---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes."
description: "Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 1226"
citation: "New Jersey A 1226 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH FAC", "PUBLIC UTIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Jimenez, Angelica M.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbfc4280-41ba-44b7-adcc-22320e54511c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c0093c32278ce135352c88e76bb3176e094f62e4a1230c20b86cf9b47e92302a"
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 1226 (219) — Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.

## 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/2020/Bills/A1500/1226_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S265
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.29. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbfc4280-41ba-44b7-adcc-22320e54511c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).