---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**"
description: "Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4482"
citation: "New Jersey A 4482 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaparro, Annette", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "Tucker, Cleopatra G."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1121912a-987b-44e8-a627-7dab243b33d9"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "138ca0e366d887d12dc11ebb6abfe989b801333f66a6c2d6f551b4656d171a26"
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 4482 (219) — Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**

## 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/2020/Bills/A4500/4482_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4500/4482_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (49-16-12) `passage`
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2758 (2R)
- **2020-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-2) `passage`
- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.89. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1121912a-987b-44e8-a627-7dab243b33d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).