---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*"
description: "Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2366"
citation: "New Jersey A 2366 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "PUB ASSIST", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pou, Nellie", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
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/af1e7939-2cff-4e15-8804-f531d31b2c5a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "d14914908e0300770fa1b3b3f8f25a92caef0fbaf04754e43a6da563763a8aad"
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 2366 (220) — Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*

## 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/A2500/2366_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SHH 6/23/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2366_R1.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — 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 Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `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 S2156 (SCS)
- **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`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.32. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af1e7939-2cff-4e15-8804-f531d31b2c5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).