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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enters New Jersey in enhanced multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.*"
+description: "Enters New Jersey in enhanced multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "218"
+identifier: "S 954"
+citation: "New Jersey S 954 (218)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH PROF", "INTERSTATE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Downey, Joann", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Singleton, Troy", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b9f0d4e-f139-4b62-85f5-3ea7d9828ffd"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "ee30f49d181c19b9e39e1ca39da69b5aaa17dde1619d931b0a4dd3cf54e0f8fc"
+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 954 (218) — Enters New Jersey in enhanced multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.*
+
+## 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/2018/Bills/S1000/954_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint of Substitute S1699** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/954_R1.HTM)
+3. **Senate Committee Substitute S1699** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/954_U1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
+- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
+- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1597 (2R)
+- **2019-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
+- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.172. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b9f0d4e-f139-4b62-85f5-3ea7d9828ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+