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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Mar 16, 2020
Signed Mar 20, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 19, 2020 · General Assembly Mar 16, 2020
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 39
Mar 19, 2020
D
Democratic26
88% Yea
R
Republican13
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Mar 20, 2020
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2020, c.6.
executive
Mar 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0)
upper
Mar 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (65-0-0)
lower
Mar 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Mar 16, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee
lower
5 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
P
Aura Dunn
RRepublican
P
Pam Lampitt
DDemocratic
P
SB
Sandra B. Cunningham
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Ruiz
DDemocratic
Co
Andrew Zwicker
DDemocratic
Co
Benjie Wimberly
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Spearman
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Singer
RRepublican
Co
Brian Stack
DDemocratic
Co
Britnee Timberlake
DDemocratic
Co
CA
Chris A. Brown
RRepublican
Co
DM
Dawn Marie Addiego
DDemocratic
Co
JC
Jamel C. Holley
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Carter
DDemocratic
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