New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey S4425: Farmland preservation-appropriate $64.787M
Status: Passed one chamber, June 18, 2026
Appropriates $64,787,327 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and other farmland preservation funds to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
What the bill says
An Act appropriating $64,787,327 from various farmland preservation funds to the State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
From the amended text, June 8, 2026:
An Act appropriating $64,787,327 from various farmland preservation funds to the State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. There is appropriated to the State Agriculture Development Committee the sum of $56,631,727 in the following subtotal amounts, listed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection, to pay the cost of acquisition by the committee of development easements on, or fee simple titles to, farmland, to provide grants to counties and municipalities for up to 80 percent of the cost of acquisition of fee simple titles to farmland, to provide grants to qualifying tax-exempt non-profit organizations for up to 50 percent of the cost of acquisition of fee simple titles to farmland, for farmland preservation purposes for projects approved as eligible for such funding pursuant to the Agricultural Retention and Development Act, P.L.1983, c.32 (C.4:1C-11 et seq.), the Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Preservation, and Blue Acres Bond Act of 1995, P.L.1995, c.204, the Garden State Preservation Trust Act, P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-1 et seq.), the Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007, P.L.2007, c.119, the Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009, P.L.2009, c.117, and the Preserve New Jersey …
Sponsors
- Linda R. Greenstein (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Parker Space (R, 24) · primary sponsor
- Benjie E. Wimberly (D, 35)
- Michael L. Testa, Jr. (R, 1)
- Douglas J. Steinhardt (R, 23)
- Owen Henry (R, 12)
- Latham Tiver (R, 8)
Latest actions
- : R/A REF AAP
- : PS (40-0)
- : REP/SCA 2RS
- : INT 1RS REF SEN
Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - Farmland preservation-appropriate $64.787M (June 18, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Environment and Energy Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Sca) (June 8, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: AGRICULTURE - FARMLAND PRESERVATION
Common questions
- What is S4425?
- S4425 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Farmland preservation-appropriate $64.787M.
- What does S4425 do?
- In its own words: An Act appropriating $64,787,327 from various farmland preservation funds to the State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
- What is the status of S4425?
- Passed one chamber as of June 18, 2026. Latest action: R/A REF AAP (June 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored S4425?
- Linda R. Greenstein (D, 14), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S4425?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S4425
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