---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services."
description: "Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 2708"
citation: "New Jersey S 2708 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALT", "ST CONTRACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Codey, Richard J.", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4cbbce5-b088-406b-a9ac-180298e643d0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "80fbd35f429d968df93c59120452c4a7f399bdec5a80d3fd9202570b0f46e44c"
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 2708 (219) — Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction 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/S3000/2708_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S3000/2708_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT GR — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4446
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (71-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (40-0)
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (40-0) (Codey)
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.1. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4cbbce5-b088-406b-a9ac-180298e643d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).