---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows health insurers to provide certain health care benefit plans to local boards of education and eligible employers who do not participate in SEHBP; modifies employee contribution for New Jersey Educators Health Plan and its equivalent."
description: "Allows health insurers to provide certain health care benefit plans to local boards of education and eligible employers who do not participate in SEHBP; modifies employee contribution for New Jersey Educators Health Plan and its equivalent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4905"
citation: "New Jersey A 4905 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH INSUR", "PUB EMP BENE", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Moen, William F.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bc81d1e-8999-4f65-b193-ac497949fc1a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "99e13e8c51b5dccb0a19d15a074a693d2c2350cbcf28a021cecaed666965e7fe"
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 4905 (219) — Allows health insurers to provide certain health care benefit plans to local boards of education and eligible employers who do not participate in SEHBP; modifies employee contribution for New Jersey Educators Health Plan and its equivalent.

## 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/A5000/4905_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3045
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.137. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bc81d1e-8999-4f65-b193-ac497949fc1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).