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A3882 • 2026

Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.*

Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.*

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Coughlin, Craig J.
Last action
2026-06-18
Official status
APP
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.*

Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.* Topic: Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.* Topic: Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-18 New Jersey Legislature

    Approved P.L.2026, c.14.

  2. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Substituted for S3426 (1R)

  3. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0)

  4. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

  5. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

  6. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Assembly (73-0-0)

  7. 2026-03-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading

  8. 2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature

    Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee

  9. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  10. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.*
Topic:
Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A3882 1R

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3882

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman� DAN HUTCHISON

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Senator� M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Karabinchak,
Assemblywomen Speight, Drulis, Assemblyman Freiman and Assemblywoman Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public schools to post link to subsidized
school meals application, and certain informational videos related to
application, in prominent place on Internet website.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee
on March 19, 2026, with amendments.

��

An Act

concerning free and reduced-priced meal
applications and supplementing P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-3.2 et al.).

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1. In addition to the
requirements of section 16 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-21b1), a participating
school, which is a public school, shall post a link to the subsidized school
meals application
1
,
as well as a link to at least one informational video produced by the New
Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate regarding the school meals
application,
1

in a prominent location on the school�s Internet website.

���� 2. This act shall take effect
immediately.