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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances."
+description: "Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 3865"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3865 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONSUMER PRO", "DISEASE", "EMERG MGMT", "FOOD"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Bateman, Christopher", "Brown, Chris A.", "Chaparro, Annette", "Holzapfel, James W.", "Pou, Nellie", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singer, Robert W.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b5b7ca7-762d-42b4-8664-42f6958c5859"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "3a8c3f1a2b141f358eacd4f96a07381ffbb689f10b5c3608455ae106df0d646d"
+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 3865 (219) — Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3865_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–4** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (49-4-12) `passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2291
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.16. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b5b7ca7-762d-42b4-8664-42f6958c5859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+