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A4026 • 2026

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.

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Sponsor
Sauickie, Alex
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4026

ASSEMBLY, No. 4026

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblywoman� HEATHER SIMMONS

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $500,000
from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and
promotion activities

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.

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

���� 1.� In addition to the amounts
appropriated under P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2026, there are appropriated from the General Fund the
following amount for the purpose specified:

10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

40 Community Development and
Environmental Management

49 Agricultural Resources, Planning,
and Regulation

DIRECT STATE SERVICES

06-3360

Marketing and Development Services

$500,000

Direct State Services:

06

Jersey
Fresh Program��

($500,000)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill supplements the
Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act to make an additional appropriation of
$500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture to increase
funding to the Jersey Fresh program. �Jersey Fresh is an advertising and
marketing program that helps farmers inform consumers about the availability of
locally grown produce. �The program began in 1984 as a $50,000 campaign before
accruing appropriations of over $1 million per year; funding has since been
limited to $100,000 as the campaign approaches its 40th anniversary.� Under the
fiscal year 2026 appropriations act, Jersey Fresh programs received $100,000
for the purpose of marketing and promoting locally grown produce.� This bill
increases the funding for FY 2026 by $500,000.

���� The sponsor intends this
appropriation to replace the use of the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Specialty Crops Block Grant for the Jersey Fresh program.� As a result
of the supplemental appropriation, the amount of federal money available to
farmers and organizations from this needed federal grant program will be
increased, as up to 50 percent of the federal grant funds are used to fund the
Jersey Fresh program.

���� This bill would rebalance the
funding of the Jersey Fresh program and the amount available for USDA Specialty
Crop Block Grant awards so that both benefit the State�s farmers to the
fullest.