---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Health to develop voluntary registry to collect cancer incidence data from firefighters."
description: "Requires Commissioner of Health to develop voluntary registry to collect cancer incidence data from firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4285"
citation: "New Jersey A 4285 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "FIREFIGHTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armato, John", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Quijano, Annette", "Singleton, Troy", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff1829a-9a5d-42cc-9189-fb398b3faeed"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0611c1e178794699c4b177f812222441f5bd628f16418f9ed1b1ef2d3a17c332"
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 4285 (218) — Requires Commissioner of Health to develop voluntary registry to collect cancer incidence data from firefighters.

## 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/2018/Bills/A4500/4285_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A4500/4285_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armato, John — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3313 (1R)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (80-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.113. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eff1829a-9a5d-42cc-9189-fb398b3faeed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).