---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes State food waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2030."
description: "Establishes State food waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2030."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 3027"
citation: "New Jersey S 3027 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Eustace, Tim", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Muoio, Elizabeth Maher", "Quijano, Annette", "Smith, Bob", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba3dffc-dfe2-4340-9e0e-023a8cc326a5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "38498c8f89b45ac4472526da23e807b4a74ac8632b6106783956b9c670321ea7"
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 3027 (217) — Establishes State food waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2030.

## 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/S3500/3027_I1.HTM)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4631
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.136. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cba3dffc-dfe2-4340-9e0e-023a8cc326a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).