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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expressly authorizes medical cannabis patients under 18 years of age to have up to four designated caregivers."
+description: "Expressly authorizes medical cannabis patients under 18 years of age to have up to four designated caregivers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "220"
+identifier: "S 521"
+citation: "New Jersey S 521 (220)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MARIJUANA"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Pou, Nellie", "Spearman, William W."]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-08-05T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12de1ece-229a-4bdf-a087-65966f347dd6"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "4290a62068136b9c740aca428210d3df9bb6d9dea7077104baa00ee65f30c923"
+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 521 (220) — Expressly authorizes medical cannabis patients under 18 years of age to have up to four designated caregivers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/521_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
+- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
+- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3661
+- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (67-6-1) `passage`
+- **2022-08-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.88. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12de1ece-229a-4bdf-a087-65966f347dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+