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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000. **"
+description: "Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000. **"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "220"
+identifier: "A 2359"
+citation: "New Jersey A 2359 (220)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUB ASSIST"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Haider, Shama A.", "Moen, William F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Tucker, Cleopatra G."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f1fd220-e4e9-474a-beca-5f90c14f3d00"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "bc0fade7c390c0ae0ab3eabd2c78de4004c102906f147fbe0440b979b920b99b"
+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 2359 (220) — Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000. **
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2359_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AAP 5/19/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2359_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint SHH 6/23/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2359_R2.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
+- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
+- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-6-0) `passage`
+- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2034 (1R)
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-1) `passage`
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-7-0) `passage`
+- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.26. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f1fd220-e4e9-474a-beca-5f90c14f3d00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+