---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as \"Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act.\""
description: "Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as \"Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2368"
citation: "New Jersey A 2368 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
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/974a0db6-a1fa-4f0d-8618-a8031457d3cb"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7a087631db82df1d2a08e9a301be97f01b3bac07a6feafb3bfd26e3fccbc7c90"
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 2368 (220) — Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."

## 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/A2500/2368_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 5/19/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2368_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 6/27/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2368_R2.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — 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 with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-3-1) `passage`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1677 (1R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `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) (73-5-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.104. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/974a0db6-a1fa-4f0d-8618-a8031457d3cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).