---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances."
description: "Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1797"
citation: "New Jersey A 1797 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PENSIONS POL", "WORKERS COMP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Dunn, Aura K.", "Greenstein, Linda R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44b993a0-b673-4c1c-9104-1bb3d102b396"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ac3f4635faace8df5eabd0de5ae4ce34230ca6f43730c84be151e4d0364c87dc"
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 1797 (220) — Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1797_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ASL 6/9/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1797_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1906 (1R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2022-07-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.77. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44b993a0-b673-4c1c-9104-1bb3d102b396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).