---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts raw, unprocessed honey from DOH cottage food regulations."
description: "Exempts raw, unprocessed honey from DOH cottage food regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 3991"
citation: "New Jersey A 3991 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danielsen, Joe", "Freiman, Roy", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Spearman, William W.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1a95c56-4fac-48eb-9dea-ccc813453c4f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c6d2b198e30919ad69640fa398d86a7a98d8642da216537d5fd200320675cbf8"
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 3991 (220) — Exempts raw, unprocessed honey from DOH cottage food regulations.

## 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/A4000/3991_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SHH 10/6/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4000/3991_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2697 (1R)
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.124. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1a95c56-4fac-48eb-9dea-ccc813453c4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).