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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes all licensed health care facilities and laboratories to collect specimens to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements."
+description: "Authorizes all licensed health care facilities and laboratories to collect specimens to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 3854"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3854 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DISEASE", "HEALTH FAC"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Addiego, Dawn Marie", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Brown, Chris A.", "Conaway, Herb", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Gill, Nia H.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Holzapfel, James W.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Munoz, Nancy F.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singer, Robert W.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab8d1e0a-9431-4577-a5da-4a95fba1cc3f"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "e6cf5aa6c110c25ed6fed6d19918e43efc754f9f72fc29280a7acc1245faefdf"
+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 3854 (219) — Authorizes all licensed health care facilities and laboratories to collect specimens to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements.
+
+## 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/A4000/3854_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Addiego, Dawn Marie — primary (person)
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
+- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Holzapfel, James W. — primary (person)
+- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
+- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Singer, Robert W. — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (63-0-0) (Greenwald)
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-0-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2286
+- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
+- **2020-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.13. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab8d1e0a-9431-4577-a5da-4a95fba1cc3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+