A 5801 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Appropriates $247,128,000 from "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.

This bill appropriates $247.1 million from New Jersey's Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund: $222 million for the Department of Corrections to build a new women's correctional facility in Chesterfield Township (replacing Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women), and $25.1 million for other state capital projects recommended by the Capital Budgeting Commission. It also establishes a process for future fund use to pay off state debt without new borrowing, requiring the Joint Budget Oversight Committee to review and approve capital projects quarterly. If the committee misses a deadline, projects submitted over 45 days prior are automatically approved. The bill directly affects state agencies managing correctional facilities and capital construction projects.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jun 26, 2025 Signed Jun 30, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2025 · General Assembly Jun 30, 2025

How they voted

2514
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jun 30, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
14 Nay 1
93% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Jun 30, 2025
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, c.73.
executive
Jun 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-14)
upper
Jun 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (51-28-0)
lower
Jun 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 26, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors