republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-4702.md

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Bill	"Hunger-Free Campus Act"; requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish grant program to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education; appropriates $1 million.	"Hunger-Free Campus Act"; requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish grant program to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education; appropriates $1 million.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 4702	New Jersey A 4702 (218)	bill	FOOD HIGHER ED STATE BUDGT	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Jasey, Mila M. Lopez, Yvonne Mukherji, Raj Ruiz, M. Teresa Wimberly, Benjie E.	2	10	5	2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2bb0d495-39da-4130-ab0e-c14939fbaf5a	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	5f928ff1c0056931125d71dbf4b4c82bbad0f43cd5776223d18fdcd363743a94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4702 (218) — "Hunger-Free Campus Act"; requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish grant program to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education; appropriates $1 million.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 62–8 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
• Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — 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, 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 (62-8-8) 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, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3239 (1R)
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (33-0) passage
• 2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.89. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bb0d495-39da-4130-ab0e-c14939fbaf5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).