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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes new transparency standards for pharmacy benefits manager business practices. *"
+description: "Establishes new transparency standards for pharmacy benefits manager business practices. *"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "220"
+identifier: "A 536"
+citation: "New Jersey A 536 (220)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PHARMACEUTIC", "PROFESSIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Danielsen, Joe", "Freiman, Roy", "Gopal, Vin", "McKeon, John F.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Pou, Nellie", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Singleton, Troy", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-07-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/107ba19d-324a-4e0e-a3eb-1c6c5ab6449b"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "07ab715af74fa6c39e7f557f96caef5f88b6ad20fd36f0deee55585b7bba2687"
+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 536 (220) — Establishes new transparency standards for pharmacy benefits manager business practices. *
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AFI 3/14/22 ACS A2841** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1000/536_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1000/536_I1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint of Substitute AAP 6/22/23 2R ACS A2841** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1000/536_R2.HTM)
+4. **Reprint of Substitute ABU 6/27/23 3R ACS A2841** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1000/536_R3.HTM)
+5. **Reprint of Substitute AHE 5/26/22 A2841 1R ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1000/536_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **10–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
+- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (54-23-0) `passage`
+- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1616 (1R)
+- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-1) `passage`
+- **2023-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.107. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/107ba19d-324a-4e0e-a3eb-1c6c5ab6449b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+