---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies that product approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required for drug manufacturer to file registration statement, and specifies timeframe by which DOH must review registration statements."
description: "Clarifies that product approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required for drug manufacturer to file registration statement, and specifies timeframe by which DOH must review registration statements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2024"
citation: "New Jersey S 2024 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUG ABUSE", "REGULATORY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Conaway, Herb", "Eustace, Tim", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Peterson, Erik"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dfb4f83-bee1-420e-8239-492ee6909bda"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "65b2df3604ee3a4d1b2b15e03152d72bfe223bf969a6522e021bb5faaf74d9ee"
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 2024 (217) — Clarifies that product approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required for drug manufacturer to file registration statement, and specifies timeframe by which DOH must review registration statements.

## 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/S2500/2024_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Peterson, Erik — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3793
- **2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.73. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dfb4f83-bee1-420e-8239-492ee6909bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).