---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000. **"
description: "Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000. **"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2359"
citation: "New Jersey A 2359 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Haider, Shama A.", "Moen, William F.", "Pou, Nellie", "Tucker, Cleopatra G."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f1fd220-e4e9-474a-beca-5f90c14f3d00"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bc0fade7c390c0ae0ab3eabd2c78de4004c102906f147fbe0440b979b920b99b"
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 2359 (220) — Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000. **

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2359_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 5/19/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2359_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SHH 6/23/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2359_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-6-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2034 (1R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-1) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-7-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.26. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f1fd220-e4e9-474a-beca-5f90c14f3d00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).