---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows charitable assets set aside from the sale of nonprofit hospital to for-profit entity to be allocated to successor nonprofit charitable entity that is establishing and operating equivalent nonprofit hospital."
description: "Allows charitable assets set aside from the sale of nonprofit hospital to for-profit entity to be allocated to successor nonprofit charitable entity that is establishing and operating equivalent nonprofit hospital."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2247"
citation: "New Jersey S 2247 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITIES", "HEALTH FAC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6ae74c5-68ee-4cbb-bcab-b2e1fbffb40a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "9f56d343d0be648565ee1c59fec88583e6b7a977a06c53b1b09b5c75aada9b34"
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 2247 (218) — Allows charitable assets set aside from the sale of nonprofit hospital to for-profit entity to be allocated to successor nonprofit charitable entity that is establishing and operating equivalent nonprofit 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/2018/Bills/S2500/2247_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Taliaferro, Adam J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3615
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.29. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6ae74c5-68ee-4cbb-bcab-b2e1fbffb40a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).