---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Organic Farming Board in Department of Agriculture.*"
description: "Establishes Organic Farming Board in Department of Agriculture.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 3444"
citation: "New Jersey A 3444 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freiman, Roy", "Gill, Nia H.", "Swain, Lisa", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95291249-d75b-41f4-ba21-b8ea553be80f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "d7d529024536534a10c7dea4a03eb6a7c757e606445294a34eed05a6c34309c8"
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 3444 (220) — Establishes Organic Farming Board in Department of Agriculture.*

## 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/A3500/3444_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAN 6/13/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A3500/3444_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3140 (1R)
- **2022-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.141. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95291249-d75b-41f4-ba21-b8ea553be80f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).