republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/s-1897.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	Expands summer meal program to all school districts with 50 percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.	Expands summer meal program to all school districts with 50 percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	S 1897	New Jersey S 1897 (218)	bill	ED HEALTH SCH BOARDS	enacted	Barclay, Arthur Lampitt, Pamela R. Pintor Marin, Eliana Ruiz, M. Teresa Turner, Shirley K.	2	12	6	2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00	2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/03aa4009-3268-45e1-973a-13fa0bf42198	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	588a9216b1328d5aadb721caaa016d2afe5d8769492ca0880ce3c2cafebc199c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 1897 (218) — Expands summer meal program to all school districts with 50 percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.

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 — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 67–5 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR ASMB AMEND — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barclay, Arthur — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
• Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
• Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-1) passage
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3504 (2R)
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (67-5-1) passage
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) passage
• 2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.28. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03aa4009-3268-45e1-973a-13fa0bf42198. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).