Benjie E. Wimberly

Requires all public schools (and nonpublic schools in federal meal programs) to follow the USDA's 2012 school-meal standards and any stricter updates, extending them to competitive foods (cafeteria and vending snacks).

Mandates statewide universal preschool and free full-day kindergarten by 2029 while centralizing funding and oversight under state control.

Limits rent hikes in manufactured or modular home parks to 2% annually, with narrow exceptions.

Expands the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act, empowering the Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) to invest more in high-growth startups.

Ostensible bans paid ballot harvesting, but makes multiple exceptions that neuters and positive impact.

Allows the New Jersey Department of Health to create a nonprofit Public Health Institute to run state health programs, address racial disparities, and manage funding and supplies.