---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits smoking in certain facilities for purpose of medical or health-related scientific research."
description: "Permits smoking in certain facilities for purpose of medical or health-related scientific research."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 3975"
citation: "New Jersey A 3975 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCI AND TECH", "SMOKING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck, Jennifer", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Conaway, Herb", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Pintor Marin, Eliana"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72a3a023-7a59-49e6-a945-e22d6296b14e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c74f304a3517826af4260fac9586cebd4d294cd70a26c337bc505e7918e9ab12"
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 3975 (217) — Permits smoking in certain facilities for purpose of medical or health-related scientific research.

## 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/A4000/3975_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A4000/3975_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beck, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — primary (person)
- Peterson, Erik — cosponsor (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — cosponsor (person)
- Spencer, L. Grace — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3361
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.271. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72a3a023-7a59-49e6-a945-e22d6296b14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).