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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate."
+description: "Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 3945"
+citation: "New Jersey S 3945 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FOOD", "PUB ASSIST"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Madden, Fred H.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c7360bd-0e09-4536-af52-07985b2c6ab1"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "1e0ac883c743c9902ebc9c78fc2a618859f0c4376694fbde68f3b559b20dac1a"
+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 S 3945 (219) — Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate.
+
+## 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/S4000/3945_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S4000/3945_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
+- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Mazzeo) `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5884 (3R)
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.242. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c7360bd-0e09-4536-af52-07985b2c6ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+