---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires long term care facilities and hospitals to maintain minimum supply of personal protective equipment.*"
description: "Requires long term care facilities and hospitals to maintain minimum supply of personal protective equipment.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4282"
citation: "New Jersey A 4282 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "HEALTH FAC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "DeCroce, BettyLou", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Gopal, Vin", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86f1846d-b22b-4a12-bcbe-c48d9e3a3bec"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "fe2d897f3991ca60675403e1542c7ca06b8db1ff4cc6c5fe401dfe31688122a8"
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 4282 (219) — Requires long term care facilities and hospitals to maintain minimum supply of personal protective equipment.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute A4150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4500/4282_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4500/4282_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2566/2677 (SCS/1R)
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.135. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86f1846d-b22b-4a12-bcbe-c48d9e3a3bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).