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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*"
+description: "Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 5444"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5444 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BE", "ECONOMIC DEV", "FOOD"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Mejia, Pedro", "Tully, P. Christopher"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ca72f4d-f088-4509-90bd-2c93fb6fbb18"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "982dcd42a6eece3fd612f9942ed9f2296e635d951ae8eaf0a099727545eaa2f4"
+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 5444 (219) — Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*
+
+## 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/A9999/5444_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5444_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarlo, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (69-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3524 (1R)
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
+- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.45. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ca72f4d-f088-4509-90bd-2c93fb6fbb18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+