---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits."
description: "Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5690"
citation: "New Jersey A 5690 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIO", "INTERNET", "PUB ASSIST", "UNEMPL COMP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Conaway, Herb", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/170de885-3d7b-4634-bfa8-cccea841d68e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a3de14d1e3dae00dd7912f1cc6e8e21cf8516bd8f62bd60c8c3c7eb9fa4f3c7b"
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 5690 (219) — Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.

## 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/A9999/5690_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3772
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.244. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/170de885-3d7b-4634-bfa8-cccea841d68e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).