---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain supermarkets and grocery stores located within urban enterprise zones.*"
description: "Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain supermarkets and grocery stores located within urban enterprise zones.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4208"
citation: "New Jersey A 4208 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEV", "SALES TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c4aa294-c631-4246-a859-a8917fd079f1"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "3e0039071c74974b4e8abfd786c7a5e7a45ff2079641ea63c71427566a43e565"
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 4208 (220) — Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain supermarkets and grocery stores located within urban enterprise zones.*

## 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/A4500/4208_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Senate 6/29/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4500/4208_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-7-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (37-0) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2791 (1R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `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) (71-6-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.42. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c4aa294-c631-4246-a859-a8917fd079f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).