---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerns delivery and sale of alcoholic beverages during declared state of emergency; requires ABC director to notify licensees of certain tax exemptions during emergency.**"
description: "Concerns delivery and sale of alcoholic beverages during declared state of emergency; requires ABC director to notify licensees of certain tax exemptions during emergency.**"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 3966"
citation: "New Jersey A 3966 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCO TAXES", "ALCOHOLIC BE", "EMERG MGMT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "DiMaso, Serena", "Freiman, Roy", "Gopal, Vin", "O'Scanlon, Declan J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 9
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/505c50a6-f9dd-4af1-881e-5a3e29a29247"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "bd1cacc640c438f98fb19bbfb471f317542b31ee5f825320b1c21cfbf3df277f"
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 3966 (219) — Concerns delivery and sale of alcoholic beverages during declared state of emergency; requires ABC director to notify licensees of certain tax exemptions during emergency.**

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4000/3966_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4000/3966_I1.HTM)
3. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4000/3966_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — primary (person)
- Freiman, Roy — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- Catalano, John — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Sean T. — cosponsor (person)
- McGuckin, Gregory P. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Schepisi, Holly T. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Thomson, Edward H. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (80-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2413 (SCS)
- **2020-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.33. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/505c50a6-f9dd-4af1-881e-5a3e29a29247`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).