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A5066 • 2026

Transfers administration of certain nutrition programs to Department of Agriculture.

Transfers administration of certain nutrition programs to Department of Agriculture.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Murphy, Carol A.
Last action
2026-05-14
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Transfers administration of certain nutrition programs to Department of Agriculture.

Transfers administration of certain nutrition programs to Department of Agriculture.

What This Bill Does

  • Transfers administration of certain nutrition programs to Department of Agriculture.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-14 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Transfers administration of certain nutrition programs to Department of Agriculture.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5066

ASSEMBLY, No. 5066

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 14, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Transfers administration of certain nutrition
programs to Department of Agriculture.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

transferring responsibility for the
administration of certain nutrition programs and supplementing Title 4 of the
Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section, �special nutrition programs� means the �WIC Farmers� Market Nutrition
Program� established by the federal �WIC Farmers� Market Nutrition Act of
1992,� Pub. L. 102-314 (42 U.S.C. s.1771 et al.), the �Seniors Farmers� Market
Nutrition Program� established by 7 U.S.C. s.3007, and the �Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children� established by
42 U.S.C. s.1786.

���� b.��� Pursuant to section 3 of
the federal �WIC Farmers� Market Nutrition Act of 1992,� Pub. L. 102-314 (42
U.S.C. s.1771 et al.), and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
the Governor shall designate the Department of Agriculture as the appropriate
State agency to administer the �WIC Farmers� Market Nutrition Program.�

���� c.���� Pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
s.3007, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Governor
shall designate the Department of Agriculture as the appropriate State agency
to administer the �Seniors Farmers� Market Nutrition Program.�

���� d.��� Pursuant to the �Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children,� 42 U.S.C.
s.1786, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Department
of Agriculture shall be the designated State agency to administer the program.

���� e.���� Any employees of the
Department of Health responsible for administering the special nutrition
programs prior to the enactment of this act who the Secretary of Agriculture
deems to be necessary for the proper administration of the special nutrition
programs are transferred to the Department of Agriculture.

���� f.���� The transfers directed
by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer
Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.).

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would transfer
primary administration of the WIC Farmers� Market Nutrition Program, Seniors
Farmers� Market Nutrition Program and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children from the Department of Health to the Department
of Agriculture.� These programs were established through the United States
Department of Agriculture.

���� Additionally, the bill would
transfer all grants and other moneys made available to the programs to the
Department of Agriculture. Finally, any employees of the Department of Health
deemed necessary for the proper administration of these programs would be
transferred to the Department of Agriculture.