---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes \"Senior Save Navigator Grant Program\" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*"
description: "Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes \"Senior Save Navigator Grant Program\" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3"
citation: "New Jersey S 3 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PHARMACEUTIC", "SR CITIZENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Freiman, Roy", "Lagana, Joseph A.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Quijano, Annette", "Swain, Lisa", "Tully, Chris", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc8da58c-23d6-400c-855e-41af4913472e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "50b329d64ae110b2de790760f43eeed10a94766eef76bdcc337f997debe9ce4d"
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 3 (220) — Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*

## 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/S0500/3_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Assembly 6/30/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S0500/3_R2.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 6/27/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S0500/3_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Tully, Chris — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Tully) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3 (2R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.79. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc8da58c-23d6-400c-855e-41af4913472e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).