---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires health care professional licensing boards to utilize National Practitioner Data Bank."
description: "Requires health care professional licensing boards to utilize National Practitioner Data Bank."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 845"
citation: "New Jersey S 845 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Singleton, Troy", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e68fd1-d441-46f4-b706-088e6de23e13"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "97c6b9eafb2eb4a6f100d1e19a37395db3d58af60e0b94c55dfa4d4d70989972"
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 845 (219) — Requires health care professional licensing boards to utilize National Practitioner Data Bank.

## 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/S1000/845_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4649
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.335. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e68fd1-d441-46f4-b706-088e6de23e13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).