---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund; establishes requirements for proceeds from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.*"
description: "Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund; establishes requirements for proceeds from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 783"
citation: "New Jersey S 783 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Singleton, Troy", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6242efe8-ab8d-41fd-bf10-3c947b83d29b"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "fea23a198ef88ef6e336ba63e042a970fc96ce808f7011255fd068e904b5f933"
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 783 (220) — Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund; establishes requirements for proceeds from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.*

## 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/S1000/783_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/783_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint AHU 2/9/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/783_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Swift, Claire S. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1488 (2R)
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.25. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6242efe8-ab8d-41fd-bf10-3c947b83d29b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).