---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health aides."
description: "Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health aides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2773"
citation: "New Jersey S 2773 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Pou, Nellie", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2b629a1-fc69-43e6-b361-f21e1a098115"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "805947c215529195fe48cd0faa9a80c71236ef5863f6fb8291075c20cfb82831"
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 2773 (218) — Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health aides.

## 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/2018/Bills/S3000/2773_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4043
- **2019-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.48. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2b629a1-fc69-43e6-b361-f21e1a098115`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).