---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*"
description: "Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 1615"
citation: "New Jersey S 1615 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PHARMACEUTIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKeon, John F.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Moen, William F.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Pou, Nellie", "Singleton, Troy", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c30c89f0-3dab-4d3c-8266-22c755705d4f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7dbc31d7e68dcbe0074f84d9a7baa55ea9b3fe97c3b19ef73a8e8592b77a9d25"
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 1615 (220) — Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2000/1615_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SBA 5/11/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2000/1615_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 6/26/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S2000/1615_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (24-11) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2840 (2R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (55-20-1) `passage`
- **2023-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.106. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c30c89f0-3dab-4d3c-8266-22c755705d4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).