A 5545 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Authorizes soil conservation districts to have more than five supervisors.

This bill (A5545) changes New Jersey law to allow soil conservation districts to have more than five supervisors, removing the current fixed limit. It gives the State Soil Conservation Committee the authority to set a maximum number of supervisors for each district based on local needs. The change affects all 20 New Jersey soil conservation districts, which currently must have exactly five supervisors appointed by the committee. The amendment updates R.S. 4:24-18 to state districts must have "at least five" supervisors, with the committee determining the maximum.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
General Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 10, 2025 Last action May 29, 2025
Floor votes · General Assembly May 22, 2025

How they voted

733
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 78
May 22, 2025
D Democratic50
48 Yea 2
96% Yea
R Republican28
25 Yea 3 Nay
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 29, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (75-3-0)
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors