---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options. *"
description: "Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options. *"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2365"
citation: "New Jersey A 2365 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "EDUCATION", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danielsen, Joe", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Gopal, Vin", "Jaffer, Sadaf F.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-09-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7356d629-8cb2-4507-a187-d9de57b57737"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "4990ef367e0c1b764877906d44cfe4a3454e60d41eaf0781ed9ec465cc4b5d0f"
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 2365 (220) — Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options. *

## 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/A2500/2365_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 5/19/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2365_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SEG 6/13/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2365_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — 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 (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1928 (1R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `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) (76-2-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.103. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7356d629-8cb2-4507-a187-d9de57b57737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).