---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates \"Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund\" in Dept. of Agriculture to help pay for child food and nutrition programs."
description: "Creates \"Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund\" in Dept. of Agriculture to help pay for child food and nutrition programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2819"
citation: "New Jersey S 2819 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "EDUCATION", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrzejczak, Bob", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Lesniak, Raymond J.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Taliaferro, Adam J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bad2beab-cf95-4fd1-9ffc-8e0c1e4e3fa1"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f4ce64cbacd13c5f8a658f7407f76eea1f7fb573db6ce34252dcd7a470345dfc"
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 2819 (217) — Creates "Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund" in Dept. of Agriculture to help pay for child food and nutrition programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2819_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2819_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrzejczak, Bob — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Lesniak, Raymond J. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4363 (1R)
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.132. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bad2beab-cf95-4fd1-9ffc-8e0c1e4e3fa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).