---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies certain provisions of \"New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act\" and \"Food Desert Relief Act.\"*"
description: "Modifies certain provisions of \"New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act\" and \"Food Desert Relief Act.\"*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3783"
citation: "New Jersey S 3783 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEV"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Quijano, Annette", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a9b7b2b-f209-48bf-8d14-bb58b5882e57"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "25432cacd6d559baa642aba0f881f5c00606489ba0be3bf4a43ff8df31765ea0"
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 S 3783 (220) — Modifies certain provisions of "New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act" and "Food Desert Relief 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/S4000/3783_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SEG 6/8/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S4000/3783_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5541 (1R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-4-0) `passage`
- **2023-07-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c,118. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a9b7b2b-f209-48bf-8d14-bb58b5882e57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).