---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate."
description: "Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 3945"
citation: "New Jersey S 3945 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Madden, Fred H.", "Mazzeo, Vincent", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c7360bd-0e09-4536-af52-07985b2c6ab1"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "1e0ac883c743c9902ebc9c78fc2a618859f0c4376694fbde68f3b559b20dac1a"
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 S 3945 (219) — Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate.

## 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/S4000/3945_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S4000/3945_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Mazzeo, Vincent — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Mazzeo) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5884 (3R)
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2021-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.242. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c7360bd-0e09-4536-af52-07985b2c6ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).