republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-993.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Permits DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients under certain circumstances.*	Permits DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients under certain circumstances.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 993	New Jersey S 993 (217)	bill	PUB ASSIST	enacted	Gordon, Robert M. Pou, Nellie Sumter, Shavonda E. Vainieri Huttle, Valerie Vitale, Joseph F. Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	12	6	2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/238dee0c-0c3e-4101-ab21-b9ff052b7f8d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	656f8d1bd45330b395df9e58913a23eb4448502866f8d94119315a6ec7e126d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 993 (217) — Permits DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients 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
2. Reprint Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 59–10 (pass) · legislature
• CONCUR GOV REC — 72–3 (pass) · legislature
• ADOPT GR — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• CONCUR GOV REC — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 34–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
• Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lesniak, Raymond J. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
• Whelan, Jim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (34-0) passage
• 2016-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2016-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A2777
• 2016-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (59-10-6) passage
• 2016-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate executive-veto
• 2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (40-0)
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (38-0) passage
• 2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-3-0) passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.11. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/238dee0c-0c3e-4101-ab21-b9ff052b7f8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).