---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for termination of public health emergency declared by Governor to address COVID-19 pandemic, except certain executive orders, directives, and powers will remain in effect temporarily."
description: "Provides for termination of public health emergency declared by Governor to address COVID-19 pandemic, except certain executive orders, directives, and powers will remain in effect temporarily."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 5820"
citation: "New Jersey A 5820 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Coughlin, Craig J.", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc35bcfd-5458-4a2d-ae2d-caf0c9986fbf"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5041fd42a7e9c986a9d07a40b69f05dae0488ce595223d20cdbb80c61adcf4aa"
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 5820 (219) — Provides for termination of public health emergency declared by Governor to address COVID-19 pandemic, except certain executive orders, directives, and powers will remain in effect temporarily.

## 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/A9999/5820_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- TABLE MOTION — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **44–28** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **21–16** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **44–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Wirths)
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (44-27-0) (Greenwald)
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (44-28-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3866
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Oroho)
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (21-15) (Weinberg)
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (21-16) `passage`
- **2021-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.103. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc35bcfd-5458-4a2d-ae2d-caf0c9986fbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).