---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause."
description: "Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2563"
citation: "New Jersey S 2563 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kean, Thomas H.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c6240a-94bf-4204-8cbf-41482374bb45"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a01ea7c6bb8d72804e5af99b7348267a5165b1b17e05aaf45ce76ef7c1cf4dcd"
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 S 2563 (217) — Clarifies DCA rulemaking authority over free-standing residential health care facilities, and prohibits eviction of residents from such facilities, except for good cause.

## 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/S3000/2563_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S3000/2563_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (31-0) (Weinberg) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4163 (3R)
- **2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.234. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93c6240a-94bf-4204-8cbf-41482374bb45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).