republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-4705.md

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Bill	Establishes New Jersey Food Waste Task Force to make recommendations concerning food waste in New Jersey.	Establishes New Jersey Food Waste Task Force to make recommendations concerning food waste in New Jersey.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 4705	New Jersey A 4705 (218)	bill	FOOD STATE GOVT	enacted	Benson, Daniel R. Carter, Linda S. Codey, Richard J. Mejia, Pedro Smith, Bob	2	12	6	2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00	2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/39354e57-1c5a-41f3-bf46-7578ba81ea20	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	36c3669fe9ec9e16d3c0d1ee035c15ec4fa90b26ff6bfa53152e37f646741ca7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/39354e57-1c5a-41f3-bf46-7578ba81ea20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).