Appropriates $1.723 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
S 2793 appropriates $1.723 million from two existing state funds - the constitutionally dedicated "Preserve New Jersey Farmland Preservation Fund" (using CBT revenues) and the "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" - to the State Agriculture Development Committee. The funds provide grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations for up to 50% of the cost to acquire development easements or fee simple titles on farmland, with the land maintained for agricultural use through deed restrictions. This directly supports five specific farmland preservation projects across Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren counties, as approved by the committee. The bill reallocates previously designated funds without creating new taxes or policies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Jul 2024
Introduced Feb 15, 2024
Signed Jul 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · General Assembly Jun 28, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican15
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jul 10, 2024
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2024, c.30.
executive
Jun 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0)
lower
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-0)
upper
Apr 11, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Apr 8, 2024
Committee
Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
5 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dawn Fantasia
RRepublican
P
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
DDemocratic
P
Shirley Turner
DDemocratic
P
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Doug Steinhardt
RRepublican
Co
Mike Inganamort
RRepublican
Co
Mitchelle Drulis
DDemocratic
Co
Parker Space
RRepublican
Co
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
Co
Shavonda Sumter
DDemocratic
Co
Vicky Flynn
RRepublican
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