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type: "Bill"
title: "\"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."
description: "\"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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4702"
citation: "New Jersey A 4702 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOOD", "HIGHER ED", "STATE BUDGT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Mukherji, Raj", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb0d495-39da-4130-ab0e-c14939fbaf5a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5f928ff1c0056931125d71dbf4b4c82bbad0f43cd5776223d18fdcd363743a94"
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 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](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4702_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4702_R1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported favorably out of committee — **90** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **40** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **628** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **330** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **71** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bb0d495-39da-4130-ab0e-c14939fbaf5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).