republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-2371.md

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Bill	Requires large food waste generators to separate and recycle food waste and amends definition of "Class I renewable energy."	Requires large food waste generators to separate and recycle food waste and amends definition of "Class I renewable energy."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 2371	New Jersey A 2371 (219)	bill	FOOD PUBLIC UTIL SOLID WASTE	enacted	Bateman, Christopher Kennedy, James J. Pinkin, Nancy J. Smith, Bob Zwicker, Andrew	2	13	6	2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a09b9e06-9825-4dfe-8404-248ebe4969bc	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	58f66813b083efc1c14ffd4abaf25b14050514a3185f8ece81f740b54f276a6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2371 (219) — Requires large food waste generators to separate and recycle food waste and amends definition of "Class I renewable energy."

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

• TABLE MOTION — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• MOTION TAB MOTION — 50–29 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 49–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Smith, Bob — primary (person)
• Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Recommitted to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee referral-committee
• 2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Aa (Wirths)
• 2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table (50-29-0) (Greenwald)
• 2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (49-28-1) passage
• 2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S865 (1R)
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Sa (Sarlo)
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Motion To Table Sa (21-18) (Weinberg)
• 2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (22-17) passage
• 2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.24. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a09b9e06-9825-4dfe-8404-248ebe4969bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).