---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enters New Jersey into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."
description: "Enters New Jersey into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "S 523"
citation: "New Jersey S 523 (219)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH PROF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Stanley, Sterley S.", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d15a338-ae13-4b9f-8431-af74108d829c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5ec65d112adce7afee126c1a7ebe37a7f258daafc301cc09a2b591dfef35f525"
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 523 (219) — Enters New Jersey into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.

## 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/S1000/523_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1112
- **2021-12-20T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (67-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.332. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d15a338-ae13-4b9f-8431-af74108d829c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).