---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program."
description: "Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4704"
citation: "New Jersey A 4704 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "FOOD", "STATE DEPTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Taliaferro, Adam J.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb8d9a06-65ee-407b-8b3e-2c8dacadca8b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e80f044dea4f5df480f2b619430bd35f2887f7378531d9014d45ad58f02f5271"
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 4704 (218) — Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program.

## 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/2018/Bills/A5000/4704_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4704_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3237 (1R)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.91. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb8d9a06-65ee-407b-8b3e-2c8dacadca8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).