---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies law concerning the advertising and promoting of NJ farm products."
description: "Clarifies law concerning the advertising and promoting of NJ farm products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 3211"
citation: "New Jersey A 3211 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Space, Parker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c424d1f-c8e4-45bb-9731-2656f903e4df"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "55e8153a2ed566a830ebd80272f143cca97707b122fdf40c3254fdc39a514dfa"
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 3211 (217) — Clarifies law concerning the advertising and promoting of NJ farm products.

## 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/2016/Bills/A3500/3211_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A3500/3211_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Whelan, Jim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3179
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L. 2017, c.267. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c424d1f-c8e4-45bb-9731-2656f903e4df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).