republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/ajr-229.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	Recognizes right to adequate food.	Recognizes right to adequate food.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	AJR 229	New Jersey AJR 229 (221)	joint resolution	COMMEMORATIO FOOD	enacted	Burgess, Renee C. Haider, Shama A. McKnight, Angela V. Spearman, William W. Speight, Shanique	2	11	5	2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0f837127-954f-45a1-8b80-c4f46b169917	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	362519b0c595cea62db3879c9d244bd7c615a5c7b7df7ebd41c521b15f9a1eaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey AJR 229 (221) — Recognizes right to adequate food.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint SEG 12/11/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 60–5 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SA — 60–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
• Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
• Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
• Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
• Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
• Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (60-5-2) passage
• 2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee referral-committee
• 2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for SJR168 (1R)
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (35-0) passage
• 2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (60-7-3) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, JR-19. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f837127-954f-45a1-8b80-c4f46b169917. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).