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Assembly committee releases eight conservation and infrastructure bills; unanimous committee votes
Summary
The Assembly committee read and released eight bills affecting park development, historic preservation, land acquisition and environmental infrastructure funding — including AB5119 ($60 million) and AB5121 ($49.5 million). Most bills were released without extended testimony; several were amended for technical updates to internal PL 2024 references.
An Assembly committee released eight bills related to conservation, park and infrastructure funding after brief readings and motions that produced unanimous recorded yes votes.
Key outcomes: AB5119 would appropriate $60,000,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to the Department of Environmental Protection for state capital and park development projects; AB5121 would appropriate $49,500,000 from CBT revenues for state land acquisition including Blue Acres projects and Green Acres administrative costs; AB5120 would appropriate $18,518,738 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for preservation grants. The clerk recorded unanimous committee votes to release each bill as referred to committee.
Two bills — AB5122 and AB5123 — were reported with committee amendments described by the clerk as technical changes to update internal references to PL 2024 chapters (the amendments were described as necessary to reference currently pending companion Senate and Assembly bills related to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank funding lists). The clerk summarized AB5124 as amending the list of hazard mitigation and resilience projects eligible for funding under the FY2025 Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program; that bill was also released unanimously.
Witnesses: In most cases the clerk recorded "no need to testify" for interested parties. The clerk noted slips indicating support from Rick White and Ryan Sharp for several bills; both were recorded as in favor and not testifying.
Next steps: Each released bill is now positioned to move to further legislative consideration as determined by chamber rules and scheduling.
