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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires DHS to establish electronic portal to promote surplus food donation collaboration among nonprofit organizations, gleaners, and food retailers."
+description: "Requires DHS to establish electronic portal to promote surplus food donation collaboration among nonprofit organizations, gleaners, and food retailers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "A 4701"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4701 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHARITIES", "FOOD", "HUMAN SVCS", "INTERNET"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Spearman, William W."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/969eb054-6528-4b05-aa53-9da8ea1ba8e5"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "bbb6f0c93ba66a92a3008635b05aae66975b6a8e26bf4cea2c9eae771e13068f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 4701 (218) — Requires DHS to establish electronic portal to promote surplus food donation collaboration among nonprofit organizations, gleaners, and food retailers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4701_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4701_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
+- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3238 (1R)
+- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
+- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.54. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/969eb054-6528-4b05-aa53-9da8ea1ba8e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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