---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes position of State School Nurse Consultant in DOE to facilitate best practices in school nursing by advancing comprehensive school health services.*"
description: "Establishes position of State School Nurse Consultant in DOE to facilitate best practices in school nursing by advancing comprehensive school health services.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2573"
citation: "New Jersey S 2573 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ED HEALTH", "STATE OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf2baae-65ee-4db5-9372-3b968c7b11b1"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "6dacac83322dad599cb931f8e8767503bb79e072e33119e86429f83a781fcbb0"
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 2573 (219) — Establishes position of State School Nurse Consultant in DOE to facilitate best practices in school nursing by advancing comprehensive school health services.*

## 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/S3000/2573_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3000/2573_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-3) `passage`
- **2020-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4378 (1R)
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-3-1) `passage`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, c.85. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcf2baae-65ee-4db5-9372-3b968c7b11b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).