---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the New Jersey Rare Disease Advisory Council."
description: "Establishes the New Jersey Rare Disease Advisory Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2682"
citation: "New Jersey S 2682 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Gopal, Vin", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-07-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bae9d386-c32d-432d-a4f9-c7d17b15f252"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a8b009cd2427f84f5f8d5d5265e5d52d9ff95720e51cb0d9221c4ee07bc14c1a"
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 2682 (219) — Establishes the New Jersey Rare Disease Advisory Council.

## 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/S3000/2682_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3000/2682_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3000/2682_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT GR — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · upper
- EMERGENCY — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4016 (1R)
- **2021-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (40-0)
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (40-0) (Gopal)
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, 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/bae9d386-c32d-432d-a4f9-c7d17b15f252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).