---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriates $10 million in federal funds to Department of Agriculture to support food bank organizations."
description: "Appropriates $10 million in federal funds to Department of Agriculture to support food bank organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5405"
citation: "New Jersey A 5405 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "PUB ASSIST", "STATE DEPTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Speight, Shanique", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34abc353-0b6d-408f-b3d7-179dc7043742"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "78f13519103f72f1f447d0ae75f7dce19a829ed4a4b4b2602d5d38ddb167edc1"
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 5405 (219) — Appropriates $10 million in federal funds to Department of Agriculture to support food bank organizations.

## 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/A9999/5405_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5405_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armato, John — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3527 (1R)
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.67. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34abc353-0b6d-408f-b3d7-179dc7043742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).