---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows School of Osteopathic Medicine at Rowan University to maintain principal clinical affiliation with either osteopathic or allopathic hospital."
description: "Allows School of Osteopathic Medicine at Rowan University to maintain principal clinical affiliation with either osteopathic or allopathic hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 3841"
citation: "New Jersey A 3841 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Lampitt, Pamela R."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-08-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd86e1bd-8547-4bd0-bee9-835ae06369a1"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5e25edb0fff125b90230c512668bcbe35ebecf80a9975bf5a009820a020c90d9"
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 3841 (217) — Allows School of Osteopathic Medicine at Rowan University to maintain principal clinical affiliation with either osteopathic or allopathic hospital.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4000/3841_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2296
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2016-08-18T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.28. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd86e1bd-8547-4bd0-bee9-835ae06369a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).