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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic."
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description: "Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
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legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
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session: "219"
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identifier: "A 3840"
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citation: "New Jersey A 3840 (219)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ED HEALTH", "FOOD", "SCH BOARDS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Dunn, Aura K.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 8
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd856222-d0e4-4867-a0d6-f4cfba0a745d"
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source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
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source_hash: "0e0bba94603d281fedb966043b1215d58d64814146ec2f2d56aa99a6045c20b1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
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---
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# New Jersey A 3840 (219) — Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4000/3840_I1.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
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- Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
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- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
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- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
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- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
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- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
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- Brown, Chris A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
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- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
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- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
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- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
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- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
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- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
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- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
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- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
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- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
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- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
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- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
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- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
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- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
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- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
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- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-0-0) `passage`
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- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
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- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2281
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- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
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- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.6. `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd856222-d0e4-4867-a0d6-f4cfba0a745d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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