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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, undesignated/non-binary, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-postive residents of long-term care facilities."
+description: "Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, undesignated/non-binary, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-postive residents of long-term care facilities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "S 2545"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2545 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "HEALTH FAC"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Codey, Richard J.", "Gopal, Vin", "Quijano, Annette", "Singleton, Troy", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf5cd174-afbc-4ee5-a56a-8a855f031a56"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "63c25897e4932b350f1fd94de543ecb682a38e4834fdd9abd74224a89391d699"
+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 2545 (219) — Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, undesignated/non-binary, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-postive residents of long-term care 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/S3000/2545_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
+- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
+- Armato, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-0) `passage`
+- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4288
+- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-1-5) `passage`
+- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.33. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf5cd174-afbc-4ee5-a56a-8a855f031a56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+