---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force to assess needs of persons with aphasia, and their families, and ensure adequate provision of support services and information thereto."
description: "Establishes Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force to assess needs of persons with aphasia, and their families, and ensure adequate provision of support services and information thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2286"
citation: "New Jersey S 2286 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eustace, Tim", "Gordon, Robert M.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/230a989f-b419-46c0-bb85-0a697bd6ed39"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "332a44e7ccf1a01bd504b84d2f53b6ab51575f2d31e8f4ba3be3b91203199ba0"
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 2286 (217) — Establishes Mike Adler Aphasia Task Force to assess needs of persons with aphasia, and their families, and ensure adequate provision of support services and information thereto.

## 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/S2500/2286_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Gordon, Robert M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3083
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.55. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/230a989f-b419-46c0-bb85-0a697bd6ed39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).