---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits governing body of municipalities having population of 30,000 or less to serve as local board of health; validates certain actions."
description: "Permits governing body of municipalities having population of 30,000 or less to serve as local board of health; validates certain actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 652"
citation: "New Jersey S 652 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITI"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calabrese, Clinton", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Pou, Nellie", "Space, Parker", "Wirths, Harold J."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b45766-2fb8-420a-8322-14f840d8aaa9"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e90291699fc501a13f7951202ddb544a7d6d8d6852861fe3b7003f93ed2f02ed"
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 652 (220) — Permits governing body of municipalities having population of 30,000 or less to serve as local board of health; validates certain actions.

## 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/S1000/652_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Calabrese, Clinton — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Space, Parker — primary (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A117
- **2023-12-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.205. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62b45766-2fb8-420a-8322-14f840d8aaa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).