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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*"
+description: "Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 5381"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5381 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PENSIONS POL", "PENSIONS PUB", "STATE GOVT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Quijano, Annette", "Venezia, Michael"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 8
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24f94096-0509-4af1-9967-b68ec61347fc"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "815451678740d6a8b6c881cda40cc4417138ddad3e15df3be30b6046dd246ca2"
+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 5381 (221) — Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*
+
+## 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/A5500/5381_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AAP 6/19/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5500/5381_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Venezia, Michael — primary (person)
+- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
+- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
+- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
+- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4402 (1R)
+- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
+- **2025-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.117. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24f94096-0509-4af1-9967-b68ec61347fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+