The Liberty State Park Protection Act appears to be dead, at least for now.

While the state Senate plans to vote on its version of the bill that would restrict development in the state park and protect the environmentally sensitive Caven Point Peninsula, the Assembly members will not have that opportunity.

“There is not a plan to post it,” Dan Harris, the legislative director for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, said Friday afternoon. A reason was not provided.

The bill needs approval from both the state Senate and Assembly, then the signature of Gov. Phil Murphy, to become law. If the bill is not brought up for a vote Monday, the last day of the legislative session, it must be reintroduced in the next session.

The bill’s primary sponsors are Sandra Cunningham, D-Jersey City, and Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, in the Senate and Raj Mukherji and Angela McKnight, both D-Jersey City, and Nicholas Chiaravalloti, D-Bayonne, in the Assembly.

The bill would halt any plans by the owner of Liberty National Golf Club to apply to the state Department of Environmental Protection to lease the 22-acre Caven Point Peninsula and move three golf course holes to that location. A similar bid was denied by the DEP in 2018.

“I am hopeful that the bill will be voted on by the full house, because time and time again these proposals to commercialize the park resurfaces. Liberty State Park is a free, green, open urban oasis in a place where we don’t have much of it,” Mukherji said. “It is a national treasure.”

The peninsula is a breeding and nesting area for migratory birds. In addition to nearly 300 species of birds, it’s also home to horseshoe crabs and diamondback terrapins and gets the occasional visit from harbor seals.

Representatives of the golf club have lobbied legislators to amend the bill by excluding the peninsula from the development restrictions. They have argued that the land was necessary to allow the club to build a First Tee facility for underserved youth.

A Liberty National spokesman was more blunt in a recent interview in the New York Times, saying the land was needed to woo major PGA tournaments to Jersey City.

"If we are not able to accommodate what these tournaments need, then they will simply go somewhere else that can,” Chris Donnelly told the Times.

Sam Pesin, founder and president of the Friends of Liberty State Park, has organized a rally at the park Saturday to show legislators the overwhelming support for the bill. The demonstration is planned for 11 a.m. at the Flag Plaza, at the eastern end of Pesin Drive.

He said more than 50 local, regional and statewide organizations have joined a coalition urging state Senate President Steve Sweeney, Coughlin and the governor to ensure the Liberty State Park Protection Act passes in this legislative session without any amendments.

“I have to remain hopeful that the bill be voted on,” Pesin said Friday afternoon. “It’s crucial that (Coughlin) change his mind. After 43 years of conservation battles, the bill deserves to be voted on.”

McKnight was surprised to hear Friday afternoon that her bill would not be voted on Monday.

“I will reach out to see what can be done to get a vote,” McKnight said. “Liberty State Park is a cornerstone of the state. I will continue to fight for the park.”