---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes New Jersey Food Waste Task Force to make recommendations concerning food waste in New Jersey."
description: "Establishes New Jersey Food Waste Task Force to make recommendations concerning food waste in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4705"
citation: "New Jersey A 4705 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "STATE GOVT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Carter, Linda S.", "Codey, Richard J.", "Mejia, Pedro", "Smith, Bob"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39354e57-1c5a-41f3-bf46-7578ba81ea20"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "36c3669fe9ec9e16d3c0d1ee035c15ec4fa90b26ff6bfa53152e37f646741ca7"
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 4705 (218) — Establishes New Jersey Food Waste Task Force to make recommendations concerning food waste in New Jersey.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4705_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4705_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3232 (1R)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.92. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39354e57-1c5a-41f3-bf46-7578ba81ea20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).