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legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2563.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause."
+description: "Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "217"
+identifier: "S 2563"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2563 (217)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH FAC"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kean, Thomas H.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c6240a-94bf-4204-8cbf-41482374bb45"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "a01ea7c6bb8d72804e5af99b7348267a5165b1b17e05aaf45ce76ef7c1cf4dcd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 2563 (217) — Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2563_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2563_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
+- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (31-0) (Weinberg) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4163 (3R)
+- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-0-0) `passage`
+- **2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.234. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93c6240a-94bf-4204-8cbf-41482374bb45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+