---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to clarify distribution of Meals on Wheels Program grant to Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey."
description: "Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to clarify distribution of Meals on Wheels Program grant to Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 5606"
citation: "New Jersey A 5606 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Tully, Chris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4679c91d-ad44-4986-ae84-8ba447a42501"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "08e18018a43e3bcd805a90c412d06c81ff79df33644aa53c4de052e89efd060d"
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 5606 (221) — Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to clarify distribution of Meals on Wheels Program grant to Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.

## 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/2024/A6000/5606_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4474
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.61. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4679c91d-ad44-4986-ae84-8ba447a42501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).