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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*"
+description: "Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 2280"
+citation: "New Jersey A 2280 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE", "HEALTH FAC"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Gopal, Vin", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d333e35-e624-45ef-9e84-1e6c65e7635d"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "fb428fc8e0d0a79102473767b1f0c0a996478cf88d803bcc90fb0c0aeb21d38a"
+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 2280 (219) — Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*
+
+## 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/A2500/2280_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A2500/2280_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Armato, John — primary (person)
+- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1763 (1R)
+- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
+- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.31. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d333e35-e624-45ef-9e84-1e6c65e7635d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+