Bill Commons

NJ A 5016

enacted

Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.

New Jersey · 222 · lower

Quick answers

Did NJ A 5016 pass?

Yes. NJ A 5016 has been enacted into law as of 2026-09-04. Latest recorded action (2026-09-04): Approved P.L.2026, c.83.

What is NJ A 5016 about?

NJ A 5016 is a bill in the 222 titled “Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.”.

Who sponsors NJ A 5016?

Swain, Lisa, Freiman, Roy, Barlas, Al and 2 others are the primary sponsors of NJ A 5016, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-05-07
Latest action
2026-09-04 — Approved P.L.2026, c.83.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Swain, Lisaprimary
  • Freiman, Royprimary
  • Barlas, Alprimary
  • Zwicker, Andrewprimary
  • Turner, Shirley K.primary
  • Brennan, Katiecosponsor
  • Scharfenberger, Gerrycosponsor
  • Wainstein, Larrycosponsor
  • Timberlake, Britnee N.cosponsor
  • McKnight, Angela V.cosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-05-07

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-06-04

    Reported and Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-06-08

    Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-06-08

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

    committee-passage,reading-2

  5. 2026-06-11

    Passed by the Assembly (64-14-1)

  6. 2026-06-11

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-06-24

    Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading

    reading-2

  8. 2026-06-30

    Substituted for S4218 (1R)

  9. 2026-06-30

    Passed by the Senate (36-4)

  10. 2026-06-30

    Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence

    reading-2

  11. 2026-06-30

    Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (62-15-0)

    passage

  12. 2026-09-04

    Approved P.L.2026, c.83.

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Companion bill: S 4218 (1R)not in this corpus

Official source

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5016

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-09-09T05:55:13.542942Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NJ&identifier=A 5016. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.