---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Department of Human Services to develop public emergency response plan for licensed providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities."
description: "Requires Department of Human Services to develop public emergency response plan for licensed providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "A 4138"
citation: "New Jersey A 4138 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEVEL DISAB", "EMERG MGMT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Codey, Richard J.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Gopal, Vin", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76391a87-7c5e-40f6-a456-a533225244bc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "f098153d7b6a38c9e42c3e42362f813b7e028d20f2a03958d87f052f545bd3af"
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 4138 (219) — Requires Department of Human Services to develop public emergency response plan for licensed providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.

## 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/A4500/4138_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A4500/4138_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-08-03T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2701
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2021-11-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.292. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76391a87-7c5e-40f6-a456-a533225244bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).