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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes."
+description: "Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 1226"
+citation: "New Jersey A 1226 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "PUBLIC UTIL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbfc4280-41ba-44b7-adcc-22320e54511c"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "c0093c32278ce135352c88e76bb3176e094f62e4a1230c20b86cf9b47e92302a"
+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 A 1226 (219) — Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
+
+## 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/2020/Bills/A1500/1226_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S265
+- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.29. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbfc4280-41ba-44b7-adcc-22320e54511c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+