---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes \"Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;\" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*"
description: "Establishes \"Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;\" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 837"
citation: "New Jersey A 837 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE", "HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green, Jerry", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Munoz, Nancy F.", "Sacco, Nicholas J.", "Sumter, Shavonda E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28ccbfb1-2fe0-47f4-b128-71da2be1c316"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "1aa44ec940549104428befa205a1f223ea6093ec455b86250024f5fc62e44acc"
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 837 (217) — Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1000/837_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1000/837_R3.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Green, Jerry — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Eustace, Tim — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Jimenez) `amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-0-1) `passage`
- **2016-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S468 (2R)
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.69. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28ccbfb1-2fe0-47f4-b128-71da2be1c316`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).