---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency."
description: "Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3901"
citation: "New Jersey A 3901 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERG MGMT", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown, Chris A.", "Chiaravalloti, Nicholas", "Dunn, Aura K.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Kennedy, James J.", "Pou, Nellie", "Speight, Shanique", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d4c5bac-2e14-406c-8899-37e7fc182286"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "10f6983fcee4c0398ce545a5ee01aa1ae6c3e206a020c9124b7931e9132d62fa"
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 3901 (219) — Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.

## 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/A4000/3901_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4000/3901_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown, Chris A. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — primary (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Pou) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2334
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.25. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d4c5bac-2e14-406c-8899-37e7fc182286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).