---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances."
description: "Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3865"
citation: "New Jersey A 3865 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER PRO", "DISEASE", "EMERG MGMT", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Bateman, Christopher", "Brown, Chris A.", "Chaparro, Annette", "Holzapfel, James W.", "Pou, Nellie", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singer, Robert W.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b5b7ca7-762d-42b4-8664-42f6958c5859"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "3a8c3f1a2b141f358eacd4f96a07381ffbb689f10b5c3608455ae106df0d646d"
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 3865 (219) — Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.

## 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/2020/Bills/A4000/3865_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–4** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
- Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (49-4-12) `passage`
- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2291
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.16. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b5b7ca7-762d-42b4-8664-42f6958c5859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).