---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides civil and criminal immunity to certain health care professionals and health care facilities during public health emergency and state of emergency; facilitates issuance of certain temporary licenses and certifications during public health emergenc"
description: "Provides civil and criminal immunity to certain health care professionals and health care facilities during public health emergency and state of emergency; facilitates issuance of certain temporary licenses and certifications during public health emergenc"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2333"
citation: "New Jersey S 2333 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITABLE", "EMERG MGMT", "HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burzichelli, John J.", "DiMaio, John", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Kean, Thomas H.", "Kennedy, James J.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Smith, Bob", "Sweeney, Stephen M."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15c2cf4a-2b2b-42a0-8c6b-a6732a10aad8"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6ee36f394267155e4b0368e8607f3709643f2c462dc9b9873c93abfbf40d52fa"
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 2333 (219) — Provides civil and criminal immunity to certain health care professionals and health care facilities during public health emergency and state of emergency; facilitates issuance of certain temporary licenses and certifications during public health emergenc

## 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/S2500/2333_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S2500/2333_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- EMERGENCY — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- DiMaio, John — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Smith, Bob — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Cardinale, Gerald — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Kean) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (38-0) (Kean)
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-2) `passage`
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3910 (1R)
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-1-5) `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.18. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15c2cf4a-2b2b-42a0-8c6b-a6732a10aad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).