republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-4704.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	Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program.	Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 4704	New Jersey A 4704 (218)	bill	AGRICULTURE FOOD STATE DEPTS	enacted	Cunningham, Sandra B. Murphy, Carol A. Ruiz, M. Teresa Taliaferro, Adam J. Verrelli, Anthony S.	2	10	5	2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bb8d9a06-65ee-407b-8b3e-2c8dacadca8b	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	e80f044dea4f5df480f2b619430bd35f2887f7378531d9014d45ad58f02f5271	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4704 (218) — Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program.

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

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Taliaferro, Adam J. — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
• Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
• DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
• Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
• Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
• Pou, Nellie — 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 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, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (77-0-0) 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, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3237 (1R)
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) passage
• 2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2019, c.91. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb8d9a06-65ee-407b-8b3e-2c8dacadca8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).