---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain school meal information be provided to public school students' parents and requires school districts to request that families apply for school meals under certain circumstances."
description: "Requires certain school meal information be provided to public school students' parents and requires school districts to request that families apply for school meals under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 530"
citation: "New Jersey S 530 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ED HEALTH", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da8a768-d079-4ed8-b752-1588e950ec01"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ba395833cca781b0a8615949c3cd9e05dfbd118a27003e6ef14eaffd94c2515b"
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 530 (220) — Requires certain school meal information be provided to public school students' parents and requires school districts to request that families apply for school meals 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](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/530_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SED 1/12/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/530_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5164
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-1-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.203. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5da8a768-d079-4ed8-b752-1588e950ec01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).