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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows certain health care practitioners referrals to pharmacies to be made in accordance with certain professional standards."
+description: "Allows certain health care practitioners referrals to pharmacies to be made in accordance with certain professional standards."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4447"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4447 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH PROF", "PHARMACEUTIC"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzariti Jr., John V.", "DePhillips, Christopher P.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Peterpaul, Luanne M.", "Schepisi, Holly T."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f620c5a2-9eee-4d59-8017-0c74b2de73e2"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "112be488809b042626aedc87ab96a97d1db36bb7b67d0acdea143b4906658fcb"
+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 4447 (221) — Allows certain health care practitioners referrals to pharmacies to be made in accordance with certain professional standards.
+
+## 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/A4500/4447_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint SJU 9/26/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4447_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR IN SA — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzariti Jr., John V. — primary (person)
+- DePhillips, Christopher P. — primary (person)
+- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — primary (person)
+- Schepisi, Holly T. — primary (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3242 (1R)
+- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
+- **2024-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
+- **2024-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.87. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f620c5a2-9eee-4d59-8017-0c74b2de73e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+