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type: "Bill"
title: "Designates Thursday of third week of September of each year as \"Food Waste Prevention Day\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates Thursday of third week of September of each year as \"Food Waste Prevention Day\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "AJR 172"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 172 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "FOOD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Downey, Joann", "Gopal, Vin", "Holley, Jamel C.", "Johnson, Gordon M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/971f20d1-3565-4802-9b7f-a4c36e355d66"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "370be0558ccf454c39cb8359ed5297a32dd474425588891d19a2d67e3db46bc7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---
# New Jersey AJR 172 (218) — Designates Thursday of third week of September of each year as "Food Waste Prevention Day" 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](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/AJR/172_I1.HTM)
## Votes
- Reported favorably out of committee — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **350** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **790** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **60** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — 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)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — 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, 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, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR108
- **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, JR-6. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/971f20d1-3565-4802-9b7f-a4c36e355d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).