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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act.\""
+description: "\"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 3861"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3861 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH FINAN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a01b4802-f703-4e21-849a-70fed9e43900"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "952286ed4d354f392f9bdd6b8bab0804c95eb3f6aeb86a85d762f3adf5334d91"
+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 3861 (221) — "Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act."
+
+## 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/2024/A4000/3861_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AFI 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3861_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint AFI 6/13/24 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3861_R2.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Not reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–15** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **60–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
+- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Not reported out of Assembly Committee with amendment Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
+- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (60-2-12) `passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2806 (1R)
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-15) `passage`
+- **2024-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.48. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a01b4802-f703-4e21-849a-70fed9e43900`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+