---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizes right to adequate food."
description: "Recognizes right to adequate food."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "AJR 229"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 229 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess, Renee C.", "Haider, Shama A.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Spearman, William W.", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f837127-954f-45a1-8b80-c4f46b169917"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "362519b0c595cea62db3879c9d244bd7c615a5c7b7df7ebd41c521b15f9a1eaf"
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 AJR 229 (221) — Recognizes right to adequate food.

## 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/AJR/229_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SEG 12/11/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/AJR/229_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **60–5** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **60–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (60-5-2) `passage`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR168 (1R)
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (60-7-3) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, JR-19. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f837127-954f-45a1-8b80-c4f46b169917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).