd36cceb2a119567e7b544f7f601a3b14e18194419cab4a13bf9"
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 2997 (217) — Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.
## 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/S3000/2997_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2997_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **110** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Barclay, Arthur — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Burzichelli, John J. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4597
- **2017-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.66. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4771ae71-7828-4931-81c8-73b16233accd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).