republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/219/a-3865.md

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Bill	Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.	Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	219	A 3865	New Jersey A 3865 (219)	bill	CONSUMER PRO DISEASE EMERG MGMT FOOD	enacted	Addiego, Dawn Marie Bateman, Christopher Brown, Chris A. Chaparro, Annette Holzapfel, James W. Pou, Nellie Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina Ruiz, M. Teresa Singer, Robert W. Turner, Shirley K. Verrelli, Anthony S.	1	7	2	2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00	2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8b5b7ca7-762d-42b4-8664-42f6958c5859	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	3a8c3f1a2b141f358eacd4f96a07381ffbb689f10b5c3608455ae106df0d646d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 3865 (219) — Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 49–4 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
• Bateman, Christopher — primary (person)
• Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
• Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
• Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
• Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
• Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
• Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading introduction
• 2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
• 2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (49-4-12) passage
• 2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2291
• 2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) passage
• 2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2020, c.16. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b5b7ca7-762d-42b4-8664-42f6958c5859. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).