---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters."
description: "Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4755"
citation: "New Jersey A 4755 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HUMAN SVCS", "MENTAL HEALT", "PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess, Renee C.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Moen, William F.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed31acb1-c0b1-404e-9f87-1503716287a7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "982a414914789ff25b64e66f10fdc25a3ba4fcca18301df42dbe857f42a39830"
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 4755 (220) — Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters.

## 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/A5000/4755_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AHU 12/8/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4755_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 2/27/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4755_R2.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Burgess, Renee C. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3261 (2R)
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.62. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed31acb1-c0b1-404e-9f87-1503716287a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).